Freelancer.com scammed me What should I do?
Suddenly they suspended my account because an employer filed a report against me. I contacted them and they agreed to restore my account.
Less than 24 hours later, they suspended my account again after they agreed to restore it!
I kept messaging them about the reason.. they sent me a fake reason that the acceptance rate for the work I deliver to employer is very low and that employers dont accept THE COMPLETED WORK I deliver to them!
I replied to them and asked them to prove it, and told them that all the work I COMPLETE AND DELIVER is accepted, except very few cases that I usually solve friendly and without their dispute system!
They replied again back and told me that the reason is not that, and the reason is that I abused their dispute system again!
I replied back and asked them for a proof! I did not really do it and asked them for a proof that I really abused their dispute system!
It has been 3 days and they don't respond! Employers contacted me and I had to cancel 3 projects, 2 of them were very urgent for my clients and caused frustration to them!
I had to cancel it, because the money associated with these projects exist on freelancer website's milestone system!
Of course I canceled these milesetone (escrow) payments because I have no guarantee that my account will be restored and can't risk having such a loss!
Those projects I already paid 10% fee in advance cut from my money immediately once I win projects!
They caused me to lose $500 projects' value, adding also the $50 I already paid, which is already cut from my funds and they ALREADY received it!
They are clearly unprofessional and dont understand that time is critical in IT projects, specially urgent projects!!
I intend to build a competitive website for them.. that will cover all horrible mistakes they have there! But such a thing would take yrs to grow!
What should I do with freelancer dot com ?
They are clearly scammers! They have no reason to suspend my account, caused me so much of loss and pressure, and my money in the account there!
If they have a legitimate reason and legitimate proof that I abused their terms of use, they would come and tell me and I will admit it... but they really don't!
What would you do if this happens with you?