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johanne chenail (X)
Canada
Local time: 19:06
English to French
| Willy Dubber strikes again | Feb 3, 2012 |
I received a request for translation from that Willy Dubber too and it looks the same as what you received. He originaly contacted me through Translationzone.com (the SDL site) from a yahoo.com address and he got my autoresponse as to my immediate non availability. So he came back with his request for translation from English to French.
Hello, Thanks for your respon ... See moreI received a request for translation from that Willy Dubber too and it looks the same as what you received. He originaly contacted me through Translationzone.com (the SDL site) from a yahoo.com address and he got my autoresponse as to my immediate non availability. So he came back with his request for translation from English to French.
Hello,
Thanks for your response. I am looking for a translator to work on the pair stated for the new project that I am working on. I attached a part of the project, just want you to have an understanding of what we are about to do.
I am a private investor, I work on short time businesses.
My address is ..
14, Forest Field,
Nottingham
Uk
Now, I guess you have an idea of whom you about to deal with, attached is a part of the document. The delivery date is negotiable but must be before April 20th 2012. The total number of words are ... 19784 words. So, the project is not too big for the time range given, that is because I plan ahead of time.
++ Kindly state your readiness to translate the document Your best price
++ should be stated and total calculations Your contact phone Your terms
++ of payment?
I hope we can come to term for the success of this project.
Best Regards
As a general rule, I VERY SELDOM work for individual people as, from my experience, many of them are scams. I much prefer to work with agencies.
It took me about only 5 minutes to find out about this one from looking on the net and on this forum. Thanks Proz.
Best regards
Johanne ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Got it today too | Feb 3, 2012 |
I got suspicious, and thank to you all, I will reject the offer... Unless he abides by my terms, which are to be paid in full before even having a look at the file... The mail does not ask anymore for personal info but payment info, which means paypal in my case and my country of residence... If paypal kicks in, I'll do it and we'll get rid of that dummy... If it raises a flag, no way
| | | | | He contacted me too | Feb 3, 2012 |
He used a Yahoo address.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:25 PM
To: XXXXX
Subject: Directory contact form www.translationzone.com
Directory contact form Directory
From:[email protected]
Message:
Will ... See more He used a Yahoo address.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:25 PM
To: XXXXX
Subject: Directory contact form www.translationzone.com
Directory contact form Directory
From:[email protected]
Message:
Will you be available for a English-French translation? Please get back ASAP
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The absence of politeness, street address and signature is very telling.
I simply replied "I am sorry, I am not available".
He sent me another email a few minutes ago:
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Hello,
Thanks for your response. I am looking for a translator to work on the pair stated for the new project that I am working on. I attached a part of the project, just want you to have an understanding of what we are about to do.
I am a private investor, I work on short time businesses.
My address is ..
14, Forest Field,
Nottingham
Uk
Now, I guess you have an idea of whom you about to deal with, attached is a part of the document. The delivery date is negotiable but must be before April 20th 2012. The total number of words are ... 19784 words. So, the project is not too big for the time range given, that is because I plan ahead of time.
++ Kindly state your readiness to translate the document Your best price
++ should be stated and total calculations Your contact phone Your terms
++ of payment?
I hope we can come to term for the success of this project.
Note that I'm sending you this details because I want you after going through your profile and I'm sure you will be chanced before the deadline
Best Regards
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You notice the absence of postal code.
His document deals with "natural products", which, as we all know, are a scam. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Not worth the risk | Feb 5, 2012 |
I would not bother to answer an email that I know or strongly suspect to be a scam, it just confirms that the email is working and can lead to more scams or, at the very least, more emails insisting that you take the job.
I would also not risk opening any attachments (they could have viruses/worms etc) and certainly not accept any payments in any form. Money laundering, payment cancellation or identity theft are all possible, so it's definitely not worth the risk.
Pleas... See more I would not bother to answer an email that I know or strongly suspect to be a scam, it just confirms that the email is working and can lead to more scams or, at the very least, more emails insisting that you take the job.
I would also not risk opening any attachments (they could have viruses/worms etc) and certainly not accept any payments in any form. Money laundering, payment cancellation or identity theft are all possible, so it's definitely not worth the risk.
Please read the info posted here for more information: http://wiki.proz.com/wiki/index.php/Detecting_and_reacting_to_false_job_offers_and_other_scams ▲ Collapse
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Did anyone bother to check the IP address of the mailer? Mine was from Lagos, Nigeria... Which equals to me as waving a gigantic red (or black with the skull&crossed bones sign) flag... the dude out there tried to invent an history about his client wanting to pay with a check... I replied that it was paypal or without me, and it is only after having hit the send button that I realized... woah, wait! his client? wasn't it supposed to be himself wanting to have his opus translated? I'm out... See more Did anyone bother to check the IP address of the mailer? Mine was from Lagos, Nigeria... Which equals to me as waving a gigantic red (or black with the skull&crossed bones sign) flag... the dude out there tried to invent an history about his client wanting to pay with a check... I replied that it was paypal or without me, and it is only after having hit the send button that I realized... woah, wait! his client? wasn't it supposed to be himself wanting to have his opus translated? I'm out of it and presented the e-mail address to my very friendly spambuster... ciao bye! ▲ Collapse
| | | | kim pham 
Local time: 19:06
English to French
| Willy Dubber | Feb 25, 2013 |
It seems that Willy Dubber is back...
He contacted me the exact same way as you described.
Thanks for posting, that's really helpful.
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