On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM Alan Myers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is this a scam? > Probably not. They will work offshore, pretend to be American using a laptop they ship to you (and they remote into), use your bank account for direct deposits, and pay you a commission. But be prepared for the problems you open yourself up to: Arizona Woman Sentenced for $17M Information Technology Worker Fraud Scheme that Generated Revenue for North Korea, < https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-information-technology-worker-fraud-scheme-generated-revenue >. > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM > Subject: Collabrations > To: Alanmyersinquiry <[email protected]> > > > Hi Alan, > This is Miguel from the Philippines. I'm a software developer with over 10 > years of experience. I came across your GitHub profile and thought it would > be great to connect. I'd love to explore the possibility of collaborating > with you on some projects. > > My collaborators and I have been working on Upwork for 10 years, but > recently it's become more challenging to secure new jobs. We decided to > pursue more opportunities, and we noticed there are 'US only' jobs on > Upwork that aren't visible to freelancers in other countries. We decided to > grab those jobs as well. > > Some friends of ours in the US helped us out by letting us use their > profiles to sign up, so we're now using US accounts. However, since we're > non-native English speakers, it's challenging for us to land jobs. > > So you need to work like a middleman who does all kinds of technical > interviews under someone else's name. That means you need to join the > meetings with that given name, act like him. > > - We will pay you well based on hourly rate ($40/hr) every week. > - You can bill all the hours you spend for interviews and studying. > > Please let me know if you're interested in. > > Thank you, > Miguel >
