How to protect yourself from scams?
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| User | Thread poster: fifilalou How to protect yourself from scams? |
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fifilalou 
United States
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English to Japanese
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I would like to know what other translators actually do to prevent falling victim of a scam when you deal with a new client you don't know anything about. Do you begin with looking up for the company/agent on the internet to see it they really exist? Is there anything else? An advance payment or deposit?
I have thought of asking for an advance payment of some percentage, but have never actually done it because I felt it wouldl turn them away and I thought in any case it wasn't the people usually do business in translation world. Or is it?
I'm not sure any more.
In the earlier days of my career I don't seem to have had to be so aware of this issue, but nowadays I notice it's different. I feel I need to be more defensive...Please give me your opinions and advice.
Thank you.
| | | | The Misha
United States
English to Russian
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... no matter how much we would like them to. As to credit risks, I do not, as a matter of policy, accept any orders from countries where I have no recourse against non-payers - which, for all the practical purposes, means from anywhere outside of the established Western world. Just as well, they usually can't afford me anyway.
| | | | Drew MacFadyen
United States
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