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May 20

A new scan aimed at freelancing translators and transcribers is going around. Beware!

It goes like this:

You are contacted privately by someone from Next Wave Freelance about working for them. They say they found your contact at TranslatorsCafé or a similar website.

There is no name of whoever signs off and you could be asked to translate or transcribe something. In my case, I was supposed to transcribe an audio book in Dutch and then translate it into En... See more
A new scan aimed at freelancing translators and transcribers is going around. Beware!

It goes like this:

You are contacted privately by someone from Next Wave Freelance about working for them. They say they found your contact at TranslatorsCafé or a similar website.

There is no name of whoever signs off and you could be asked to translate or transcribe something. In my case, I was supposed to transcribe an audio book in Dutch and then translate it into English. This job would take weeks to complete. The deadline is ten days and the pay is great: 5,600 British pounds. Half of this would be paid after you submit a third of the work.

I decided to play along and asked for the person’s name: Trisha Paull. There was never a contract. I submitted some of the (fake) work at some point and they transferred 2,800 pounds into my account with Next Wave Freelance, which you have to create.

Then, they supposedly transferred that amount to my PayPal account (also fake) and I received a message about my account having been credited: “Your Account has been Credited; Transaction Number: 7J4AQ2UMQI1L; Current Balance: 2,800.00 GBP;
Admin Note: Payment for completed Project”

Then a Withdrawek Request Confirmatiin followed: “We are pleased to inform you that your withdrawal request of 2,800.00 GBP via PayPal has been submitted successfully.

Here are the details of your withdrawal:

Amount: 2,800.00 GBP
Charge: 3.80 GBP
Conversion Rate: 1 GBP = 1.00 GBP
Expected Amount: 2,796.20 GBP
Via: PayPal
Transaction Number: VQWYDZTURH43

Your current balance is 0.00 GBP.”

Within the next 24 hours, I received an email that the withdrawal request was rejected and what the next steps are:

“We regret to inform you that your withdrawal request of 2,800.00 GBP via PayPal has been rejected.

Here are the details of your withdrawal:

Amount: 2,800.00 GBP
Charge: 3.80 GBP
Conversion Rate: 1 GBP = 1.00 GBP
Expected Amount: 2,796.20 GBP
Via: PayPal
Transaction Number: VQWYDZTURH43

Refund Details:
2,800.00 GBP has been refunded to your account, and your current balance is 2,800.00 GBP.

Reason for Rejection:
Your recent withdrawal request has been temporarily rejected due to an incomplete regulatory clearance process. To proceed, a refundable deposit of 164 GBP is required to finalize the transaction. Please contact our Live Chat Support for full details on completing this refundable deposit and activating your withdrawal. Thank you for your prompt attention.”

This is where I was done wasting time and trying to figure out what the scam actually is. I guess they want you to pay them money somehow and then never pay you back or - if you really did all that work - they would never pay you for the bogus job.

This company has a website that looks professional and has doctored reviews for their company somehow to build credibility. Be careful when dealing with Nextwaverfreelance.org. They are a fake company and a big scam, despite the professional looking website and AI created emails and job descriptions. ▲ Collapse


Zea_Mays
 
Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Laura Curzi
Argentina
Local time: 11:23
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Sepanyol
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Several fake websites May 20

There are several fake websites posing as websites for freelancers, as these forum threads have told:

Heard of Crafted Freelancers?

A Total Scam! Creativeclique / ondemandfreelance.com
... See more
There are several fake websites posing as websites for freelancers, as these forum threads have told:

Heard of Crafted Freelancers?

A Total Scam! Creativeclique / ondemandfreelance.com

And the very long list compiled here by Andrea Capuselli who's part of Proz Staff.
Widespread "release fee" scam using several fake and stolen identities > https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/372185-widespread_"release_fee"_scam_using_several_fake_and_stolen_identities.html

[Edited at 2025-05-20 20:27 GMT] ▲ Collapse


Liesbet75
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Daryo
Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
Bahasa Serbia hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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A variation on this scam ... May 21

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/372436-they_almost_got_me_or_am_i_missing_out_on_an_excellent_opportunity-page2.html#3075292:~:text=Zea_Mays%20wrote:,working%20for%20nothing.

The 'Next Wave' in scamming freelancers?

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