Hi Defoug: I have had similar experiences on Elance and Odesk. I thought marketplaces are supposed to make things safe not dangerous! Things did not used to be this way on these marketplaces but the fraud protection these days is out of control. I recently signed up for a new marketplace that seems much more straight forward. You should check out Weblance, it was 1000 times easier. Knida new and they don't have a ton of users but I still recommend them over peopleperhour. Support answered all my questions in a couple hours, live chat support but I never used it. Might be worth looking into.