Alerte arnaque: Ana sergio Thread poster: MARIE LANCIEN
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Bonjour à tous,
J'ai reçu une demande de traduction pour un texte sur l'agriculture en Europe.
Texte déjà traduit et accessible gratuitement sur Google.
Proposition d'acompte de 50% au début de la commande puis 50% à la fin. Avec demandé de RIB.
Bizarrement, la personne en question, Ana Sergio, me demande de traduire un texte du français vers l'espagnol, elle-même étant espagnole.
J'ai vu sur ce forum que ces pratiques étaient cour... See more Bonjour à tous,
J'ai reçu une demande de traduction pour un texte sur l'agriculture en Europe.
Texte déjà traduit et accessible gratuitement sur Google.
Proposition d'acompte de 50% au début de la commande puis 50% à la fin. Avec demandé de RIB.
Bizarrement, la personne en question, Ana Sergio, me demande de traduire un texte du français vers l'espagnol, elle-même étant espagnole.
J'ai vu sur ce forum que ces pratiques étaient courantes, mais je n'avais pas encore vu d'Ana Sergio.
Je pense qu'il s'agit d'une arnaque.
Bien à vous.
Marie ▲ Collapse
| | | | Carla Guerreiro 
France
Local time: 23:17
Member (2006)
French to Portuguese
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| A-t-elle laissé ses coordonnées? | Jun 10, 2021 |
Bonjour Marie,
Cette "cliente potentielle" a-t-elle laissé ses coordonnées? Son adresse électronique est une adresse gmail?
Si pas de coordonnées et si adresse gmail, il vaut mieux se méfier.
| | | | MARIE LANCIEN
France
Local time: 23:17
English to French
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TOPIC STARTER
En effet : [email protected].
J'ai vu que Gmail + prenomnom+ chiffres = possible arnaque.
Erreur de débutante pour moi !
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| Ana Sergio is a fraudster | Aug 31, 2021 |
She has obtained fraudulently a translation from us leaving me with an invoice of 679 EUR. She is using the text/German translation for her purposes and therefore is infringing the copyright I own in accordance with WIPO and therefore national law. Moreover, we are just preparing a case for the "Cyber Crime Unit".
Any further questions or remarks to me:
Joachim Kohler
Mail: [email protected]
| | | | | Fraudsters at ProZ | Sep 2, 2021 |
We have another case. Somebody has used Pfizer and has a new document translated intoGerman. Now he has vanished. The contact has been made vis ProZ. The damage is EUR 1440 and the second case in a short while. Below the addresses of the Cyber Crime Units:
FBI Headquarters
Cyber Crime Unit
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
(202) 324-3000
INTERPOL General Secretariat
Cyber Crime Unit
200, quai Charles de Gaulle... See more We have another case. Somebody has used Pfizer and has a new document translated intoGerman. Now he has vanished. The contact has been made vis ProZ. The damage is EUR 1440 and the second case in a short while. Below the addresses of the Cyber Crime Units:
FBI Headquarters
Cyber Crime Unit
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
(202) 324-3000
INTERPOL General Secretariat
Cyber Crime Unit
200, quai Charles de Gaulle
69006 Lyon
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Douglas Harssch is another one who should be on the warning list. He is doing exactly the same as Ana Sergio. He is a FRAUDSTER and using Proz as a base to find and damage translators. God know why. Further information via our legal division:
Mail: [email protected]
| | | | | Fraudsters using Proz | Sep 10, 2021 |
What the fraudsters try is this: they place an order for the translation of a document via Proz and accept the price. They are "paying" with a French check that is issued for a much higher amount and expect to be reimbursed the difference immediately. They send the check to the translator's bank. The check will then of course fail. The real problem is that they use a trusted source such as Proz. It is difficult to find out what is real and what is fake.
Further info via:
... See more What the fraudsters try is this: they place an order for the translation of a document via Proz and accept the price. They are "paying" with a French check that is issued for a much higher amount and expect to be reimbursed the difference immediately. They send the check to the translator's bank. The check will then of course fail. The real problem is that they use a trusted source such as Proz. It is difficult to find out what is real and what is fake.
Further info via:
[email protected] ▲ Collapse
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Ayrai Perez
United States
Local time: 17:17
English to Spanish
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Yes, I was scammed last week not here but on another online platform for translators. I did not know the way they operated but I figured it out before I sent the money back to them. His fake identity was flagged immediately as some others were, too. I did not know this has happened on proz!. Verify identities and above all do not accept personal or cashier checks as payment methods.
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Hello everybody!
I have obviously been the victim of such a fraud. Same topic : agriculture in Europe. Proposition, 50/50, asked for a RIB.
