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Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Thanks a lot, Tina

Rajashree Pathak — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 05:51:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Rajashree Pathak
Post title: Thanks a lot, Tina

Tina, thanks a lot for making us aware abut the fraud accounts and emails.
I am working for Somya Translators for last many years but fortunately I have not experienced it yet.
Henceforth I will take extra care before accepting the job.
Thanks once again, I appreciate it!

Rajashree Pathak

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | @somyatrans.in is genuine mail domain.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Mon, 06 May 2019 05:04:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: @somyatrans.in is genuine mail domain.

Hi Melissa,

Please be informed that @somyatrans.com & @somyatrans.in both are genuine mail domain.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Is this a genuine or a fake e-mailaddress?

Melissa Csikszentmihályi — Sat, 04 May 2019 20:09:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Melissa Csikszentmihályi
Post title: Is this a genuine or a fake e-mailaddress?

Hello,
I have just sent my resume to [email removed] when I have checked this warning page of Somyatrans and now I am not sure if the e-mailadress is of them / yours.
Please let me know,

Thanks and regards,
Melissa Cs.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Thank you

Serey Teng — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:21:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Serey Teng
Post title: Thank you

Thank you for letting me know about that. I'll all keep my eyes open!

Regards,

Serey

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | For payment, invoice is mandatory.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:57:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: For payment, invoice is mandatory.

Hi Ketki,

We must draw your attention towards the payment that we released recently. For already submitted invoices, we released payment according to the defined payment terms. If we would have been scam then we would have not released your payment for earlier submitted invoice. Even after getting payment within the terms, if you are suspecting us then it's all your choice. We have certain payment term that everyone whoever are associated with us need to follow. For rest of the payment, you have not submitted your invoice yet. Without correct invoice, payment can't be processed & it was clearly told to you. Still if you find any difficulties, you should write to the right person. Spreading rumors won't help you out to get your payment.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Hi. Yes, I experienced the same along with much more. No payment. Just switching emails.

Dr.Ketki Translation-VO-Subtitling-DTP — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:58:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Dr.Ketki Translation-VO-Subtitling-DTP
Post title: Hi. Yes, I experienced the same along with much more. No payment. Just switching emails.

[quote]Murni Jamaludin wrote:

Hi,

I would like to know whether the following emails are genuine
from somya translation as I read from the internet there is some irresponsible
party using the name of Somya Translation, as a scam.

Please let me know whether the email addresses below are valid/genuine:

- [email removed]
- [email removed]
- [email removed]
- [email removed]

I have completed my jobs and sending them my invoices but until now I did not received any single payment. Therefore, I think it is advisable for us to be more aware when receiving any requests from the emails stated.

Thank you. [/quote]

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | somyatrans.in is not fake.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:56:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: somyatrans.in is not fake.

All the emails coming from domain somyatrans.in as well as somyatrans.com are genuine & belong to Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. .

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Sonyatrans.in

lormar71 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:21:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: lormar71
Post title: Sonyatrans.in

Whatabout somyatrans.in ?
Is it a fake?

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | I use the Chrome browser.

Elif Baykara Narbay — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:06:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Elif Baykara Narbay
Post title: I use the Chrome browser.

Out of curiosity, I tried to access the website again. I can visit it without any problems. I am not a tech person, maybe it has something to do with cache memory or even the country? I am in Turkey but I use VPN so I am connected through Germany.

Elif

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Does not work in Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome...

Natalie — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:45:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Natalie
Post title: Does not work in Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome...

I have tried various browsers, but it still does not work.

In Firefox:

In Google Chrome:

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | A screenshot I took few seconds ago:

Elif Baykara Narbay — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:35:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Elif Baykara Narbay
Post title: A screenshot I took few seconds ago:

You can see the date and time on the header.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | http://www.somyatrans.com is working fine.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:06:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: http://www.somyatrans.com is working fine.

