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Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | waste of time

Liviu-Lee Roth — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:02:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Liviu-Lee Roth
Post title: waste of time

[quote]Marquis wrote:

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 :-) [/quote]

It is a waste of time. These guys pay for these ”offers” and send them in bulk (spam) up to 300,000. Out of so many, there are 10-15 gullible people who think that it is a real thing.
I keep in my archive a fake check they sent me for a copy/pasted ”translation”, and I am still waiting for the FBI to contact me.

Heed Enrique's advise and don't fall for it.

Lee

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | This works best

Marquis — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:55:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Marquis
Post title: This works best

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 :-)

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | Got four of the same message today...

Jeff Whittaker — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:23:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Jeff Whittaker
Post title: Got four of the same message today...

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.

[Edited at 2013-01-18 21:23 GMT]

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | He strikes again but under a new name...

Monika Darron — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:26:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Monika Darron
Post title: He strikes again but under a new name...

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 removed]

The same scam. Be careful, notify your collegues.

Greetings,
Monika

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | Simply ignore them

Enrique Cavalitto — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:14:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Enrique Cavalitto
Post title: Simply ignore them

[quote]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?
[/quote]

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

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | It IS scam!

Svetlana Cunningham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:53:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Svetlana Cunningham
Post title: It IS scam!

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,
Svetlana

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | Spanish: spam

jacana54 (X) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:33:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: jacana54 (X)
Post title: Spanish: spam

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!

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | opps

manasamiro — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:07:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: manasamiro
Post title: opps

thank you for sharing it.

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | New scam alert sent out

Enrique Cavalitto — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:04:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Enrique Cavalitto
Post title: New scam alert sent out

Thanks for sharing this information, a new scam alert message has been sent out.

Regards,
Enrique

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | Got the same e-mail twice already. Ignored it both times.

Claire Seifi — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:07:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Claire Seifi
Post title: Got the same e-mail twice already. Ignored it both times.

Everything is the same except the language pair.

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | I ignored his e-mail twice already

finnword1 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:48:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: finnword1
Post title: I ignored his e-mail twice already

still keeps spamming

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | I got it, too.

Iza Kryjom (X) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Iza Kryjom (X)
Post title: I got it, too.

"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

[phone removed] "

It was sent to undisclosed recipients.

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | This so-called Andrew Miller

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: This so-called Andrew Miller

has been around for a while, he just changes the pair
[url removed]

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | I received the same message

Zoya Nayshtut — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:45:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Zoya Nayshtut
Post title: I received the same message

but for the translation from English into Russian.

Andrew Miller scam. Beware! | Same here

Angie Garbarino — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Angie Garbarino
Post title: Same here

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

[phone removed]

Andrew Miller scam. Beware!

Luis Marques — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:28:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Andrew Miller scam. Beware!
Poster: Luis Marques

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

---------------------------------------------

From: Andrew Miller [mailto: [email removed] ]
Sent: segunda-feira, 31 de Dezembro de 2012 09:47
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: English into Portuguese

--

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

[phone removed]