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SCAM ALERT - CROTHERS ACKMAN
Thread poster: Geneviève Benoit
Geneviève Benoit
Geneviève Benoit  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 13:23
Member (2017)
English to French
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Sep 21, 2019

Beware everyone. This person has been active off and on several sites and I got emails this week requesting a translation - no company details, no info on the work.
When inquiring about the nature of the work, I got a 15k agricultural manual, still no company details. Searches on LinkedIn and social media found nothing under that name. Google only brought up the scam threads here and on Translator Café.

There is a thread here on other translators being approached by the same,... See more
Beware everyone. This person has been active off and on several sites and I got emails this week requesting a translation - no company details, no info on the work.
When inquiring about the nature of the work, I got a 15k agricultural manual, still no company details. Searches on LinkedIn and social media found nothing under that name. Google only brought up the scam threads here and on Translator Café.

There is a thread here on other translators being approached by the same, and then he requests banking details.
The email used is [email protected]

I strongly advise not responding to this person. ▲ Collapse
 


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