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Beware of potential scammers johnkevin66990@gmail.com and giffordmarkkelly@gmail.com | Two more potential scammers 😅

Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:05:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Beware of potential scammers johnkevin66990@gmail.com and giffordmarkkelly@gmail.com
Poster: Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic
Post title: Two more potential scammers 😅

Funny how they often have three names (distinguished individuals I presume) and often forget to capitalize at least one of these names…

Recently received vague job offers from

• Durham jerry Earnest and
• Leonard walter Hardy

Beware!

No concrete details whatsoever nor references to the language pairs - always a red flag… 🚩

The script is nearly identical, that they found me on the national list of sworn translators in Croatia 🇭🇷… it’s possible that it’s an internal scam but my guess is they won’t limit themselves to just one country.

Best regards to my hardworking colleagues,
Anastasia

Beware of potential scammers johnkevin66990@gmail.com and giffordmarkkelly@gmail.com | Gifford

Kimi Mikkonen — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:10:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Beware of potential scammers johnkevin66990@gmail.com and giffordmarkkelly@gmail.com
Poster: Kimi Mikkonen
Post title: Gifford

Gifford is a scammer can confirm 100%

Beware of potential scammers johnkevin66990@gmail.com and giffordmarkkelly@gmail.com

Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:58:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: Beware of potential scammers johnkevin66990@gmail.com and giffordmarkkelly@gmail.com
Poster: Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic

Hello, I have been offered potential jobs by
john kavin

(the name spelling is extremely strange. Are you kavin or kevin?)

and another amazing Academic Translation job offering - without mentioning the language pairs - arrived from [email removed] .

Please be wary. Both have offered me work without defining anything in particular. I once almost fell for a scam where the sender (Dr. Livingston, I am not joking) "accidentally" sent me money to my account - money that should have gone to some other person. My bank warned me to wait, as this transaction took place on a Friday night. Sure enough, by Monday morning, the check bounced, and had I transfered the money to their decorator, or whoever, I would have been out the money.

You can always spot these characters by poor spelling, no attention to detail, languages and deadlines are rarely mentioned. No details about the project itself, just trying to hook you and trick you.

so, beware....

It's a jungle out there!