[quote]Natalie wrote:

[quote]somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. wrote:
I just checked it out. I didn't find any issue with the website. [/quote]

Because this is what I get:

[/quote]

Hi Natalie,

Thanks for bringing the information in our notice. We will check it out as why it has happened.

Regards
Barkha

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Strange

Natalie — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 09:51:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Natalie
Post title: Strange

[quote]somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. wrote:
I just checked it out. I didn't find any issue with the website. [/quote]

Because this is what I get:

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | http://www.somyatrans.com is working fine.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 09:38:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: http://www.somyatrans.com is working fine.

[quote]Natalie wrote:

Why is [url removed] down?

Could you please provide your up-to-date and correct contact information? Your BlueBoard information needs to be updated.
Please submit a support request to do this.

Thank you. [/quote]

Hi Natalie,

I just checked it out. I didn't find any issue with the website. I will submit the support request to update the contact information soon.

Regards
Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.

[Edited at 2016-10-29 09:41 GMT]

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | What has happened to your website?

Natalie — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 09:18:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Natalie
Post title: What has happened to your website?

Why is [url removed] down?

Could you please provide your up-to-date and correct contact information? Your BlueBoard information needs to be updated.
Please submit a support request to do this.

Thank you.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Asma's payment is not released due to non receipt of invoice.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 07:35:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: Asma's payment is not released due to non receipt of invoice.

[quote]Asma Asfour wrote:

I have completed some projects for them before few years but they never paid even though they pay very low rates. So, I just ignore their jobs and emails. [/quote]

Hi Asma,

I guess, I have missed to notice your post earlier. Regarding your payment, instead of writing here & there, if you could have submitted your invoice at the right place & at the right time then you would have received your payment years back.

If you have some query then forward it to [email removed] .

Regards
Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | No payment

Asma Asfour — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:54:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Asma Asfour
Post title: No payment

I have completed some projects for them before few years but they never paid even though they pay very low rates. So, I just ignore their jobs and emails.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Not your "resource"

Katarzyna Slowikova — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:09:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Katarzyna Slowikova
Post title: Not your "resource"

[quote]somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. wrote:

Hello,

Myself project manager of Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. company located in delhi India. From last few months we are receiving invoices through emails and post from different resources coutry wide for the work which we had not assigned them.

Someone is cheating resources by using our name and company details, the email I.D they are using is [email removed] . I want to request all the resource that do not accept any projects from this kind of fake email accounts. We only use our internal company accounts like [email removed] etc. for all the business activities. We never use yahoo, gmail, rediff or any other public accounts for business activities.

Please beware of fake people who are using our name to make their job going.

We welcome suggestions from all of you how we can catch this kind of people.

With Best Regards,

Tina Mittra

Project Manager

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.

[email removed]

[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2009-05-29 12:28 GMT] [/quote]

I've seen translators feeling offended by being called "vendors".... wondering how these sensitive people would react to being called "resources".
Just a thought on a Tuesday afternoon...

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | thank you

na-polski — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:19:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: na-polski
Post title: thank you

Actually, I have already sent two emails, so the lack of response together with this whole scam issue made me suspicious.

Anyway, thank you for such a swift reply.

Best regards,
Monika Wieczorek

[Zmieniono 2016-06-21 11:22 GMT]

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Emails from domain "@somyatrans.in" are genuine.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:07:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: Emails from domain "@somyatrans.in" are genuine.

Hi Monika,

Please be informed that all the emails from domain "@somyatrans.in" are genuine. You will get reply of your mail which you sent today very soon. For any other queries, you may write to [email removed]

Regards
Barkha

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | pc4@somyatrans.in

na-polski — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:58:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: na-polski
Post title: pc4@somyatrans.in

Hello,

Since I am not getting any response to my questions regarding past due purchase orders (which apparently are the basis for the invoice and payment), I too would like to ask if [email removed] email address is genuine.
Although it appears to be, it does not hurt to double check, does it?

