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Maria Antonietta Ricagno
Maria Antonietta Ricagno  Identity Verified
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Feb 26, 2013

Today I got the following mass- e-mail from scottgate8@gmail.com:


Hello,

I'm Scott,Can you translate the attached document to ITALIAN and can it be delivered before 20th of March,2013?

Reply asap with your rate and charges.
Scott

Attached: approx. 6200 file to translate




Has anybody else received it?

Thank you

Mar
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Today I got the following mass- e-mail from scottgate8@gmail.com:


Hello,

I'm Scott,Can you translate the attached document to ITALIAN and can it be delivered before 20th of March,2013?

Reply asap with your rate and charges.
Scott

Attached: approx. 6200 file to translate




Has anybody else received it?

Thank you

Maria Antonietta
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Chéli Rioboo
Chéli Rioboo
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It's from Berlusconi ? Feb 26, 2013

Sorry, just a joke !

 
Ana Vozone
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I got it too today Feb 26, 2013

Hi, I got the same message today. Please read my post on "Safe Computing" regarding this same sender.

I also got a similar message from him in January. I think Scott's file installs a Trojan. My computer was infected with an unwanted search page, www.22find.com after I opened his file.

My recommendation: Delete and ignore!

Ana


 
Maria Antonietta Ricagno
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Thank you Feb 26, 2013

many thx Ana

M.A.


 
Ansi
Ansi
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received the same, but into German Feb 26, 2013

Looks most definitely like a scam.
In my case it's the report "Egypt in Transition" from the US Congressional Research Service copied into Word. Link: http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/171381.pdf

I had somthing very similar a few years back. I demanded to be paid up front and received a cheque of several 1000 pounds worth. Of course never cashed it or st
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Looks most definitely like a scam.
In my case it's the report "Egypt in Transition" from the US Congressional Research Service copied into Word. Link: http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/171381.pdf

I had somthing very similar a few years back. I demanded to be paid up front and received a cheque of several 1000 pounds worth. Of course never cashed it or started work.

Angela

[Edited at 2013-02-27 01:00 GMT]
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Reported for the first time on 23rd January Feb 26, 2013

though with slight different emails: scottgate088@gmail.com and scottgate022@gmail, see http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Translator_scam_alert_reports#January_23.2C_2013:_Messages_from_.22Gate_Scott.22

 
Maria Antonietta Ricagno
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Thank you Teresa Feb 27, 2013

BTW, even though I opened the file, nothing happened to my Mac. Anyway, better not to open anything in future.

M.A.


 
Maria Antonietta Ricagno
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Thank you Ansi Feb 27, 2013



 
Sergio Mori
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Scott Gate scam Feb 27, 2013

Hi
I got the same email last night, the one about "Egypt in Translation", this time to be translated into Spanish.

Why do they want our personal details?

I've asked for payment up front and they said yes.

It all sounded dodgy so I decided to investigate and found this thread.

He already got my name and phone number (not difficult, that's on my website), but now he also has my address and bank details (in the invoice I stupidly sent him be
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Hi
I got the same email last night, the one about "Egypt in Translation", this time to be translated into Spanish.

Why do they want our personal details?

I've asked for payment up front and they said yes.

It all sounded dodgy so I decided to investigate and found this thread.

He already got my name and phone number (not difficult, that's on my website), but now he also has my address and bank details (in the invoice I stupidly sent him before doing some research into him).

What is it he wants with translators' personal info?
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Paweł Hamerski
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Not too much Feb 27, 2013

I would say. They don't clean accounts - it's another league.

 


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