Culinary Herbs - just an overpayment scam 스레드 게시자: Iryna Koshulap
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Hi everyone,
There are at least two ProZ.com translators who have been translating the book by M.G.Kains 'Culinary Herbs' just to receive checks for the amount that's much higher than requested. No need to say the addresses on the check and envelope do not match the ''outsourcer's'' info, and yes, it's an outright scam. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other people who are working on the same translation right now, maybe even in a different language pair (ours was English to Ru... See more Hi everyone,
There are at least two ProZ.com translators who have been translating the book by M.G.Kains 'Culinary Herbs' just to receive checks for the amount that's much higher than requested. No need to say the addresses on the check and envelope do not match the ''outsourcer's'' info, and yes, it's an outright scam. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other people who are working on the same translation right now, maybe even in a different language pair (ours was English to Russian), so this is a word of warning.
If you've seen anyone asking a KudoZ question that sounded like from a book on culinary herbs, you may also want to attract that person's attention to this post.
Internet Crime Complaint next, I do hope there's no one else who'd need to join us for this.
Warm regards,
Iryna ▲ Collapse | | | Is the suspicious client a Proz user/member? | Oct 26, 2011 |
Out of curiosity, do you know if the alleged scammer in this case is a Proz user/member? | | | Yuki Okada 캐나다 Local time: 14:12 회원(2007) 영어에서 일본어 + ... I was also contacted for English - Japanese | Oct 26, 2011 |
Glad you brought it up. This person, who claims to be a translator himself, contacted me. I could not find him on the ProZ directory or anywhere, and the address that he gave me after I asked for it is in downtown Miami with restaurants, etc. - no resident-looking buildings.
It seemed suspicious, so I asked for a partial payment in advance. He got back to me a day later saying that would be fair, and his lawyer would contact me. I did not hear from the "lawyer."
I jus... See more Glad you brought it up. This person, who claims to be a translator himself, contacted me. I could not find him on the ProZ directory or anywhere, and the address that he gave me after I asked for it is in downtown Miami with restaurants, etc. - no resident-looking buildings.
It seemed suspicious, so I asked for a partial payment in advance. He got back to me a day later saying that would be fair, and his lawyer would contact me. I did not hear from the "lawyer."
I just wonder what his intention was.
Yuki ▲ Collapse | | | Is the suspicious client a Proz user/member? | Oct 26, 2011 |
No, they aren't a ProZ member, but they contacted me via my proZ profile. That's why I brought it up here. | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Culinary Herbs - just an overpayment scam Protemos translation business management system |
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