Scam or spam? Thread poster: Susana E. Cano Méndez
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Hello, I have just received this e-mail via Proz: [email protected] How are you today?.My name is Anita i am a young single girl never married before.I hope you are in perfect health and i pray that this message should find you in peace. It will be my pleasure to read from you. I am very happy the way God has brought us in contact with each other. But please i will love to know you ... See more Hello, I have just received this e-mail via Proz: [email protected] How are you today?.My name is Anita i am a young single girl never married before.I hope you are in perfect health and i pray that this message should find you in peace. It will be my pleasure to read from you. I am very happy the way God has brought us in contact with each other. But please i will love to know you more please write me to my email: [email protected] I have reported it at Proz as scam and the profile doesn't exist anymore. Why someone would write such a message here?
[Edited at 2016-11-19 20:24 GMT] ▲ Collapse | | | SPAMS, SCAMS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. | Nov 19, 2016 |
Like any other homepage host provider, it is time ProZ find a manner of allowing us to block unwanted emails and/or advertisements. Is it not? | | | cloudhunter (X) Germany Local time: 07:42 English to German + ...
Paulo Eduardo - Pro Knowledge wrote: Like any other homepage host provider, it is time ProZ find a manner of allowing us to block unwanted emails and/or advertisements. Is it not? I have been having a problem with an Indian agency, a very big one. The thing is they keep sending me numerous messages a day, the number varies between 1 and 13 (!!!) daily, where they ask me to complete the current assignment for them. Obviously, they send a bulk message and whoever comes first, gets the job (if they can afford, of course). The thing is, they don't bother to check if I provide this service at all (which I don't). Also, the requests are very often about languages I don't even speak or heard of... I have tried asking them politely to stop spamming (13 messages are spamming for me...), I tried being less nice and I finally asked for proz.com assistance. What happened was proz.com asking me to provide e-mail headers of all the messages, which I did but it was very cumbersome since the amount exceeded 40 at that point. I gave up once asked to also provide them with the headers of all the replies I had sent so far. I tried blocking the IP but the agency seems to have tons of them and every second message comes from a different one. So, I would also welcome a solution to this becase I really don't feel like being spam on a website which I pay lots of money for. This is one of the reasons why I might not be getting the new membership. The support does not always seem to want to help. | | | Spam accounts are removed on sight | Nov 21, 2016 |
Hello, Thank you for reporting this. I confirm this is spam, sent from an account that has already been removed. Spam accounts are removed on sight. It is a different situation when a legitimate outsourcer is sending unwanted emails. It is possible to block a person from contacting you through the site. cloudhunter, I have re-opened your old support request on this matter and proposed a couple of solutions. I am looking forward to your reply. ... See more Hello, Thank you for reporting this. I confirm this is spam, sent from an account that has already been removed. Spam accounts are removed on sight. It is a different situation when a legitimate outsourcer is sending unwanted emails. It is possible to block a person from contacting you through the site. cloudhunter, I have re-opened your old support request on this matter and proposed a couple of solutions. I am looking forward to your reply. Best regards, Alejandro ▲ Collapse | |
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Mario Chavez (X) Local time: 02:42 English to Spanish + ... It's better to ignore scam/spam emails | Nov 21, 2016 |
Even if Proz.com were to implement a top-of-the-line spam filter, it is almost impossible to get all spams or scams by email. Here's an idea: take the initiative. Ignore any email that doesn't come from someone you already know. Also, ignore any communications from companies or individuals pointing to a web address that has no physical (brick-and-mortar) address. We're not children. We should already know how to deal with strangers. Neither proz.com or other professiona... See more Even if Proz.com were to implement a top-of-the-line spam filter, it is almost impossible to get all spams or scams by email. Here's an idea: take the initiative. Ignore any email that doesn't come from someone you already know. Also, ignore any communications from companies or individuals pointing to a web address that has no physical (brick-and-mortar) address. We're not children. We should already know how to deal with strangers. Neither proz.com or other professional sites are intended to mollycoddle us or babysit us. ▲ Collapse | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Scam or spam? Wordfast Pro | Translation Memory Software for Any Platform
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