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Possible scam using Apex name
Thread poster: Oksana Kondakova
shirley damazo
shirley damazo  Identity Verified
Local time: 16:18
English to Portuguese
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Received an employment letter from Apex Aug 19, 2015

I received this morning the US letter but there is no request to pay anything. Red flag was the Gmail account and just found this forum. Will send an email to the agency.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 16:18
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Apparently, Aug 19, 2015

this scam has been around for a while posing as different Apex enterprises (I have no idea if they are related or affiliated) as I have found this:
http://www.apexsystemsinc.com/about/archive.asp?o=19
 
Kevin Fulton
Kevin Fulton  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 11:18
German to English
Apex in North Carolina is a reputable company Aug 19, 2015

I did jobs for Apex for a few years and they never asked me for a penny, nor did anyone there use a gmail address. ALWAYS use due diligence when contacted out of the blue by an unknown agency. There may be legitimate reasons for an agency to use a gmail address as a backup, but a simple web search or a check of the Blueboard should reveal the institutional contact information of the potential customer.

Unfortunately many translators think of themselves as "artists" and not business ... See more
I did jobs for Apex for a few years and they never asked me for a penny, nor did anyone there use a gmail address. ALWAYS use due diligence when contacted out of the blue by an unknown agency. There may be legitimate reasons for an agency to use a gmail address as a backup, but a simple web search or a check of the Blueboard should reveal the institutional contact information of the potential customer.

Unfortunately many translators think of themselves as "artists" and not business people, which is why they are vulnerable to scams like this. Performing due diligence is a basic element of risk management. ▲ Collapse
 
Martina Rotondi
Martina Rotondi  Identity Verified
Austria
Local time: 17:18
German to Italian
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got the same email this morning! Aug 19, 2015

Now I'm sure it's a scam!!
 
Enrique Cavalitto
Enrique Cavalitto  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 12:18
Member (2006)
English to Spanish
Two parallel threads Aug 19, 2015

Dear members,
There are two parallel threads on this same issue. I am closing this one and I have renamed the other. Please keep this discussion in thread Scammers impersonating agency and asking for money "to verify translators identity"
Regards,
Enrique
 
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