Re: Fraud: Offer Euro, then switch to Dollars
I have received a variation from this same sender, Sricha Gupta (allegedly Globaltech Creations, but it appears they're a legit translation agency in India, and this is an imposter).
I've gotten the same invitation twice within a few days, with only a slight variation. I'm told a job is available, English to Esperanto (yes, I'm registered with ProZ to do that pair); US$0.10/word offered. The word count was only 50 words the first time, 29 words the second time. I was given a deadline of 9:00 p.m. the same day, German time -- and since I live in the western US (GMT - 8), the deadline had passed before I even downloaded the email.
There was a website to access allegedly to see the work, but of course I would not access an unknown site.
I replied to the first of these alleged offers, because the company appeared legitimate, pointing out the impossible deadline and offering my services for Russian-English translation -- the work I generally do. Got no reply. Instead, I got the nearly identical offer again this morning, a few days later. So, it's an apparent scam.
Original report:
Some Indian, Egyptian and Arab outsourcers use a technique of advertising they are willing to pay e.g. 0.05 Euro per word. As soon as the translator indicates willingness to accept the work, the outsourcer switches the offer to 0.05 Dollars. This means that the translator now has to work for approximately half the price originally agreed on.
Here is an example:
from English into Zulu.: Job 00012109
Source language(s): English
Target language(s): Zulu
Details of the project: Hello There,
We have some project for Translation from English
into Zulu. If you are interested for this project,
please send us your profile with your best offer
asap. You can email me at
sg at globaltechcreations.com.
For this project we can do the payment immediately
after delivery.
Thank you.
Sricha
GlobalTech Creations.
We will pay for this job 0.05 EUR per word
Who can apply: Freelancers and agencies
When the translator is negotiating to be awarded the job, the outsourcer suddenly comes up with:
"I need to know asap today. The client needs to know today. We can pay you $.05 USD per word."
This technique was also applied by Ihero <deshap89hero@gmail.com> of Sri Lanka.
I am still waiting for Ihero <deshap89hero@gmail.com> to pay me via Paypal.
Could these two outsourcers be the same people?
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