Quote from: Newchanka on Today at 05:35:05 PM

Quote from: hugeblack on Today at 04:52:05 PM

Often these scammers use services that provide temporary numbers or even Telegram accounts, and after a period of time they sell them or the service provider sells them, and a third party may buy them. Therefore, this third party does not necessarily have to be a scammer, but it is better not to deal with any account on Telegram without using escrow.

Back to your story, did they pay you the remaining $4,000, or did the project stop, or what?

They paid $2,500. I did half the job as we agreed. I'd have completed it if they paid the balance of $1,500.

Quote from: stompix on Today at 04:57:03 PM

Quote from: Newchanka on Today at 04:33:13 PM

In April, a client reached out to me via Telegram for a writing project. Eager to do this job, we agreed on terms, and they committed to paying $4000 for the job. An upfront payment of $2500 was made, setting the stage for what seemed like a promising collaboration.
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Red flags waved as I realized that the digital landscape had shifted. The client's display name was the same until 24 hours later when it was changed from Alex Merg to John B. (so obviously fake).

Hmmm, HMMMM!!!!!!!! Grin

Quote from: steve5946 on June 01, 2023, 04:59:48 PM

So, Alex Merg contacted me to work on a project via TG. All went well for a while since March until after submiting the 4th batch of 100 articles of which he paid 50% upfront. With a balance of $2500 remaining.

And further on
https://ninjastic.space/post/62083431

It's November, 7 months ago means still April from last contact so it kind of aligns with the other events.
Get in touch with the other guy, he might know something, then, it's your choice, but depending on where you live police might be not doing a thing to laugh and kick you out of the station.

I couldn't figure out what happened in the chat at https://ninjastic.space/post/62083431. Was Alex scammed by the previous writer?