Topic: Adding you in skype for a job offer (is it safe or not??) (Read 1621 times)
Nah there is nothing wrong with that. When I was working as a freelancer, some of my clients back then would prefer to take it to Skype and do some interviews and also give some explanation of what they need and how they want it done. So there is nothing wrong with that. The only problem is that when you start the work, how are you going to be receiving payments, will there be any escrow services in place to protect you from being scammed for the job your do?? That's the most important thing so that you don't end up doing a free work.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
Lol, seems like the person is just looking for a free work. Like, why not hire a freelancer from one of these freelance platforms? You're taking a huge risk, cause meeting him anywhere outside a platform that can guarantee your payment means that you're likely to end up doing a free work for someone you don't even know. You should be very careful, you cab look for an escrow services or even make use of pioneer cause they have escrow feature to ensure that you are getting paid for the work you do. Or if you have a freelancer profile (account) on platforms like Upwork, you can send him link to your profile to hire you from there to ensure safety. If he's a scammer, he wouldn't agree. I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
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It is safe when you discussing with someone ligit. But be sure not to click on any unknown attachment or link it can be very dangerous and might make you vulnerable to hacks.
i think it is not secure while needed some mail or like skype for transaction basically make to deal on secure like blog or web owned.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
Do not use skipe if you are interested about your safety and your privacy since you are exposing yourself too much by talking to someone that you do not know who he is. I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
I would not worry too much about adding someone on skype. Usually nothing suspicious or bad will ever happen, but of course there can be odd occasions. As mentioned before, be sure to not click on suspicious links or any files that have been sent to your account. Doing so might compromise the overall account security. If you are really paranoid, you could make a 'fake', alternate skype account to hide your identity. On top of that, you can buy a VPN subscription to hide your real IP.
And if you are really scared, you can do everything above while running it in a virtual machine.
And if you are really scared, you can do everything above while running it in a virtual machine.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
I don't think it's necessary.. Because if I want to join a campaign certain to get more jobs, I just need to express bicoin. There I found information and work in accordance with I. How about you? I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
If you care about your privacy or if you think that you may be scammed then the only thing you can is avoid to use skype, you may lose some opportunities but it is better to be safe than to risk getting scammed.I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
Using skype is pretty much risky for our own identity if the people have clean intention to have a deal with us maybe he would surely agree to those other messaging app like telegram,whatsapp and other more. But if people doubting for using this kind of conversation and your counter part push it then you should turn those offer off for identity safety purposes.
Most of the campaign manager and traders are also having Skype account using it alone bitcoin project purposes alone. You can create any Skype with the different location added on it. No one gonna check you that with the location details.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
If you care about your privacy or if you think that you may be scammed then the only thing you can is avoid to use skype, you may lose some opportunities but it is better to be safe than to risk getting scammed.I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
Using skype is pretty much risky for our own identity if the people have clean intention to have a deal with us maybe he would surely agree to those other messaging app like telegram,whatsapp and other more. But if people doubting for using this kind of conversation and your counter part push it then you should turn those offer off for identity safety purposes.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
If you care about your privacy or if you think that you may be scammed then the only thing you can is avoid to use skype, you may lose some opportunities but it is better to be safe than to risk getting scammed. I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
There is no problem with it if you are applying for a job, just make sure that you applied with a right person ask them whats the name of the interviewer and what company they are so that you may actually know if they are telling the truth or not, we can figure out by ourselves if the interviewer is legit or not.
Well i guess for me that depends on the member itself if he was some good reputation in the forum site but only if the campaign urgently requires it, i dont see any reasons why would someone asked me to skype when we can chat normally in pm's if that person has no real important reason why would we skype then i would not agree with him. Some people may try to try to identify you in making calls in skype so they can try to impersonate you, identify what country you are from, accent and native tongue you use then do some information gathering about you.
First I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. I created this one here because some must know the answers to my questions because some legendary that I know more likely to say is a creator of a campaign
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
I would likely to ask if someone wants to add you in skype (the user that wants to start a campaign) I was interested join in his/her upcoming campaign. I was interested to be the graphic artist so than he wants me to him on skype.
Is it okay to talk to him via skype? Did someone already tried it?.
Things that come up into my mind:
1.he could use my face my identity to scam other poeple(he/she might screenshot it in the middle of our conversation
2. I want to study if this was likely safe ( I was thingking that only the person I already see in person(my boss for exampls) would be okay
If it is a job interview, most likely they would prefer it to be a video interview. That's normal. I've been there and it's all right. I mean the both of you will have to somehow meet the other and feel comfortable that's why a video interview is preferable.
However, you will have to do your own share of assignment also. Make sure that the project you are interested with is trusted and reliable. Do some research and read their profile and the likes. If you are in serious doubt then it is your choice not to proceed.
Most of the time it's probably a scam. You'll get nothing out of it and they'll get a ton. There are more legitimate ways to get a hold of you and way more secure ways of course.
I'm a skype user, i never create a real account of me the reason is i transaction with some strangers on internet, and i'm very scared to showing my face, i usually make a call if we're talking about the business, yeah the privacy is number one, just never showing your face they (the scammer) can screenshoot it, create a fake id, claim your account (like on exchanger) or doing something bad with it, telegram is another option i think.
That would be the safest thing for us to do since their are so many frauds using skype just to make people believe that they are legit, And their are other as you said that can steal your identity and they will surely use it from different bad schemes around here so better we should be more vigilant upon using skype and use dummy all the times.
I'm a skype user, i never create a real account of me the reason is i transaction with some strangers on internet, and i'm very scared to showing my face, i usually make a call if we're talking about the business, yeah the privacy is number one, just never showing your face they (the scammer) can screenshoot it, create a fake id, claim your account (like on exchanger) or doing something bad with it, telegram is another option i think.
We don't know if the person who offers you a job has a bad intention or good but to be safe you can fake your identity then don't go with skype you can talk with a call or in a messenger. Actually there isa lot tobe safeway than to risk your identity in someone who is strange.
Actually it does not matter if you can be careful. But I personally because this is risky I will not do it. If someone wants to invite business I think with a message or chat it is enough, so no need to talk through skype. As you said your identity can be used to commit fraud or other actions, if this happens it will be very inconvenient. If you want to do it, it does not matter, but my advice is more cautious and maybe try to let you know the person's face first.
I also do not trust this kind of scheme easily. When i am about to take a job using skype i am not using my personal skype account instead i will use a business skype axcount which has different details from my personal details.
It is okay if the person is a trusted or reoutabke in the field of his company or offered job order but if he is almost a strange one i like what you said that you use a dummy skype account so that he cannot do anything bad with your personal identity that he can use in illegal or by blackmailing you. Jump to: