Comments on: Help Spread the Word: This Scammer Has Nothing to Do with FWJ

By: KaitabasuraMardhanaya

KaitabasuraMardhanaya — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:33:17 +0000

Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.

By: Don’t Take the Bait: Avoid Writing Job Scams « Write of Passage

Don’t Take the Bait: Avoid Writing Job Scams « Write of Passage — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:23:05 +0000

[...] scam-proof if you stay alert and look out for signs. Last month, Freelance Writing Jobs posted a warning about another website using their logo and title. While the perpetrating site has since changed [...]

By: Jodee

Jodee — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:47:15 +0000

@ Jenn: There will be job leads today. Working on them now.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:01:24 +0000

Hey everyone, just wanted to say that I noticed there haven’t been any posts for a few days. I miss them
But hope you all are enjoying the holiday and a happy new year to everyone!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:31:31 +0000

I was just wondering why some of you are referring to GAF as being shady. I have been a member of GAF for a few years now and have landed over 40 gigs from the site. Many of the clients I gained through GAF have remained long-term clients and I have never had any problems with the site at all. Granted, I did bid rather low on my first few projects because I was new to the writing biz, was trying to build a rep, and really didn’t know any better. After getting a few jobs under my belt, however, I have been able to land several jobs that pay within my current fee schedule. I know the bid board set up isn’t for everyone, but I had never heard GAF referred to as being a scam or shady (as Therese mentioned). I know there are definitely some unscrupulous buyers on those board that you have to watch out for. Is that what you are referring to or is there more that I should be aware of? Thanks!

By: BobbiC

BobbiC — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:08:40 +0000

Hi Deb,
I just clicked on the link for the copycat site and note that the layout and content has changed considerably. They’re no longer plagiarizing you.

Hope the problem is gone for good!
Bobbi

By: Therese

Therese — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:12:04 +0000

I can’t stand “Get a Freelancer” – that place is full of shady shenanigans and is a big scam!

By: Therese

Therese — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:08:55 +0000

If you want to shut down the site, contact the web hosting company (if you can find it). If they are infringing copyright laws the web hosting company will shut it down. A web hosting company won’t take the risk and they could potentially get sued by Freelance Writing Jobs since this site owner swiped the copyrighted logo and name. If a web hosting company knows there is copyright infringement they will usually shut down the site asap (if you can track down the company who is hosting the bootlegged site). I’ll spread the word–that’s terrible!

By: Skip Press

Skip Press — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:32:22 +0000

These people are doing more than that. They managed to somehow charge me $49.95 for a month’s “subscription” on Paypal without my knowledge. I think I clicked on something on their site that had a different logo on it. Weird. It’s now with Paypal’s fraud department and I’m reporting them (”Go Freelance”) to the Authors Guild and other writer organizations. I got the “subscription” cancelled but I haven’t gotten my $49.95 back yet.

Skip Press
http://www.skippress.com

By: Asa

Asa — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:12:52 +0000

I sent a nice little email to the domain host referring to 17 U.S.C. §§ 102 and the site has been fixed up – no more copyright infringement now.

Asa