Kind regards,
Monika Wieczorek

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Emails from domain "@somyatrans.com" are genuine.

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:48:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: Emails from domain "@somyatrans.com" are genuine.

Hi Murni,

My name is Barkha. I am working with Somya Translators Pvt Ltd as Asst. Manager-HR. Could you please forward your query to me at [email removed] as I have not received any single email from you in last few days regarding any of your query. In-fact I would appreciate if you could forward email which you might have sent to us regarding your invoice.

Also note, all the email IDs specified by you are genuine. In-fact I must add that all the emails from domain "@somyatrans.com" are genuine.

With Thanks
Barkha
[email removed]

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | scam emails from somya translation

MURNI BINTI JAMALUDIN — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:04:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: MURNI BINTI JAMALUDIN
Post title: scam emails from somya translation

Hi,

I would like to know whether the following emails are genuine
from somya translation as I read from the internet there is some irresponsible
party using the name of Somya Translation, as a scam.

Please let me know whether the email addresses below are valid/genuine:

- [email removed]
- [email removed]
- [email removed]
- [email removed]

I have completed my jobs and sending them my invoices but until now I did not received any single payment. Therefore, I think it is advisable for us to be more aware when receiving any requests from the emails stated.

Thank you.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Generic email addresses

Enrique Cavalitto — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Enrique Cavalitto
Post title: Generic email addresses

[quote]Language Aide Pvt. Ltd. - Translation & Interpreting Agency wrote:

Receiving a job inquiry today and going through the discussion happened in this forum i have a couple of suggestion to offer:

1) Why don't you suggest your company to assign email IDs on individual's name rather than generic name, that is, 'firstname.lastname at somyatrans.com', rather than 'admin at somyatrans.com', i think it will not only make the email look more professional and trustworthy but also it will be harder to fake.
[/quote]

A generic email address like admin@company_name.com has the advantage that it can be associated to several internal accounts in such a way that inquiries arriving to this address can be handled by a team. Personal addresses are, by definition, sent to a single person, and this reduces flexibility. When you write to a generic address you usually receive an answer from a personalized one.

Personalized addresses are not harder to fake. All you need to do is to create a name, something scammers are very familiar with.

Regards,
Enrique Cavalitto

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Thanks & a couple of suggestions

Language Aide Pvt. Ltd. - Translation & Interpreting Agency — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:12:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Language Aide Pvt. Ltd. - Translation & Interpreting Agency
Post title: Thanks & a couple of suggestions

[quote]somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. wrote:

Hello,

Myself project manager of Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. company located in delhi India. From last few months we are receiving invoices through emails and post from different resources coutry wide for the work which we had not assigned them.

Someone is cheating resources by using our name and company details, the email I.D they are using is [email removed] . I want to request all the resource that do not accept any projects from this kind of fake email accounts. We only use our internal company accounts like [email removed] etc. for all the business activities. We never use yahoo, gmail, rediff or any other public accounts for business activities.

Please beware of fake people who are using our name to make their job going.

We welcome suggestions from all of you how we can catch this kind of people.

With Best Regards,

Tina Mittra

Project Manager

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.

[email removed]

[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2009-05-29 12:28 GMT] [/quote]

Thanks for the information Tina!

We received a job inquiry today from an email - admin at somyatrans.com and found this discussion while checking the blueboard record. I assume it is a legitimate offer and must not be wrong since it has been sent by an email which has the company domain name in the right side of @.

Receiving a job inquiry today and going through the discussion happened in this forum i have a couple of suggestion to offer:

1) Why don't you suggest your company to assign email IDs on individual's name rather than generic name, that is, 'firstname.lastname at somyatrans.com', rather than 'admin at somyatrans.com', i think it will not only make the email look more professional and trustworthy but also it will be harder to fake.

