BEWARE!! ****mers active on UPTASKER platform.

Roundabout 10 AM on the 29th of January 2024 I requested quotes for replacement of the fridge compressor on my Coolermaster double door, expecting to get quotes from several service providers. I received a confirmation that my request was posted on the Uptasker website. I was also supp**** with a username and password to login and peruse forthcoming quotes. At 12:10 I received a WhatsApp message from a certain Sam stating that: "we just received a urgent request from you on Uptake (i.o Uptasker) for a fridge repair service asking "Can we still assist you?" I agreed requesting a quote at 13:25, he rep**** that it will be R1000 and that an invoice would follow. I disclosed my full home address and to my surprise I received a document at 14:11 stating that the job will take 1-2 hours to complete and that a deposit of R500 is required upfront to secure the parts needed and that balance shall be paid upon satisfactory completion of the job. A Capitec bank account no:1766142344 was supp**** requesting that proof of payment to be sent 0695438471 or WhatsApp +27 608590788. Having done that I was regularly informed about their progress procuring the parts and that I could expect his arrival at roundabout 16:00, which did not realize, him blaming the traffic. Last feedback was at 16:27 viz.: "just a bit of traffic to move clear then we there" There after nothing no contact. I then checked the so called invoice/quote thoroughly just to realize that the company name they used in fact belong to a maintenance company in North West and the address viz. "11 Hawk Street Montana is non- existent did not check whose VAT no is 903456532 as well as the phone no 0677047951. Funny enough the Uptasker account says that no quotes was received yet, so it is obvious that there are suppliers on their side that follow up leads outside of the system just to **** unaware people.