| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Need help with a potential scam Thread poster: Jeanne de Rougemont
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Hello, everybody!
I have not received anything like what was mentioned by the topic starter but I do get some requests for the translation and if I start asking them more questions, they just give me attachment file for translation and say they will pay with bank money order or bank transfer, what happened with other ways of payments that seem to be safer and more... modern? like cash-app or paypal. Does it sound suspicious for you guys here too?
| | | | Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:32
Serbian to English
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| A scammer with real contact details? | Apr 4 |
And mentioned in the local press?
This church is about about as much "real" as at least half of the agencies posting jobs.
If you have a potential interest in that kind of texts, FIRST make sure that whoever claims to represent them really has authority to do so.
But then even very "real" clients are not necessarily the kind of clients that you want to have. See my previous post.
BTW their websi... See more And mentioned in the local press?
This church is about about as much "real" as at least half of the agencies posting jobs.
If you have a potential interest in that kind of texts, FIRST make sure that whoever claims to represent them really has authority to do so.
But then even very "real" clients are not necessarily the kind of clients that you want to have. See my previous post.
BTW their website is in fact https://gclchurch.us/ while the subdomain https://en.gclchurch.us/ is the English version of it.
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| | | | Jessica Coppola
France
Local time: 19:32
Member (2016)
English to French
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I just received the exact same mail from an Emma this time.
I really don't know what to think.
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I also received a translation request from them.
After a quick search on their website, you can realize that it's hosted by OVH (a French company) in Roubais, with a VPN... Surprisingly, from what I understand, most of the translators here were asked to translate the same amount of documents, that is, 3 books and from English to French...
It kinda screams "scam" all over the place to me, because in my opinion, OVH is not that popular in the USA, especially compared to others, ... See more I also received a translation request from them.
After a quick search on their website, you can realize that it's hosted by OVH (a French company) in Roubais, with a VPN... Surprisingly, from what I understand, most of the translators here were asked to translate the same amount of documents, that is, 3 books and from English to French...
It kinda screams "scam" all over the place to me, because in my opinion, OVH is not that popular in the USA, especially compared to others, such as Hostinger, A2Hosting etc...
For a Church located in NYC, it doesn't fit... xD
So beware!
You can go to Hosting Checker and enter their website address to make sure.
Anyway, here's my 2 cents. I hope this info will be useful to some of you.
Good luck !
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| A very dangerous sect | Apr 22 |
Hello,
I have been contacted too. They sent me a sample to translate. It was in English, a translation from a Chinese text, and they wanted me to translate it in French. There was a glossary. I started reading the glossary and I was a bit intrigued. As a Christian myself, I didn't quite understand some translations.
I asked for more information regarding the translation, and the answer was:
"What you are translating are live sermons delivered by Christ of the las... See more Hello,
I have been contacted too. They sent me a sample to translate. It was in English, a translation from a Chinese text, and they wanted me to translate it in French. There was a glossary. I started reading the glossary and I was a bit intrigued. As a Christian myself, I didn't quite understand some translations.
I asked for more information regarding the translation, and the answer was:
"What you are translating are live sermons delivered by Christ of the last days."
And I did my research. And I found that behind all this, there is a sect called "The Church of Almighty God", and it is quite disturbing. Here is a link if you want to know more: https://www.gotquestions.org/Church-of-Almighty-God.html .
Have a good day,
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| | | | Luciana Bonancio 
Brazil
Local time: 14:32
Member (2016)
English to Portuguese
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I received the same e-mail but to translate into Portuguese, after a few questions about the project, I sent her the link to this discussion. She stopped answering me.
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Luciana Bonancio wrote:
I received the same e-mail but to translate into Portuguese, after a few questions about the project, I sent her the link to this discussion. She stopped answering me.
Was her name Arabella?
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