| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Andrew Miller scam. Beware! Thread poster: Luis Marques
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Dear colleagues,
Just got a scam message signed by a certain Andrew Miller. Please beware!
Please see copy of message below.
Happy 2013!
Luis Marques
text of message
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From: Andrew Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: segunda-feira, 31 de Dezembro de 2012 09:47
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: English into Portuguese
... See more Dear colleagues,
Just got a scam message signed by a certain Andrew Miller. Please beware!
Please see copy of message below.
Happy 2013!
Luis Marques
text of message
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From: Andrew Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: segunda-feira, 31 de Dezembro de 2012 09:47
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: English into Portuguese
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Greetings,
I'm Andrew,I need to make a presentation to some groups of Portuguese speaking people in Paris,France.I need you to translate the papers from English to Portuguese.Moreover can it be delivered before 27th of Jan,2013?
Let me know your rate and charges.Presentation is attached,looking forward to hear back from you soon.
Andrew
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He just changed the pair
He wrote:
Greetings,
I'm Andrew,I need to make a presentation to some groups of Italian speaking people in Paris,France.I need you to translate the papers from English to Italian.Moreover can it be delivered before 27th of Jan,2013?
Let me know your rate and charges.Presentation is attached,looking forward to hear back from you soon.
Andrew
8... See more He just changed the pair
He wrote:
Greetings,
I'm Andrew,I need to make a presentation to some groups of Italian speaking people in Paris,France.I need you to translate the papers from English to Italian.Moreover can it be delivered before 27th of Jan,2013?
Let me know your rate and charges.Presentation is attached,looking forward to hear back from you soon.
Andrew
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| | | | | I received the same message | Dec 31, 2012 |
but for the translation from English into Russian.
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Iza Kryjom (X)
United States
Local time: 11:13
English to Polish
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| I got it, too. | Dec 31, 2012 |
"Greetings,
I'm Andrew,I need to make a presentation to some groups of Polish speaking people in Paris,France.I need you to translate the papers from English to Polish.Moreover can it be delivered before 27th of Jan,2013?
Let me know your rate and charges.Presentation is attached,looking forward to hear back from you soon.
Andrew
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It was sent to undisclosed recipients.
| | | | finnword1
United States
Local time: 12:13
English to Finnish
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| I ignored his e-mail twice already | Dec 31, 2012 |
still keeps spamming
| | | | Claire Seifi
Local time: 11:13
Persian (Farsi) to English
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| Got the same e-mail twice already. Ignored it both times. | Dec 31, 2012 |
Everything is the same except the language pair.
| | | | | New scam alert sent out | Dec 31, 2012 |
Thanks for sharing this information, a new scam alert message has been sent out.
Regards,
Enrique
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manasamiro
Egypt
Local time: 19:13
English to Arabic
thank you for sharing it.
| | | | jacana54 (X) 
Uruguay
English to Spanish
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| Spanish: spam | Jan 2, 2013 |
Hi,
Just to add that I found the same message but requesting translation into Spanish.
It had gone directly into the Spam folder because he's been sending messsages for some time as Teresa points out.
However it's always useful when a colleague starts a forum discussion about these spammers because it helps to make others remember the issue. So thank you Luis!
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Dear colleagues,
Thank you so much for sharing this message! I just responded to this person's e-mail and text message!
I did think it sounded sketchy but wasn't sure.
I received a message starting with "Greetings..." on 12/31 and he has been e-mailing me since promising an advanced payment yet pushing me to start translation.
Should I reply to his e-mail and say that I won't be available for his project, or just block his e-mail?
Co... See more Dear colleagues,
Thank you so much for sharing this message! I just responded to this person's e-mail and text message!
I did think it sounded sketchy but wasn't sure.
I received a message starting with "Greetings..." on 12/31 and he has been e-mailing me since promising an advanced payment yet pushing me to start translation.
Should I reply to his e-mail and say that I won't be available for his project, or just block his e-mail?
Could someone please advise?
Thank you,
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| | | | | Simply ignore them | Jan 4, 2013 |
Svetlana Sherbakova wrote:
Should I reply to his e-mail and say that I won't be available for his project, or just block his e-mail?
Could someone please advise?
Hi Svetlana,
Block the address, ignore them, there is no client and no translation need. They want you to receive and deposit a check in excess of the agreed amount and to wire them the difference in good money.
Regards,
Enrique
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Monika Darron
United States
Local time: 12:13
Member (2005)
Polish to English
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| He strikes again but under a new name... | Jan 18, 2013 |
Here he is again with the same phone number, the same "business deal" (except now he needs a Polish translator of documents for a conference in Egypt...) but - beware! - new name and email address:
Gate Scott
email: [email protected]
The same scam. Be careful, notify your collegues.
Greetings,
Monika
| | | | Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 12:13
Spanish to English
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| Got four of the same message today... | Jan 18, 2013 |
one for French, one for German, one for Italian and one for Portuguese. The scammer is obviously using some type of e-mail list and not paying attention to individual addresses.
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| | | | Marquis
United States
Local time: 11:13
English to Polish
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| This works best | Jan 19, 2013 |
I always say sure no problem, let me have your name and address and a copy of your passport and once FBI Internet Crime Division confirms you are legitimate - we can do business - usually that is the last I hear from them
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