I was really excited cos working full time at that rate would be a lot of money in the bank.
On the off chance I asked the client who had recommended me about David Hall. And she said she never heard of him. WTF?
I had already signed the hefty contract consisting of 2 large PDF files and given them my bank details and formal photo an all.
I asked David Hall that my client said she does not know you. Client's name was Karen and he had obviously seen her name on the feedback on my oDesk profile. But it mentioned only her first name. So when I asked him what her full name was, he didn't know. He made up a name and said 'Karen Lopez' who I have never heard off, even gave me a phony number in Germany! which I called up to confirm and they never heard of this.
So a lot of alarm bells were ringing.
Just to be sure I called up Abeam's offices in New York to see if their really was a David Hall working there. Guy who picked up the phone said they not but will check and get back. No one did.
90% sure that this was a scam I asked David Hall for his phone number in New York since he claimed his offices were there.
Immediately he disappeared from Skype to never be heard again.
So if I had started working expecting to get paid at the end of the month as the contract had mentioned I would've been scammed out of a month's worth of payment.
This is Skype photo and profile and username-
So please be aware of this scam- it is elaborate and extremely well orchestrated.
Unsure if the company Abeam is involved or just some Indians or Pakistanis using that name to scam people.
Here are more stories of people getting scammed by the same guy-
https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/anyone-work-for-abeam-com-outsourcing.2741674/