Refused to sign my agreement (well never answer when mentioned...), took ages to to send mails. She invented stories about her stepmother dying (I was waiting for the Civid reason, which of course came later...)
Name : Kim Snyder.
She issued a bank check from Ireland, expecting obviously me to send her the money ... See more Hello everybody!
I have obviously been the victim of such a fraud. Same topic : agriculture in Europe. Proposition, 50/50, asked for a RIB.
Refused to sign my agreement (well never answer when mentioned...), took ages to to send mails. She invented stories about her stepmother dying (I was waiting for the Civid reason, which of course came later...)
Name : Kim Snyder.
She issued a bank check from Ireland, expecting obviously me to send her the money back as there was a huge mistake in the amount.
My bank is trying to get into contact with the Irish bank.
I had doubts, now I do not have any!!!
It's a fraud, she used pros never discussed the price, gmail address and name, well everything you said.
The problem is that she now has my bank info.
She contacted me in June and I have started anything and won't.
What can we do?
What's the point in doing that? I do not understand.
If you have any idea...
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| | | | Akiko Eizaki
France
Local time: 23:17
French to Japanese
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Bonjour à toutes et tous,
Je venais de recevoir ce type de fausse demande par mail.
Nom : Kim Snyder (envoyé des États-Unis)
[[email protected]]
- texte original en agriculture en Europe
- du français vers le japonais
- paiement 50/50
- fausse erreur d'un versement (env. 9000€)
---> J'ai trouvé un autre cas pareil dans lequel "le client" demande au traducteur de verser un certain montant (env. 800€) comme caut... See more Bonjour à toutes et tous,
Je venais de recevoir ce type de fausse demande par mail.
Nom : Kim Snyder (envoyé des États-Unis)
[[email protected]]
- texte original en agriculture en Europe
- du français vers le japonais
- paiement 50/50
- fausse erreur d'un versement (env. 9000€)
---> J'ai trouvé un autre cas pareil dans lequel "le client" demande au traducteur de verser un certain montant (env. 800€) comme caution à un autre compte AVANT de recevoir son faux versement.
Attention à tout le monde ! ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Ne jamais répondre aux adresses @gmail.com | Jul 2, 2022 |
En règle générale, il ne faut JAMAIS répondre aux adresses @gmail.com. L’expérience montre qu’il s’agit toujours d’importuns ou de fraudeurs.
Généralement les agences de traduction sérieuses utilisent leurs adresses mails avec les alias de leur propre site Internet. Lorsqu’il s’agit d’un particulier qui utilise une adresse @gmail.com, je ne travaille pas sur un projet avant d’avoir été intégralement provisionné. C’est souvent le meilleur moyen de savoir si il s’agit d’un fraudeur ou pas.
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Lauren Lever
United States
Local time: 17:17
French to English
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| Also contacted me | Jul 4, 2022 |
Hello everyone,
I was also contacted by an individual using the name Kim Snyder on June 30th inquiring about a large translation of 50 pages from French into English. It sounds like it was the same agricultural article that others have received. She requested to pay me 50% up front and 50% on completion. I was initially interested in the project but when I asked for more info about the entity requesting the translation she ghosted me... See more Hello everyone,
I was also contacted by an individual using the name Kim Snyder on June 30th inquiring about a large translation of 50 pages from French into English. It sounds like it was the same agricultural article that others have received. She requested to pay me 50% up front and 50% on completion. I was initially interested in the project but when I asked for more info about the entity requesting the translation she ghosted me.
The email address used was [email protected] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Stefanie S.
United States
Local time: 17:17
French to English
I also got scammed by "Kim Snyder" ([email protected]). It's as others describe: a request to translate an agriculture document, 50% now and 50% upon completion. She provided the excuse of having accidentally sent too much money by mistake after a mix up with an event planner's check. I took a closer look at the check and saw that the routing # had too many digits (it should have 9, not 10). I realized the check was fake. I didn't want to believe it so I did more research and found this thre... See more I also got scammed by "Kim Snyder" ([email protected]). It's as others describe: a request to translate an agriculture document, 50% now and 50% upon completion. She provided the excuse of having accidentally sent too much money by mistake after a mix up with an event planner's check. I took a closer look at the check and saw that the routing # had too many digits (it should have 9, not 10). I realized the check was fake. I didn't want to believe it so I did more research and found this thread, confirming my suspicions. I thankfully hadn't deposited it yet. Beware. ▲ Collapse
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Pour ma part, même arnaque - texte agricole, du français vers le portugais.
Adresse mail : [email protected]
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