Scam email Thread poster: John Fossey
| John Fossey Canada Local time: 18:12 Member (2008) French to English + ...
Another scam email just received from [email protected]: Hello ,I am Jonathan Cowan, I am a sociologist, i found your e mail address on the translator website, that you are a Translator, i will like you to translate an article for me, i have attached the article, i will like the article to be translated to French . I will like to know the cost of translating the article, and the deadline is 25th of March 2014.... See more Another scam email just received from [email protected]: Hello ,I am Jonathan Cowan, I am a sociologist, i found your e mail address on the translator website, that you are a Translator, i will like you to translate an article for me, i have attached the article, i will like the article to be translated to French . I will like to know the cost of translating the article, and the deadline is 25th of March 2014. I will be waiting for your reply. Thank You Jonathan Cowan The article was copy/pasted directly from the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism. ▲ Collapse | | | Thayenga Germany Local time: 23:12 Member (2009) English to German + ... Another obvious scam | Feb 20, 2014 |
Well, the English in this email is mediocre, sufficiently to at least raise a red flag. That Mr. Cowan has copied his alledged article from Wikipedia and, above all, believes that you (or anyone else) accept it as his own work, does say a lot about the scammer. Maybe it's time to "educate" the scammers a little. For one, telling them that everybody who is a professional translator does require quite a lot of brain. In fact, these emails are insulting the translator's in... See more Well, the English in this email is mediocre, sufficiently to at least raise a red flag. That Mr. Cowan has copied his alledged article from Wikipedia and, above all, believes that you (or anyone else) accept it as his own work, does say a lot about the scammer. Maybe it's time to "educate" the scammers a little. For one, telling them that everybody who is a professional translator does require quite a lot of brain. In fact, these emails are insulting the translator's intelligence. I hope you sent it to File 13, after you have made an entry in the Translators Scammer Directory. ▲ Collapse | | | Mr Jonathan strikes again | Oct 6, 2015 |
He seems to have "improved" his opening lines since 2014. Here is what I received today (luckily straight to my spam folder): Hello, I am Mr Jonathan I got your e mail address from an online forum that you are an excellent translator, I guess you would have worked for them. I will like you to translate an article for me, but first i need to know your language combination because it was not stated. I will be very happy if you can reply my e mail ASAP. Thank You... See more He seems to have "improved" his opening lines since 2014. Here is what I received today (luckily straight to my spam folder): Hello, I am Mr Jonathan I got your e mail address from an online forum that you are an excellent translator, I guess you would have worked for them. I will like you to translate an article for me, but first i need to know your language combination because it was not stated. I will be very happy if you can reply my e mail ASAP. Thank You I guess he would be happy indeed. Happy of having his article translated from whatever language into any language I might offer. Regards, Elisa ▲ Collapse | | | lormer United States Local time: 15:12 English to Italian + ... Just got an email from him | Mar 30, 2016 |
As said in my title... I just got an email from him. Same poor English (therefore red flag ) but I decided to reply and see where the scam is: it wasn't a link to wikipedia but a pdf attachment with many "sources" listed at the end of the article. I quoted him my price, let's see what's his next step. I'll keep you posted, if you want. CIAO, Lorena | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Scam email Protemos translation business management system | Create your account in minutes, and start working! 3-month trial for agencies, and free for freelancers!
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