Seems to ba a huge scam !!! Thread poster: ghislaine rosso
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ghislaine rosso 
France
Local time: 08:46
Member (2007)
English to French
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Hi
I have been assigned a translation job by an american agency. We have corresponded via the Telegram application.
They had me signed an application, form, a NDA.
i have known them through a freelancer's site
I have translated 35 pages.
They sent me an email : your translation is being reviewed;
please, send your Paypal address.
You will be paid today.
Then, I have received another email from the IRS, which seems strange with an onmail address:<... See more Hi
I have been assigned a translation job by an american agency. We have corresponded via the Telegram application.
They had me signed an application, form, a NDA.
i have known them through a freelancer's site
I have translated 35 pages.
They sent me an email : your translation is being reviewed;
please, send your Paypal address.
You will be paid today.
Then, I have received another email from the IRS, which seems strange with an onmail address:
"Your Payment has been frozen by IRS agencybecause your account is not linked to the US portal to allow all company transaction to your Paypal account abroad. Your amount needed to create the portal to link your Paypal account is $200.00
For you to access theportal to your payment the portal needs to be open and you don' have the pin to access the portal to make your payment confirmed.
All you need is to make the payment of $200.00 and you ll receive your payment immediately
Note : this payment will expire in the next 48 hours
then, theres is a link at the end of this email : I have clicked on it : and it is supposed to be a link to IRS ... on Telegram, to tell me how to send the money !!!!!
I do not believe in all this, all the more, I am from France, I do not have anything to do with IRS
Well, it will have been a good translation exercice for me !!!! (unpaid) ▲ Collapse
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Since this is clearly not an agency but a fraudster, you can publish all their details here (name, email address, website …) without breaking the forum rule against discussing individual agencies in the forums.
You didn't do any sort of due diligence first, did you?
On which 'freelancer site' did you find them?
If someone claimed to be a US translation agency but communicated in so poor English as the email you quote, all my alarm bells would have been ri... See more Since this is clearly not an agency but a fraudster, you can publish all their details here (name, email address, website …) without breaking the forum rule against discussing individual agencies in the forums.
You didn't do any sort of due diligence first, did you?
On which 'freelancer site' did you find them?
If someone claimed to be a US translation agency but communicated in so poor English as the email you quote, all my alarm bells would have been ringing. ▲ Collapse
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ghislaine rosso wrote:
...theres is a link at the end of this email : I have clicked on it...
Has anything happened to your computer/data/device since?
I have translated 35 pages.
With a Telegram order only? We're in 2022, they could have used e-mail technology! At least your didn't pay them for it.
Philippe
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France
Local time: 08:46
Member (2007)
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TOPIC STARTER
Their name is :Translation Services and they are recruiting translators on : www.freelancer.com
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ghislaine rosso
France
Local time: 08:46
Member (2007)
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TOPIC STARTER | Huge scam their name | Apr 14, 2022 |
You can downnload a document they have sent to you previously
And you must choose between 4 subjects :
35 pages, 52 p, 70 p , 120 p
Fortunately, I had chosen the smallest one !
Is there another way to complain against them ?
| | | | | Report them to the site | Apr 14, 2022 |
ghislaine rosso wrote:
Is there another way to complain against them ?
It's probably a good idea to read the site's scam warnings at https://www.freelancer.com/support/freelancer/general/common-scam-warning-signs-you-should-avoid?w=f&ngsw-bypass= and then use the Contact Us link to report the fraudsters to freelancer.com to have them removed.
Proz also contains plenty of resources explaining scams. We ignore them at our peril.
And next time, remember to verify independently that the client is a genuine company by checking e.g.
- company registers
- the company's website
- the company domain information in whois through sites such as whois.domaintools.com (for example to check if their domain is as old as they claim the company is)
- that they are communicating from the genuine company domain (not e.g. [email protected])
- their reputation in the Blue Board at Proz and sites such as paymentpractices.net.
