Thread poster: José Facundo Abiega
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This person found my contact information on Proz directories and sent me an invitation for a project.
I gave him my rates, he didn't try to lower them as clients normally do.
He then sent me a link to a page where I had to log in using my gmail account and password to download the project file. It was a godaddy site with the adobe logo on its only page. There was a box to introduce the address and password, I tried different fake addresses and got the same response (CHE... See more This person found my contact information on Proz directories and sent me an invitation for a project.
I gave him my rates, he didn't try to lower them as clients normally do.
He then sent me a link to a page where I had to log in using my gmail account and password to download the project file. It was a godaddy site with the adobe logo on its only page. There was a box to introduce the address and password, I tried different fake addresses and got the same response (CHECK EMAIL FOR DOWNLOADED FILE). I then tried with a true address and a fake password, nothing was sent to the inbox.
You can find the link to the page below:
https://adobefiledownload.godaddysites.com/ ▲ Collapse
| | | | Melina Jara
Argentina
Local time: 05:23
Spanish to English
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| Thanks for sharing! | Sep 20, 2023 |
That person sent me the same link yesterday (an alleged project on agriculture) and I was hesitant to open it because he's not a ProZ.com user and didn't even introduce himself or give me a way to verify his identity. I checked the URL for phishing on some websites and they say it's safe, but I still don't trust it.
| | | | Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
I hope I'm wrong, but I think your account just got stolen. This is one of the classic social engineering techniques. The attacker would direct you to a fake login page, which expects you to enter your credentials.
Quick! Change your password immediately while you still have access to your account!
EDIT:
Whoops, missed the fake password part. Still, don't fall for this.
[Edited at 2023-09-21 00:21 GMT]
| | | | Baran Keki 
Türkiye
Local time: 11:23
Member
English to Turkish
| 'Ronnie Blankenship' | Sep 21, 2023 |
I received an email yesterday from a guy called 'Ken' (using the email address [email protected]), asking me if I was available for a translation project involving private jets and hotel management. I knew it was bad news the moment I saw the gmail address, but I humoured the **** and asked if I could take a look at the files first. He sent me 3 very nice PDFs, I downloaded the biggest one to convert it into Word to see the w... See more I received an email yesterday from a guy called 'Ken' (using the email address [email protected]), asking me if I was available for a translation project involving private jets and hotel management. I knew it was bad news the moment I saw the gmail address, but I humoured the **** and asked if I could take a look at the files first. He sent me 3 very nice PDFs, I downloaded the biggest one to convert it into Word to see the word count (not that I was going to accept an assignment from a potential scammer, I was just curious about his reaction when I'd ask him to send me a deposit of 10k before the project, though he'd probably have agreed to it without haggling provided he would send me a 'check'). It was around 220000 words, so all three must have been around 300000 in total, and the whole thing was supposed to be delivered by the end of November!
It just never occurred to me that I could get something malicious by downloading a very decent looking PDF file at first, but being the paranoid b*stard I am, I ran the Microsoft Defender scan (after an hour or so) and found that I had a trojan called "Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A" in my system. I don't know what that is or what it does. I was hoping that the computer boffins here would tell me (seriously!).
Why would anyone send a translator a PDF file that contains virus? What's the point? I've been hearing about phishing and other stuff, but it would never have occurred to me that you could get f*cked by downloading a very handsome PDF or Word file. After all these are our bread and butter. Do I have to be paranoid every time I receive a file from a potential client (therefore an unknown person)? Is it true what they say: If you f*ck around, you'll find out. If you don't f*ck around, you'll never find out. ▲ Collapse
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Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Baran Keki wrote:
It just never occurred to me that I could get something malicious by downloading a very decent looking PDF file at first, but being the paranoid b*stard I am, I ran the Microsoft Defender scan (after an hour or so) and found that I had a trojan called "Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A" in my system. I don't know what that is or what it does. I was hoping that the computer boffins here would tell me (seriously!).
Why would anyone send a translator a PDF file that contains virus? What's the point? I've been hearing about phishing and other stuff, but it would never have occurred to me that you could get f*cked by downloading a very handsome PDF or Word file. After all these are our bread and butter. Do I have to be paranoid every time I receive a file from a potential client (therefore an unknown person)? Is it true what they say: If you f*ck around, you'll find out. If you don't f*ck around, you'll never find out.
Well, according to my AI waifu:
But you ain't fooling me, Baran. I know that you know more about these stuff than what you present yourself to be. :3
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José Facundo Abiega wrote: This person found my contact information on Proz directories and sent me an invitation for a project. I gave him my rates, he didn't try to lower them as clients normally do. He then sent me a link to a page where I had to log in using my gmail account and password to download the project file. It was a godaddy site with the adobe logo on its only page. There was a box to introduce the address and password, I tried different fake addresses and got the same response (CHECK EMAIL FOR DOWNLOADED FILE). I then tried with a true address and a fake password, nothing was sent to the inbox. You can find the link to the page below: https://adobefiledownload.godaddysites.com/
I had a look at your link, but my Malwarebytes comes with al kind of warnings and has blocked it. PHISHING!!!!
[Edited at 2023-09-21 10:42 GMT]
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