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	no blue board, no scam report, still a crook	Tom Feise Apr 11, 2012 5 (2,560) Sheila Wilson Apr 12, 2012
	Another typical money scam.... via ProZ Search ( 1... 2)	Thayenga Apr 7, 2012 17 (5,765) Thayenga Apr 10, 2012
	Attempted scam around non existent Pay Pal Account	Jean-Pierre Artigau (X) Apr 2, 2012 5 (2,600) Jean-Pierre Artigau (X) Apr 5, 2012
	Another Nigerian Scam	George Rabel Mar 31, 2012 11 (3,637) Rolf Keller Apr 2, 2012
	VM conference scam sent by 'Mathew Andrews'	Trinh Do Apr 1, 2012 1 (1,821) Thayenga Apr 1, 2012
	PayPal spoof	John Fossey Mar 31, 2012 6 (8,013) Samuel Murray Apr 1, 2012
	Maybe not a scam but...	Tina Vonhof (X) Mar 29, 2012 3 (2,268) Christophe Lefrancois Mar 30, 2012
	"Payment Protection services" scam	Gudrun Wolfrath Mar 25, 2012 3 (3,234) Gudrun Wolfrath Mar 26, 2012
	FRANCE: 'Orange' phishing scam	Tony M Mar 26, 2012 3 (2,484) Alison Sparks (X) Mar 26, 2012
	Is this type of message common? (staff: this is a "dating" scam message)	Helena Chavarria Mar 25, 2012 9 (8,397) Enrique Cavalitto Mar 26, 2012
	Beware of some people ( 1... 2)	Hepburn Mar 19, 2012 16 (6,217) traductorchile Mar 21, 2012
	Phony request? Am in need of your translation service; English to Danish.	Birgit Sabin Mar 9, 2012 5 (2,701) Enrique Cavalitto Mar 9, 2012
	New Scams	Paul Dixon Mar 3, 2012 5 (3,231) Tony M Mar 5, 2012
	A dubiuos offer with a twist	claudia16 (X) Mar 4, 2012 2 (2,345) Enrique Cavalitto Mar 4, 2012
	Rambler Internet Holdings scam	Christopher & Rozilene Frye Mar 3, 2012 2 (4,321) Thayenga Mar 4, 2012
	FBI warning (helpful for US- based translators)	Liviu-Lee Roth Feb 28, 2012 0 (1,601) Liviu-Lee Roth Feb 28, 2012
	SCAM: Succesful Translators Organization (STO) / Intlangua / FEA / WTACA ( 1... 2)	Maria Teresa Dominguez Feb 26, 2012 25 (9,703) Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Feb 28, 2012
	Alerta de la Guardia Civil... fraude	Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Feb 28, 2012 0 (1,537) Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Feb 28, 2012
	Free translation test and TM	d_vachliot (X) Feb 27, 2012 0 (1,498) d_vachliot (X) Feb 27, 2012
	Announcing a new feature: Translator scam alert center	Enrique Cavalitto Feb 22, 2012 1 (1,355) Enrique Cavalitto Feb 24, 2012
	For FR-speaking friends: How do scams work? A step-by-step demonstration	Catherine GUILLIAUMET Feb 24, 2012 0 (1,429) Catherine GUILLIAUMET Feb 24, 2012
	Is it legitimate for an agency to ask me for a copy of my passport or birth certificate? Scam? ( 1... 2)	Tom in London Feb 20, 2012 19 (6,527) Tom in London Feb 21, 2012
	Weird client, possible scam	Nina Khmielnitzky Feb 16, 2012 7 (3,011) Kate Chaffer Feb 17, 2012
	Big scam: evaluation of Western Union's services ( 1... 2)	Carla Guerreiro Feb 12, 2012 19 (6,935) FiFrEnFr (X) Feb 17, 2012
	Another potential scam...	Tony M Feb 17, 2012 7 (2,790) Barbara Carrara Feb 17, 2012
	Scam? I need your opinion on this one...	cooling Feb 16, 2012 5 (2,346) cooling Feb 16, 2012
	What to do when you detect who is the scammer? ( 1... 2)	Batjavkhaa Batsaikhan Nov 19, 2011 16 (7,407) xiaoshuchong Feb 14, 2012
	1099 scam?	Thomas Rebotier Jan 30, 2012 3 (3,831) Maria Ramon Feb 13, 2012
	New scam - be aware!	Stefy81 (X) Jan 10, 2012 4 (2,941) Line Merrette Feb 12, 2012
	Scam warning (this is a smart one!)	George Trail Feb 8, 2012 9 (3,791) Line Merrette Feb 12, 2012
	Old scam still going strong	neilmac Feb 12, 2012 2 (2,141) Yolanda Broad Feb 12, 2012
	Secret Shopper Scam?	LesTrad Jan 6, 2012 13 (4,027) Enrique Cavalitto Feb 12, 2012
	Fake job offers	Philippe Danjoux Feb 11, 2012 2 (2,630) Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida Feb 11, 2012
	Might this be a scam	ianwrhodes Feb 3, 2012 7 (2,976) ianwrhodes Feb 5, 2012
	Mais um scam	Allison Wright (X) Jan 20, 2012 3 (3,976) falcao123 Jan 31, 2012
	New scam detected	Caroline Bajwel Jan 10, 2012 13 (5,323) Laurent KRAULAND (X) Jan 28, 2012
	Beware: Fake e-mail from a supposed "Better Business Bureau"	Catherine GUILLIAUMET Jan 18, 2012 8 (4,174) Catherine GUILLIAUMET Jan 19, 2012
	This sounds fishy (staff: "data verification" scam)	Paul Dixon Jan 17, 2012 3 (2,341) Thayenga Jan 18, 2012
	Another SecretShopper scam via ProZ mail RIGHT NOW	Woodstock (X) Jan 14, 2012 7 (3,460) Enrique Cavalitto Jan 14, 2012
	Scam alert: New round of cheque fraud	Marcus Geibel Jan 14, 2012 1 (1,859) Thayenga Jan 14, 2012
	Secret Shopper scam via Proz list	Dennis Mahony Jan 12, 2012 6 (2,842) Jan Rausch Jan 14, 2012
	Scam Warning: Payment made by check worth USD$2K more than agreed!!	Kim Meyers Jan 13, 2012 5 (4,477) Liviu-Lee Roth Jan 13, 2012
	A little suspicious, not sure what to do ( 1... 2)	Tim Kynerd Jan 9, 2012 16 (6,328) Trudy Peters Jan 9, 2012
	scam	odile charlotte Jan 9, 2012 1 (1,633) Alejandro Cavalitto Jan 9, 2012
	Mugged in London scam ( 1... 2)	Katalin Horváth McClure Dec 31, 2011 25 (10,628) Liviu-Lee Roth Jan 2, 2012
	Odd phonecall - criminal at work?	George Trail Dec 21, 2011 6 (3,881) Oliver Walter Dec 30, 2011
	University in Finland does not provide P.O. = possible scam?	Anne Stevens Dec 29, 2011 13 (4,182) Jeff Whittaker Dec 30, 2011
	"An ongoing scam using real translators as the “sender”", a new post on Translator T.O.	Lucia Leszinsky SITE STAFF Mar 15, 2011 3 (17,411) Ramona Andries Dec 21, 2011
	Is there something wrong, or am I too distrusful? ( 1... 2)	Elodie Bonnafous Dec 20, 2011 17 (6,721) Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Dec 21, 2011
	Alert scam!	François LEFEBVRE Dec 13, 2011 7 (3,556) Thayenga Dec 20, 2011

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