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A new scammer today
Thread poster: Ahmed Algelany
Ahmed Algelany
Ahmed Algelany
Egypt
Local time: 15:56
Member (2017)
Arabic to English
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Mar 5, 2019

Yesterday, I received my first message via Proz.
I thought it was related to a new project, as the scammer mentioned.
She requested to communicate with her through email. I similarly copied her email and pasted it in my email subject, and sent her "Welcome". No reply by her.
Today she sent me 2 emails mentioning a long story that was not related to translation or even linguistic matter.
I warn all my colleagues not to dea... See more
Yesterday, I received my first message via Proz.
I thought it was related to a new project, as the scammer mentioned.
She requested to communicate with her through email. I similarly copied her email and pasted it in my email subject, and sent her "Welcome". No reply by her.
Today she sent me 2 emails mentioning a long story that was not related to translation or even linguistic matter.
I warn all my colleagues not to deal with this woman, her email is: [email protected]
She is claiming that her name is Luciana, and that she is from Madrid, Spain. ▲ Collapse
 
Morano El-Kholy
Morano El-Kholy  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 15:56
Member (2011)
English to Arabic
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Welcome to the club! Mar 5, 2019

Dear colleague,

Many of us have been-unfortunately-contacted by this scammer!

Thanks for mentioning it.

I hope that Proz would ban those kinds of scams/scammers once and for all!


[Edited at 2019-03-05 15:05 GMT]
 
ProZAli
ProZAli
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:56
Arabic to English
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Same here Mar 6, 2019

Also received an email and a live chat from this person via proz .
Thanks for sharing your experience.
 
picklink
picklink
Spain
Local time: 13:56
English to Spanish
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Shameless Mar 7, 2019

I do not know what's worse, the scam itself, or the fact that she (or a he pretending to be a she) keeps coming back and won't be stopped
 


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