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Alain Alameddine 
Lebanon
Local time: 22:49
Member (2009)
English to French
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Hi everyone,
Today I received an email via my TranslatorsCafé profile, worded as follows:
My name is XXXX XXXXXX, I was giving a contract to translate a project from English to Arabic. I will like to know if you are capable and available of translating the project also what is your charges for translation .... Hope to read from you soon ...
Best Regard,
When I asked for information about him, first he ignored the question, and then he just sai... See more Hi everyone,
Today I received an email via my TranslatorsCafé profile, worded as follows:
My name is XXXX XXXXXX, I was giving a contract to translate a project from English to Arabic. I will like to know if you are capable and available of translating the project also what is your charges for translation .... Hope to read from you soon ...
Best Regard,
When I asked for information about him, first he ignored the question, and then he just said "I am a private freelancer not a company".
Then I asked for advance payment, he agreed, but mysteriously disappeared
I thought I'd post this here. Best wishes!
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| The right post in the right place | May 3, 2013 |
Alain Alameddine wrote:
Hi everyone,
Today I received an email via my TranslatorsCafé profile, worded as follows:
And if you received this email via Translatorscafe, why are you posting it here at Proz and not in Translatorscafe?
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Tony M
France
Local time: 21:49
Member
French to English
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SITE LOCALIZER | Thanks for the warning, Alain! | May 3, 2013 |
It's great to make everyone as aware as possible of the activities of these dishonest people, who as we know all too well work across many different platforms.
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Alain Alameddine
Lebanon
Local time: 22:49
Member (2009)
English to French
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TOPIC STARTER | Walter, please check Tony's post | May 3, 2013 |
And you'll see why I posted this here
Alain
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Alain Alameddine
Lebanon
Local time: 22:49
Member (2009)
English to French
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks for letting me know | May 3, 2013 |
Thanks for letting me know what you think.
Alain
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Natalie
Poland
Local time: 21:49
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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MODERATOR SITE LOCALIZER | Hi Alain, and thank you for the alert | May 3, 2013 |
Actually, it looks like this "new" scammer isn't new at all: the wording of this email is the same as in the messages of a "Maria Brown" the correspondence with whom has been described in details at http://tinyurl.com/clfxu98 - it is classic overpayment scam.
Please add the name used by the scammer to your initial post.
Natalia
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Woodstock (X)
Germany
Local time: 21:49
German to English
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| As far as I know, naming competing sites is against the ProZ rules | May 3, 2013 |
http://www.proz.com/rules/
"Advertisements ... Discussion of sites offering competing services is also prohibited, due to past abuse."
I think that is what Walter is objecting to, without specifying the precise cause. This is an old rule that I happened to remember. If you just change the name to "another site", you should be ok, otherwise your post may very well be hidden or removed... See more http://www.proz.com/rules/
"Advertisements ... Discussion of sites offering competing services is also prohibited, due to past abuse."
I think that is what Walter is objecting to, without specifying the precise cause. This is an old rule that I happened to remember. If you just change the name to "another site", you should be ok, otherwise your post may very well be hidden or removed by admins.
Personally, I'm ok with it, but it is not my website, so the owner's rules apply. ▲ Collapse
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| Naming competing websites is allowed | May 3, 2013 |
Hello,
I just wanted to point out that naming competing websites is allowed in this context. General rule #3, http://www.proz.com/siterules/general/3#3 , in in place to prevent the advertising and discussion of other websites, but naming them is allowed.
Hope this explains. Please let me know if you have any question.
Best regards,
Alejandro
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