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Daryo
Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:49
Serbiyaan to Ingiriisi
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That means nothing Oct 8, 2022

Mr. Satan wrote:

jyuan_us wrote:

I can't tell what happened from your posting. would you care to elaborate on it?


OP was scammed.

The end.


There are tens of ways of "getting scammed" - without enough relevant details the whole thread would become a pointless waste of time.
 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
Ingiriisi to Indonesian
Nothingness Oct 9, 2022

Daryo wrote:

That means nothing


It wasn't meant to be anything, honey. 😘
 
Carol Lujan
Carol Lujan  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 05:49
Ingiriisi to Spanish
Beware!!! May 28

This is the email address I was contacted from. Be careful, it is definitively a scam!

[email protected]

Email:

I hope this email finds you well. I'm Mr Edelgard Mathias and I’m the Recruiting officer. Our company is in search of a skilled translator who can assist us in translating various documents. During our search, we cam... See more
This is the email address I was contacted from. Be careful, it is definitively a scam!

[email protected]

Email:

I hope this email finds you well. I'm Mr Edelgard Mathias and I’m the Recruiting officer. Our company is in search of a skilled translator who can assist us in translating various documents. During our search, we came across your profile on https://www.translationdirectory.com/ and we are impressed by your credentials.

In order to proceed further, could you please provide a list of the languages you are proficient in translating from English? Once we have this information, we can share more details regarding the scope of work and discuss the possibility of collaboration. We look forward to potentially partnering with you and utilizing your expertise in language translation.

Thank you for your time and consideration.
Warm regards ▲ Collapse
 
Thomas T. Frost
Thomas T. Frost  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:49
Danish to Ingiriisi
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Gmail: 99% risk of a scam May 28

Carol Lujan wrote:
This is the email address I was contacted from. Be careful, it is definitively a scam!
[email protected]


Very few outsourcers use Gmail addresses, so it's a red flag. You simply don't know who it is, so you need to check who they are in another way before going any further.

Carol Lujan wrote:
Our company is in search of a skilled translator who can assist us in translating various documents. During our search, we came across your profile on https://www.translationdirectory.com/ and we are impressed by your credentials.


Praise is a red flag too if isn't related to a specific job already done.

So is vagueness. 'Various' documents. Because they have no documents to translate. It's a scam.

Carol Lujan wrote:
In order to proceed further, could you please provide a list of the languages you are proficient in translating from English?


More vagueness. Most outsourcers need specific languages.

So that's three red-flag categories: Gmail, praise and vagueness. It's screaming, 'SCAM!!!'

We need to be able to read between the lines to spot unusual behaviour.

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