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If you are a software developer, check to make sure you aren't being impersonated on Upwork as well. A couple months back someone (I think I know who, but have
by dabernathy89 4y ago
If you are a software developer, check to make sure you aren't being impersonated on Upwork as well. A couple months back someone (I think I know who, but have no proof) was posing as me, and a suspicious client noticed that the person they were chatting with on video did not look that much like me in real life. Two other PHP/Laravel devs had impersonators on Upwork as well around the same time.
One of these other devs only noticed because the client sent a calendar invite to his real email, instead of the one provided by the impostor.
[edit - I'm reading through the original post, and I see now that this was all done through Upwork as well. Yikes!]
- wildrhythms 4y agoHow might someone 'check' for this on Upwork?
- dabernathy89 4y agoI just do a search for my full name and the impersonators will show up first in the results.
- NaturalPhallacy 4y agoI actually have a weekly google alert that searches for my full name, which fortunately/unfortunately is basically unique. It's normally nothing but a handful of false positives, but the week I appeared in the local news lit it up like a Christmas tree.
- georgiecasey 4y agoall things aside, it'd be a great ego-boost if someone thought me good enough to impersonate on Upwork