Mark Anderson - Rip off artist
Thread poster: Victor Harari
Victor Harari
Victor Harari  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:26
English to Spanish
Mar 23, 2017

I was contacted by Mark Anderson via e-mail and asked to do an English -Spanish translation on Racism.

He explained that I would have to translate two different texts. After I started working, he offered to pay in advance for both texts, but he refused to pay in any way but a cashier's check. When I was about to send him the first text, he told me that the second text was now going to be translated into Azerbaijani, not Spanish.

I received the check, but I was never abl
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I was contacted by Mark Anderson via e-mail and asked to do an English -Spanish translation on Racism.

He explained that I would have to translate two different texts. After I started working, he offered to pay in advance for both texts, but he refused to pay in any way but a cashier's check. When I was about to send him the first text, he told me that the second text was now going to be translated into Azerbaijani, not Spanish.

I received the check, but I was never able to cash it or deposit it (this was due to Mexican bank regulation), but now I discover it was all a scam!!!

Be careful with this guy...I have read several stories exactly as mine.

[Edited at 2017-03-23 22:01 GMT]

[Edited at 2017-03-24 01:27 GMT]
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Natalie
Natalie  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 18:26
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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VERY old scam Mar 24, 2017

Hi Victor, this is a really old scam.

For more info, please see
http://www.proz.com/topic/200642
http://www.proz.com/topic/310904
etc

You should ALWAYS check unknown outsourcers before accepting any jobs.

Natalia


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Hi Victor, this is a really old scam.

For more info, please see
http://www.proz.com/topic/200642
http://www.proz.com/topic/310904
etc

You should ALWAYS check unknown outsourcers before accepting any jobs.

Natalia


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Sheila Wilson
Sheila Wilson  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 17:26
Member (2007)
English
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Oh dear! Mar 24, 2017

Such a pity that you hadn't signed up for the notifications from the Scam Alert Centre: http://www.proz.com/about/translator-scam-alerts. You were actually lucky if "all" you got was a rejection from the Mexican authorities. We have heard of some translators actually being prosecuted for trying to cash those false cheques. And some have also sent cheques/transfers of their own to compensate for an apparent overpayment. So, maybe it helps you to know it could have been worse .

Victor Harari wrote:
I was contacted by Mark Anderson via e-mail and asked to do an English -Spanish translation on Racism.

Was this a contact through your ProZ.com profile? If so, please report it to the Scam Centre. They will need to deal with the profile.


 
Walter Landesman
Walter Landesman  Identity Verified
Uruguay
Local time: 14:26
English to Spanish
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Scam 101 Mar 24, 2017

As the colleagues said, this is one of the oldest and known scam. Sorry it was your turn now, Victor.

 


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