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France
Local time: 08:46
Member (2007)
English to French
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TOPIC STARTER | | Public email domain | Apr 14, 2022 |
Thanks for posting that. Onmail is just a public email service like Gmail, so we have no idea who is contacting us from such a domain. Nearly all decent companies have their own domain.
I would still report the fraudulent activity to Onmail at https://support.onmail.com/hc/en-us/requests/new to try to have that email address taken down, as the scammers' use is surely not in accordance with the terms and conditions for Onmail.
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Ayesha Tufail (X)
Pakistan
Local time: 11:46
English to Urdu
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| How to Avoid scams | Apr 14, 2022 |
Hi,
Freelancer.com is full of scammers.To Avoid them one and only tip is keep all your communication and payment through freelancer.Otherwise you will not pe paid a single penny
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Do you mean xyz USA LLC (I'm trying to avoid going against the forum rule by not writing the full name)? They are not on Proz AFAIK, but insofar as I researched, they seem legit as several translators on Proz say they have worked with this company, apparently without any problems. Could this be a fraud by false impersonation?
| | | | | Such a company | Apr 14, 2022 |
Teresa Borges wrote:
Do you mean xyz USA LLC (I'm trying to avoid going against the forum rule by not writing the full name)? They are not on Proz AFAIK, but insofar as I researched, they seem legit as several translators on Proz say they have worked with this company, apparently without any problems. Could this be a fraud by false impersonation?
Yes, Teresa, such a company exists and is legitimate, but they have obviously not been involved in this scam.
What makes an experienced translator skip due diligence and accept a major order from an unidentified person? Don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to be demeaning. And I know it takes some courage to admit in public that you have been scammed. But I'm curious as to what makes people think such an order is genuine. What is it that makes someone lower their guard and accept that an unidentifiable person is a legitimate company?
| | | | | posco scam still ongoing | Jun 5, 2023 |
they post on upwork.com and mention the email [email protected] in the profile to get in touch for questions about the job.
they claim to be from POSCO International. In my case i got a text related to the Covid-19 Virus outbreak in China.
First they want to see a trail work and give you 1 page to work on. Once approved you get this email to choose a work amount:
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS:
1.... See more they post on upwork.com and mention the email [email protected] in the profile to get in touch for questions about the job.
they claim to be from POSCO International. In my case i got a text related to the Covid-19 Virus outbreak in China.
First they want to see a trail work and give you 1 page to work on. Once approved you get this email to choose a work amount:
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Go through project plans below and select any one you'll be able to do.
2. Make sure you can do the work as seen in the demo sent to you before you pick any plan.
NOTE:
PROJECT PLANS:
Plan A.
PA6ES/DURATION 30 pg(s) 3 days
SALARY $ 1,200
Plan B.
PAGES/bURATION 55 pg(s) 6 days
SALARY $ 1,800
Plan C.
PAGES/bURATION 85 pg(s) 12 days
SALARY $ 2,500
Plan b.
PAGES/bURATION 130 pg(s) 15 days
SALARY $ 3,500
TERMSAND CONDITIONS:
1. Project should be completed within the deadline. 2. If any extra or duplicate file found in the zip file, the entire work will be rejected.
3. Incomplete project will not be accepted.
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4. Only type manually, using third party softwares is prohibited. 5. If file is not typed as shown in the demo video it will be rejected.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
1. You'll receive and submit work via mail.
2. You'll send us only soft copy of outputs files .
3. You'll get your accuracy report and payment within 12 hours after submitting project.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
These are the only accepted methods of receiving your salary 1. PAYPAL
2. SKRILL
3. NETELLER
4. PAYEER
5. BITCOIN
6. BANK TRANSFER.
Afterwards you need to make a "work profile" and tell them your age and name, country and even send them a selfie of yourself.
Once you deliver the work they "approve" it and send to a guy on handling the payments on telegram.
The Telegram of those scammers is @paymentmanagements and @Mohamedzara3
Mohamed Zara claims to be the Posco Intertional Project Director.
Miguel Alvaro claims to be the Payment Manager.
Its a huge scam operation!
Don't fall for those guys. ▲ Collapse
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