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Anne McDowall
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Sep 24, 2021

Beware of anyone sending you a file with this name to translate: it's a scam. I was in conversation with someone about translating it (FR-EN) but awaiting a 30% advance (job worth about 750€) – their suggestion. But the name of the file sounded familiar and I've just come across it sent to me a while ago by someone else! It was already smelling like a scam – a story about an overpayment that fortunately was immediately withdrawn from my bank. Having been scammed several years ago, I never ... See more
Beware of anyone sending you a file with this name to translate: it's a scam. I was in conversation with someone about translating it (FR-EN) but awaiting a 30% advance (job worth about 750€) – their suggestion. But the name of the file sounded familiar and I've just come across it sent to me a while ago by someone else! It was already smelling like a scam – a story about an overpayment that fortunately was immediately withdrawn from my bank. Having been scammed several years ago, I never accept cheque payments anymore so this wouldn't have gone further, but I wanted to warn anyone out there in case they receive this. Neither person claimed to have found me here, but I guess they might try here too. Incidentally, the two email addresses were [email protected] and [email protected]. ▲ Collapse
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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@Anne Sep 25, 2021

Thank you for letting us know.
 


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