Fake company in the member's profile?

gianfranco wrote:

On this issue, and restricting the view to ProZ.com only, probably it would not be a bad idea to create some kind of VID program for companies.

Enrique wrote:
Dear GF, I like your suggestion, I have tagged it for evaluation and eventual implementation.

Implement a stronger Identity verification program for oursourcers
Gianfranco Manca
Alicia Casal
Silvina Dell'Isola Urdiales
Sandra Smallwood-Beltran

gianfranco wrote:
Enrique,
it should be already tagged for evaluation and eventual implementation since... October 2006 !!!

ksbtranslation wrote:

What took you so long, staffs? Should you wait until a member like me becomes a victim of scams?

I have reported this matter to the Job administrator

Ray_S wrote:

It's your job to exercise due diligence in carrying out business activities, is it not?

All the signs of a bad deal were there, you just didn't want to see.

Ray_S wrote:

Did you check if her email address matched this "famous IT company"?

Did you ask her for a direct telephone number? If you did, what was her answer?

Did you call the switchboard of this "famous IT company" to verify if there was in fact such a person?

Did you ask her Chinese name when you had difficulty contacting her via the company's telephone switch board? If you did, what was her answer?

Did it raise suspicion when you noticed that "No telephone number or address is listed either in her emails or PO" (your words)?

Did it raise suspicion when you found out that "there are some employees using similar names and none of them is in charge of the translation" (your words)?

Did it concern you when "all I got is a plain PO which does not include any detailed information about her company, tasks and payment" (your words)? If so, did you do anything?

Did you ask for a deposit for this large project before it started?

Did you discuss milestone payments since the payment would be huge at the end?

Did you smell something that was not right?

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ksbtranslation wrote:

Another victim of this outsourcer has just contacted me. She will post a support ticket to Proz. She has not been paid since January. Now she is really concerned.

Ralf Lemster wrote:
Ask her to submit a Blue Board entry, together with a non-payment report - moderators need a minimum of two non-payment complaints in order to invoke the ProZ.com Termination Policy.

Best, Ralf

However she and I are worried that we will not be able to claim the payment if Proz invoke Termination Policy.

ksbtranslation wrote:
.... She has not been paid since January. Now she is really concerned.

...their payment date is 12th of each month, since she missed Feb 12th, she has to wait till March 12th.

juvera wrote:

How did she miss the February payment date, if she is waiting since January?

I also worked on several projects for this outsourcer in January, but
have not received any payment from them. They emailed me back saying that their payment date is 12th of each month, since I missed Feb 12th, I have to wait till March 12th. Are you in a similar situation?