Scam alert - File to be translated is "The Prince" by Machiavelli Thread poster: François Sechier
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Hello to all!
A few days ago, I received an e-mail from a person named Anne Thirlwall, using this e-mail adress: [email protected].
She asked me if I could translate a document from English to French, and sent me a Word file that is actually "The Prince" by Machiavelli. Pretty funny, right? The other interesting thing was that the Machiavelli name had been changed throughout the foreword of the book, pro... See more Hello to all!
A few days ago, I received an e-mail from a person named Anne Thirlwall, using this e-mail adress: [email protected].
She asked me if I could translate a document from English to French, and sent me a Word file that is actually "The Prince" by Machiavelli. Pretty funny, right? The other interesting thing was that the Machiavelli name had been changed throughout the foreword of the book, probably in order not to raise suspicion... which was raised anyway after skimming through the document. Needless to say, dear "Anne" wanted my bank details and insisted, the noble soul, to pay me 50% upfront. For those who don't know, this is the beginning of the "advance money" scam that is well-documented on this forum.
When I confronted her, she stopped replying. Beware of this person! ▲ Collapse
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Paweł Hamerski (X)
Local time: 08:03
English to Polish
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| Something else is rather funny | Nov 22, 2018 |
'The Prince' is already translated into several languages.
My answer to scammers in similar cases would be: 'It is already translated into this language so why do you need it?' -regardless of the fact if it is really so or not.
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| What I told her! | Nov 22, 2018 |
Paweł Hamerski wrote:
'The Prince' is already translated into several languages.
My answer to scammers in similar cases would be: 'It is already translated into this language so why do you need it?' -regardless of the fact if it is really so or not.
That's exactly what I told her! I've got a version at home, it's a very cheap 2-euro book. Plus, you can find it for free on the Internet.
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B D Finch 
France
Local time: 08:03
French to English
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| gmail addresses | Nov 22, 2018 |
I generally assume that anything from a gmail address is likely to be a scam and treat it with more suspicion than I would something from a traceable/paid-for email address.
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 09:03
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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| Kindle version is free | Nov 22, 2018 |
You could have sent her the Kindle version. But what is this scam you mentioned?
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Hi,
I got contacted by this person too at around the same period and despite being a bit suspectful at times, it went to the point that she sent me a "false" cheque - that my bank refused - in exchange for some money back...
A good reminder for not taking so-called jobs from anyone and to be aware that there are scammers everywhere!
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I have received the scam email.
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| I got the same text! | Jan 23, 2019 |
I got the same text! I was asked to do translation into Russian! Then they just disappeared!
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| Got the same text but from a Marie Joe. | Jan 29, 2019 |
Thanks for letting me know.
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