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This is what freelancers need to know before they sign up to a freelance website

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There are numerous freelance/freelancing websites out there. Most of them, if not all, pride themselves as the best outsourcing and freelance website for all forms of businesses. I have personally tried a few of them. I must say, they are indeed a global workplace. Since I started work as a freelancer, I have learnt a few things: FRAUD Always beware of fraudulent activities. These may a times be presented as projects by prospective employers or buyers seeking freelancers. These projects are usually fraudulent in nature but a new freelancer may not realize this in good time. A pointer that one can use to check whether the said project may be fraudulent is by looking out for disputes especially in the payment method at the very beginning.  You may also realise that these projects always tend to offer very little payment as opposed to the workload. If you also find that the project description as advertised does not match the actual work, there is a high probability it...