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Thread poster: Anne Maclennan
Anne Maclennan
Anne Maclennan  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:22
Member (2010)
German to English
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Jun 10, 2021

I have just received a job offer as follows:

"Daniel Bernard
Jeu 10/06/2021 14:04

Bonjour,
Je me présente, monsieur Daniel Bernard. J'ai eu votre contact sur le site de la SFT. Je me permets de vous contacter suite à ma recherche d'un(e) traducteur(/trice) pour la traduction anglaise d'un document concernant la formation de l'esprit scientifique rédigé en langue française.
Si vous êtes disponible pour cette mission veuillez me répondre rap... See more
I have just received a job offer as follows:

"Daniel Bernard
Jeu 10/06/2021 14:04

Bonjour,
Je me présente, monsieur Daniel Bernard. J'ai eu votre contact sur le site de la SFT. Je me permets de vous contacter suite à ma recherche d'un(e) traducteur(/trice) pour la traduction anglaise d'un document concernant la formation de l'esprit scientifique rédigé en langue française.
Si vous êtes disponible pour cette mission veuillez me répondre rapidement afin que je vous fasse parvenir le document. Cordialement.
Daniel"

I have checked th e-mail address and it is associated with scams. ▲ Collapse
 
Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 07:22
Romanian to English
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Scam Jun 10, 2021

The simple introduction starting with "Je me présente, MONSIEUR Daniel Bernard" is a red flag.

Barbara Carrara
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Natalie
Natalie  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 13:22
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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Hi Anne Jun 10, 2021

It would be VERY useful if you would mention from where did you get this message. If you received it through ProZ. com, please post here the IP address indicated in the message.

Thank you,
Natalia

Yolanda Broad
 
Anne Maclennan
Anne Maclennan  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:22
Member (2010)
German to English
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By e-mail Jun 10, 2021

He found me on the sft site in France, which is why I posted the alert on the French forum as well. I have passed the e-mail address to one of the site supervisors, so the scammer should be blocked on ProZ.

Liviu-Lee Roth
 


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