Please be aware of a scammer called Hope Brandon
Thread poster: C. MASKA
C. MASKA
C. MASKA
France
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English to French
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Jun 14, 2017

His email address is [email protected]
He will ask you to start translating a long article for about $700.00, then say he'll send a check right away - Then of course, the check happens to be around $4,000.00, a mistake from his accountant, and you're supposed to make a deposit for the difference on someone's bank account....


 
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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Thailand
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English to Thai
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Basic scam Jun 14, 2017

Corinne MASKA wrote:

His email address is [email protected]
He will ask you to start translating a long article for about $700.00, then say he'll send a check right away - Then of course, the check happens to be around $4,000.00, a mistake from his accountant, and you're supposed to make a deposit for the difference on someone's bank account....


This trick is very basic.
All Prozians should never be hit by such cheating [that evolved since 1990s].

Dr. Soonthon Lupkitaro
Bangkok, Thailand


 
Eyad Akkila
Eyad Akkila
Saudi Arabia
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English to Arabic
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Thanks Jun 14, 2017

Corinne MASKA wrote:

His email address is [email protected]
He will ask you to start translating a long article for about $700.00, then say he'll send a check right away - Then of course, the check happens to be around $4,000.00, a mistake from his accountant, and you're supposed to make a deposit for the difference on someone's bank account....


Thanks for the note,

Regards,


 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Italian to English
Never give your bank details Jun 14, 2017

You should never give your bank details to a new client until you have actually done the job and delivered it.

 
C. MASKA
C. MASKA
France
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I have not Jun 14, 2017

I have not given my bank details and haven't started the translation

 


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