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Scam alert: New round of cheque fraud
Thread poster: Marcus Geibel
Marcus Geibel
Marcus Geibel
Germany
Local time: 19:24
English to German
Jan 14, 2012

Dear ProZ community members,

today I received an new scam email via my ProZ account.
A man with a latino name from a mystery shopping company contacted me under the pretence of carrying out a study on a cash transfer service and their service quality.
He is looking for testers who will receive a cheque, deduce their own pament of 200 EUR from it and pay the rest into that service to be sent to another ominous mystery shopper....

Be warned, this is probably t... See more
Dear ProZ community members,

today I received an new scam email via my ProZ account.
A man with a latino name from a mystery shopping company contacted me under the pretence of carrying out a study on a cash transfer service and their service quality.
He is looking for testers who will receive a cheque, deduce their own pament of 200 EUR from it and pay the rest into that service to be sent to another ominous mystery shopper....

Be warned, this is probably the same kind of cheque fraud that is so often discussed in the fora.

Best wishes
Marcus Geibel ▲ Collapse
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 19:24
Member (2009)
English to German
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An occuring problem Jan 14, 2012

This morning I also received this scam email from someone (allegedly?) located in the UK.

I've posted in 2 other threads regarding this scammer. Additionally I've asked the site manager to permanently remove that person's profile. This is getting out of hand.

Have a nice weekend.

Regards
Thayenga
 


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