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Off topic: Strange email asking for a quote - anybody else received it?
Persoa que publicou o fío: juvera
juvera Local time: 14:25 English to Hungarian + ...
Dec 29, 2007
Has anybody received an email in the last few days via their ProZ profile asking for a quote for the translation of a document between 10-50 pages (depending on cost), from English into some other language?
The email I received is from a large city in the US, although the writer doesn't say so. I am reluctant to write about it in detail, but if there are other recipients, this sentence may jog their memory:
"I had to leave everything behind, my home, my friends, my fam... See more
Has anybody received an email in the last few days via their ProZ profile asking for a quote for the translation of a document between 10-50 pages (depending on cost), from English into some other language?
The email I received is from a large city in the US, although the writer doesn't say so. I am reluctant to write about it in detail, but if there are other recipients, this sentence may jog their memory:
"I had to leave everything behind, my home, my friends, my family, my belongings, everything - in exchange for my life."
It would put my mind at ease to know, if this letter was sent to a number of people without discrimination, or to just a few, for a genuine quote.
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Rita Bilancio Local time: 15:25 English to Italian + ...
did not receive it
Dec 30, 2007
but doesn't sound so real. Maybe that's SPAM
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seraalice Czech Republic Local time: 15:25 English to Czech + ...
Don´t think about it
Dec 30, 2007
It really sounds strange.
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