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Marie LIOGIER (X) Franciaország Local time: 07:46 német - francia + ...
May 25, 2011
Good morning,
I would like to warn everybody after I have been victim of a fraud. A client from Sweden who surely doesn't exist has contacted me in answer to an offer I had submitted via ProZ. He proposed right away to issue a down payment of 30 % of the total amount of the payment (1256 €). I was astonisched but did not refuse. Then he told me that a mistake had been made by his "agent" who had sent my 3000 € in form of 6 500 € travelers cheques. So I should cash in the 3000 ... See more
Good morning,
I would like to warn everybody after I have been victim of a fraud. A client from Sweden who surely doesn't exist has contacted me in answer to an offer I had submitted via ProZ. He proposed right away to issue a down payment of 30 % of the total amount of the payment (1256 €). I was astonisched but did not refuse. Then he told me that a mistake had been made by his "agent" who had sent my 3000 € in form of 6 500 € travelers cheques. So I should cash in the 3000 € and send him back the difference per Western Union. Of course no address has been communicated to me. In the meantime he has sent me a 4 pages-text to translate telling me that the rest would come. Yesterday I brought the cheques to my bank asking for a control before cashing. After a long phone call to AMEX, the cheques were proved false. They told me that such practises are very common and you should be on your guard!
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Tanya Toneva Bulgária Local time: 08:46 Tag (2011 óta) angol - bolgár + ...
I've seen it many times
May 25, 2011
Indeed, this is probably the most popular scheme among scammers these days - it's been around for quite some time now... I'm really glad to hear you managed to get out of it without losing any money - good for you!
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Frank Schwar (X) Local time: 07:46 francia - német + ...
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neilmac Spanyolország Local time: 07:46 spanyol - angol + ...
Never heard of this one
May 25, 2011
So it's very useful to know for future reference. Thanks for the heads-up;)
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BeWording Franciaország Local time: 07:46 német - francia + ...
Victim of the same fraud
May 25, 2011
Hello everybody!
Just to tell you that I've been victim exactly of the same fraud as Marie-Thérèse. I think we had submitted for the same job. I wasn't very surprised when the bank told me that the cheques were fake but such frauds are really a shame! Is there something to do?
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David Wright Ausztria Local time: 07:46 német - angol + ...
A bit obvious
May 25, 2011
... to say the least. Has anyone ever, ever had a genuine job out of the blue where the client offers to pay 30% up front? I think at this point anyone who regularly follows this forum will hear the alarm bells ringing.
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David Wright wrote: ... to say the least. Has anyone ever, ever had a genuine job out of the blue where the client offers to pay 30% up front? I think at this point anyone who regularly follows this forum will hear the alarm bells ringing.
My emphasis above.
The obviousness is in the client offering to pay anything up front. We may demand an advance payment if the client looks suspicious, but anyone volunteering to do it simply must have a hidden agenda. Bona fide clients will moan, ask the translator for a lower up-front amount, etc.
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