No, It is fraud in 99.9% cases
Take some Percetage of total amout as advance payment, and can also take small percentages of money on regular basis, as the project progreses towards completion.
Ask for daily payment/ upfront pay to avoid issues regarding frauds.
If he/she is asking to pay after completion of project.
Have Contract or Invoice in place, state you project timeline, payment terms, number of revisions, etc clearly.
Get payments on time and complete the project within deadline.
No, it is not legit in 99.9% cases. Be away from those clients
It is an absolute Fraund. Be away from those kind of clients
It is just a written statement in page, the real saver is your payment terms.
It is a written out statment of works, payment terms and project outline, given to client by freelancers.
You can make payment model in such a way that, you get paid all the amount before the work is just about to complete
No not all the entry level jobs are fake, but if any deposit is asked to do before the payment then it is fake.