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| | | I received a similar email | Feb 10 |
I received a similar email this morning. I immediately suspected something wasn't right, especially since:
1. the email address the message is from is EMOND PUBLISHERS [email protected] (note the difference between the company's name -- with one M -- and the email address -- two Ms)
2. it's not addressed to me per se but rather to a (hidden) group of addresses, it seems
3. the company's name is given first as EMOND PUBLISHERS th... See more I received a similar email this morning. I immediately suspected something wasn't right, especially since:
1. the email address the message is from is EMOND PUBLISHERS [email protected] (note the difference between the company's name -- with one M -- and the email address -- two Ms)
2. it's not addressed to me per se but rather to a (hidden) group of addresses, it seems
3. the company's name is given first as EMOND PUBLISHERS then as EMOND PUBLISHING PRESS
4. there are several misspellings throughout the message
The URL given for the company https://emond.ca/ and the name of the sender, Natalie Berchem, do appear to be legit, according to what I could find on LinkedIn.
Please take care and don't fall for scams!
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver wrote:
I received a similar email this morning. I immediately suspected something wasn't right, especially since:
1. the email address the message is from is EMOND PUBLISHERS [email protected] (note the difference between the company's name -- with one M -- and the email address -- two Ms)
2. it's not addressed to me per se but rather to a (hidden) group of addresses, it seems
3. the company's name is given first as EMOND PUBLISHERS then as EMOND PUBLISHING PRESS
4. there are several misspellings throughout the message
The URL given for the company https://emond.ca/ and the name of the sender, Natalie Berchem, do appear to be legit, according to what I could find on LinkedIn.
Please take care and don't fall for scams!
[Edited at 2025-02-10 22:01 GMT]
The same email address, the same contact person's name, even the same rate.
And the file to be translated was attached to the first email, without any request of signing something like an NDA.
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugalia
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| This is strange... | Feb 20 |
I have received a job notification from that same company via Proz.
Here it is:
https://www.proz.com/job/2150570
If they are those scammers, this job post needs to be deleted and the company banned.
[Edited at 2025-02-21 09:34 GMT]
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expressisverbis
Portugalia
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| Job no longer exists | Feb 21 |
I was going to submit a support request to the staff early in the morning, but the job no longer exists.
It seems they have solved it.
Thanks!
| | | | Natalie 
Polonia
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MODERATOR SITE LOCALIZER | It was posted from Nigeria | Feb 21 |
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| | | | | They're getting bolder | Feb 21 |
expressisverbis wrote:
I have received a job notification from that same company via Proz.
Here it is:
https://www.proz.com/job/2150570
If they are those scammers, this job post needs to be deleted and the company banned.
[Edited at 2025-02-21 09:34 GMT] [Edited at 2025-02-21 09:36 GMT]
Wow, scammers are getting bolder, not just using TM-Town as their hunting field shamelessly, but now also posting jobs in here.
Perhaps they are taking advantage of the site endless update and the frequent bugs/glitch since last year.
We must be careful, sadly isn't a safe-place anymore.
| | | | Martha Schwan
Brazilia
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February 23rd, 2025.
I have received an e-mail from them with the following title: http://www.proz.com/job/2150570 English into Portuguese requesting a 34 page English into Portuguese project and I have done 21 pages already (not delivered as of yet)!
I was fool until doing a research about this job posting to find their address and nothing. Now I ended up with this Scam posting.... See more February 23rd, 2025.
I have received an e-mail from them with the following title: http://www.proz.com/job/2150570 English into Portuguese requesting a 34 page English into Portuguese project and I have done 21 pages already (not delivered as of yet)!
I was fool until doing a research about this job posting to find their address and nothing. Now I ended up with this Scam posting.
I will stop working. Pitty
They mailed me a huge file. I has a lot of work! ▲ Collapse
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Elisabete Cunha
Portugalia
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| There is also information about this scam on LinkedIn | Feb 24 |
On Natalie's page there is this information:
***IMPORTANT INFO RE TRANSLATIONS***
There is currently an email going around saying I am looking for translators on behalf of Emond Publishing. This is a scam. Please disregard these emails.
| | | | Joao Correia
Portugalia
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| And this is why I left Proz.com | Feb 27 |
Not being responsible for running a site where scammers fool paying professionals was what I needed to stop paying an annual subscription. As if 90%+ bottom feeders and "agencies" from China, the Middle-East, and what have you with their price over quality motto weren't bad already.
No thanks, I'll keep doing my thing out of here.
| | | | Fernando Boschiero
Brazilia
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Membru (2023)
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Hey, everyone.
Yep, I fell for it. This was actually my first scam in almost 7 years as a translator.
I guess I must not be very good, 'cause I did not immediately notice the double "M's" in EMMOND, LOL.
It must've been the same file, cause it had 33 pages--a lecture about Human Environment, Sustainability, etc.
Well, at the end of the Scam, "Natalie" thanks you for a great job and provides you an email address and a Whatsapp number for payment. Here the... See more Hey, everyone.
Yep, I fell for it. This was actually my first scam in almost 7 years as a translator.
I guess I must not be very good, 'cause I did not immediately notice the double "M's" in EMMOND, LOL.
It must've been the same file, cause it had 33 pages--a lecture about Human Environment, Sustainability, etc.
Well, at the end of the Scam, "Natalie" thanks you for a great job and provides you an email address and a Whatsapp number for payment. Here they are, for reference: Whatsapp: +1(774)470-8595; Email: [email protected].
This is when I got cold feet because the area code is from Massachusetts, not Toronto, where the company is located.
Anyways, just wanted to share. I'm still popping open a beer to "celebrate" the end of another gig.
Be safe, everyone... ▲ Collapse
| | | | | I got this scam too | Feb 28 |
They even sent an NDA. My question is, how do they make money from this?
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Zea_Mays
Italia
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| how they make money | Mar 1 |
Angela Hauk-Willis wrote:
They even sent an NDA. My question is, how do they make money from this?
Very often, after you completed part of the translation, they'll ask you to pay a sum in order to get paid (through a fake online bank), or they'll send you an overpayment fake check after completion of the job, asking you to refund them the exceeding sum.
Now, even if they only made $100 per scam, imagine the total if they successfully scam thousands of people.
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