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Thread poster: Linguistico
Linguistico
Linguistico
Local time: 02:18
English
Jul 17, 2013

Dear All

It appears that the scammer Dillon Zheng has reared his head again using both company names above and various email addresses such as [email protected] (frankly, I cannot believe that any translator would fall for that but they still do) and [email protected].

We repeat our previous warnings that, unless y... See more
Dear All

It appears that the scammer Dillon Zheng has reared his head again using both company names above and various email addresses such as [email protected] (frankly, I cannot believe that any translator would fall for that but they still do) and [email protected].

We repeat our previous warnings that, unless you are expecting an email from Google, offers of work from a legitimate translation agency or business will use their domain name not gmail.

Please could you warn your peers - particularly new translators who may have less experience with such things.

Best,

David ▲ Collapse
 
Paweł Hamerski
Paweł Hamerski
Poland
Local time: 18:48
English to Polish
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Again not necessarily Jul 17, 2013

Part of my business comes from individuals not businesses and they use gmail.
 


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