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Freelance Scams: The Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Every freelance scam attacks the same moment: the handoff of work or money before either is secured. Learn the seven recurring patterns, what a legitimate client never asks you for, how to verify one in five minutes, and exactly what to do in the first hour after you realise something is wrong.

LanceGuru Team12 min read

Milestone Payments and Escrow: A Client's Guide to Paying Safely

Escrow solves one specific problem — committing to pay a stranger before you have seen the work — and it is worth knowing exactly what it does on LanceGuru today, because funding a milestone records the commitment rather than collecting the money. How to split a project into milestones both sides can judge, write one acceptance criterion each, reject a deliverable well, and what evidence decides a dispute.

LanceGuru Team11 min read

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Freelance Scams: The Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Milestone Payments and Escrow: A Client's Guide to Paying Safely