2) Why don't you file an FIR and inform the cyber crime branch of Delhi Police of area against this so called fake Ajoy Singh who is not only ripping apart your company's revenue and reputation, he is cheating the innocent translators at the same time. I am pretty sure that police would be able to find this person out even if he has just given a email address and everything else he has used of your company's details.

Pooja Sharma

pooja dot sharma at language aide dot com

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Ignore offers from freemail accounts

Milos Prudek — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:33:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Milos Prudek
Post title: Ignore offers from freemail accounts

[quote]
Any quote request coming from a personal-looking Yahoo! or Gmail, or Hotmail address should, if not ignored, at least investigated before supplying.
[/quote]

This is exactly right. Ignore all offers that do not come from the agency's own domain. For additional security, make a phone call to a phone number listed on the company website (not to a phone number in the email message!).

Always request a purchase order, with a purchase order number and fixed, agreed price.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Email from "Ajoy Singh" sales@somyatrans.com

Stephanie Ezrol — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:47:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Stephanie Ezrol
Post title: Email from "Ajoy Singh" sales@somyatrans.com

I was alarmed at receiving an email signed by Ajoy Singh because Tina wrote in an earlier posting:

[QUOTE]Hello All,

Please note that no has been cheated by us means Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd., neither Mr. Ajoy Singh has contacted anyone for the translation project.

Please also note, Mr. Ajoy Singh is Managing Director of our company i.e. Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd., he never approch any translators by himself as we have a dedicated team for Vendor Management.

Anyonce can help us to identify this man who is using e-mail ID, will be just great...

Best regards,

Tina Mittra[QUOTE]

I have edited out details from the earlier post as requested and will be more careful in the future. I have seen company email addresses stolen before and therefore felt that it was important to quickly post this as potential problem. Particularly as Tina had so explicitly said that Mr. Ajoy Singh never appoaches translators directly. I now understand Tina to mean that he never uses his own email address. I'm glad that Tina has clarifed her earlier warning, but rest assured that my intention was to protect the professional integrity of Somy Translators, as this type of email theft is much more damaging than a yahoo account posing as a representative of a firm.

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Its the Genuine Email sent by our company

Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:09:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.
Post title: Its the Genuine Email sent by our company

Hello Stephanie,

This is the genuine email what we sent yesterday for sample writing. Moreover all of you can trust if you receive email from somyatrans.com domain names. We are responsible for every project given to you through our domain name. But Stephanie I want to raise one thing is that its very unprofessional to post the emails with all assignment details in public forums. If you were having any doubts you should have cleared this in the beginning, before posting this email in public forum. This kind of project disclosure in public forum is not at all acceptable.

Regards,
Tina Mittra Mukhrejee
Somya Translators Pvt. Ltd.

[Edited at 2010-03-05 05:31 GMT]

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Email from "Ajoy Singh" sales@somyatrans.com

Stephanie Ezrol — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Stephanie Ezrol
Post title: Email from "Ajoy Singh" sales@somyatrans.com

Since Tina said that Ajoy Singh never sends e-mails, I'm checking on this one I received today because it is signed by Ajoy Singh, even though it is not a yahoo.com account. I fear that perhaps someone has figured out how to use Somya's email adress. I have seen this done with another company.

"Hi,

...
We have been asked by our client with a couple of free samples if that's alright?
...
2 x 250 word samples:
....
If you can turn around these quickly for me, written with great quality and grammatically perfect, both of us may stand a good chance of getting more work from this client.
..

Thanking you,
With best regards,
Ajoy Singh"

[Edited at 2010-03-05 13:30 GMT]

Translators please beware of fake email accounts | Fake e-mail

Julia Sisto — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:32:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Translators please beware of fake email accounts
Poster: Julia Sisto
Post title: Fake e-mail

Dear Julie,

We have 3000 words Hebrew to English translation project.
Could you please let me know your rate per word and how many words you can finish within next 4 or 5 hours.

Please reply ASAP.

Regards,
Kanisha