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Daniel James Netherlands Local time: 17:08 Dutch to English + ...
Oct 15, 2019
Dear Proz members,
I recently received an email offering a job (about 12k words, Working Papers in Economic History), and while the content is interesting, there seem to be a few red flags.
1. The person doesn’t represent a company. 2. I wasn’t asked for a CV, test translation or an invoice. My quote was accepted immediately. 3. This person wants my bank account details ASAP to transfer half the quoted amount. The rest upon completion. 4. The perso... See more
Dear Proz members,
I recently received an email offering a job (about 12k words, Working Papers in Economic History), and while the content is interesting, there seem to be a few red flags.
1. The person doesn’t represent a company. 2. I wasn’t asked for a CV, test translation or an invoice. My quote was accepted immediately. 3. This person wants my bank account details ASAP to transfer half the quoted amount. The rest upon completion. 4. The person’s name doesn’t match their email address. 5. I have no way of verifying who this person (or his client) is.
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Kay Denney France Local time: 17:08 French to English
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Oct 15, 2019
Several scam boxes ticked there. You might want to try searching for a couple of key phrases in the text to see whether it's out there on internet. How did the person find you? Did you just recently make a profile here? Newbies seem to be targeted a lot.
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Philippe Etienne
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Liviu-Lee Roth United States Local time: 11:08 Romanian to English + ...
aren't there enough red flags?
Oct 15, 2019
Overpayment scam.
IrinaN
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Philippe Etienne
Rachel Fell
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Thomas T. Frost Portugal Local time: 16:08 Danish to English + ...
Congratulations, you are the one-zillionth translator to have received this
Oct 15, 2019
You have won a counterfeit cheque.
Exaggerating a bit, but try to look around in the Proz forums for scam reports just this year. You could Google
site:proz.com forum scam
Hedwig Spitzer (X)
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Philippe Etienne
Liviu-Lee Roth
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Daniel James Netherlands Local time: 17:08 Dutch to English + ...
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Oct 15, 2019
Hi Thomas and Kay,
Thanks for your prompt replies and your time. After having done a bit more searching on the forum I've found out that it's the same scam that other forum users have been exposed to.
Kind regards, Daniel
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