Geigy Usigan Abanes

I was contacted through telegram that i need to convert a pdf file to microsoft word. Its not an easy tasked because its 50 image that has more than 500 words per page. Its an urgent task needs to be finish 1 day, so i did it overnight. I was able to submit and send the project through email. However right after I received an email that my payment of $850 was on hold until i pay the Non resident tax fee: $20.00, before i cant received the said amount. Below is the email that i received.

Hello Dear Employee,

This is to inform you that a payment of ($850.00) as a non resident worker enroute your account has been WITHHELD. You are required to clear the federal non resident taxation charges billed to your account.

A non resident worker is a non citizen who "has not passed the Green Card test“. Non resident workers must pay taxes on their income earned in the United States. In Other words Non resident workers are remote employees hired to work on an assigned one time project.

In your case we have been notified of your status quo, our Clearance financial institution can’t complete the wire transfer as funds has been WITHHELD.


Billing Summary:


Payment Income: $850.00


Non resident tax fee: $20.00


Tax payments cleared so far: $00


Interest Charges: $09.73


Please kindly contact the payment director,he or she will guide you on how to make the payment for the non resident tax fee.

Note: you have to make the payment fast to avoid additional interest charges.

Best regards.



Right now I am already blocked by the said DIRECTOR who send me the project. She already have the finish project that i work hard overnight and no reply or even email for an update in my Project. Hope this will be a lesson not to trust anyone. Still hoping to received the payment that I worked on