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Possible scam using Apex name Autor de la hebra: Oksana Kondakova
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Oksana Kondakova 
Estados Unidos
Local time: 02:00
Miembro 2010
inglés al ruso
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Yesterday I got an email from Emily Philips ([email protected]) saying that I was chosen for a full-time or freelance translation position. As per the attached Employment terms I had to pay USD 30 just be registered in their database. Such a strange requirement was explained as a need to make sure I am a real translator and was really chosen by a PM. If I got an email from the PM why do I have to pay something to confirm that? Lots of mistakes in the Agreement text and Gmail address l... See more Yesterday I got an email from Emily Philips ([email protected]) saying that I was chosen for a full-time or freelance translation position. As per the attached Employment terms I had to pay USD 30 just be registered in their database. Such a strange requirement was explained as a need to make sure I am a real translator and was really chosen by a PM. If I got an email from the PM why do I have to pay something to confirm that? Lots of mistakes in the Agreement text and Gmail address look like scam too. Beware guys! ▲ Collapse
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Yusuf Akhmadi
Indonesia
Local time: 13:00
inglés al indonesio
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yes, i also got the exact email
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Somnath Dey
India
Local time: 11:30
Miembro 2014
inglés al bengalí
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| Same email I have received too | Aug 19, 2015 |
I have also received the same. Not sure whether this is a scam!!
Somnath
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Oksana Kondakova
Estados Unidos
Local time: 02:00
Miembro 2010
inglés al ruso
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PERSONA QUE INICIÓ LA HEBRA | Definitely a scam | Aug 19, 2015 |
How can this not be a scam if 1) she has a Gmail account 2) the link she asks to use for this "security payment" is getting blocked by Google is a phishing one 3) this is ridiculous to ask for USD30 from a person you have chosen youself. Even PayPal asks for USD 1 to verify your identity. 4) if they want to make sure only right people are registered, then let the managers register new linguists internally as every normal translation company does. Passwords and security credentials were invented ... See more How can this not be a scam if 1) she has a Gmail account 2) the link she asks to use for this "security payment" is getting blocked by Google is a phishing one 3) this is ridiculous to ask for USD30 from a person you have chosen youself. Even PayPal asks for USD 1 to verify your identity. 4) if they want to make sure only right people are registered, then let the managers register new linguists internally as every normal translation company does. Passwords and security credentials were invented long ago. 5) this "hurry up and don't miss your chance" thing - have you nitced that? You have 2 days to register. Kidding?
The most funny thing about this all - she is still writing to me! ▲ Collapse
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| I received this email too. | Aug 19, 2015 |
Following this email, I emailed them via their website, using their "contact" address.
The sender's email address is a gmail one ([email protected]) so it doesn't look like a business email.
I have doubts about this employment contract.
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Thayenga
Alemania
Local time: 08:00
Miembro 2009
inglés al alemán
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The red flag is waving wildly whenever someone has "chosen" you for anything, yet simultaneously asks you to pay a fee to register.
Well, either you were chosen or you have to pay in order to be considered for the position. Can it get any more contradictive? Resolution: File 13 (trash it and block the sender).
[Edited at 2015-08-19 06:20 GMT]
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Tony Bennjamin
Indonesia
Local time: 13:00
Miembro 2013
indonesio al inglés
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| How hard is it to put Apex in a gmail address? | Aug 19, 2015 |
Sorry, but the naivity of some members here just gets to me sometimes. You can write microsoft in a free (!) gmail address - that does not actually make you Microsoft, right? They are not Apex. They are scammers. They lied. Trash it and move on.
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| Company in US but registry portal in West Africa? | Aug 19, 2015 |
I got the same email too. Too good to be true and the $30 deposit was suspicious.
Checked the .ga domain of the portal links and it corresponds to Gabon, a country in West Africa.
Emily, come on, isn´t your company in North Carolina?
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Amel Mokdad
Canadá
Local time: 08:00
inglés al español
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I got the email too. It is definitely a spam and I have informed Apex about it. I think Proz should be more watchful with who posts job offers.
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| Thank you for all your posts | Aug 19, 2015 |
I got this e-mail too from the same gmail address that made me suspicious. I'm sending an e-mail to institutional agency address to inform them
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Valeria Burova
Indonesia
Local time: 14:00
Miembro 2014
inglés al ruso
| And to me too | Aug 19, 2015 |
Oksana Kondakova wrote:
How can this not be a scam if 1) she has a Gmail account 2) the link she asks to use for this "security payment" is getting blocked by Google is a phishing one 3) this is ridiculous to ask for USD30 from a person you have chosen youself. Even PayPal asks for USD 1 to verify your identity. 4) if they want to make sure only right people are registered, then let the managers register new linguists internally as every normal translation company does. Passwords and security credentials were invented long ago. 5) this "hurry up and don't miss your chance" thing - have you nitced that? You have 2 days to register. Kidding?
The most funny thing about this all - she is still writing to me!
I actually answered to her "advice" to hurry up and secure my position befoe I left for vacation that I will check them and got reply that I can easily call them or have them called me and not to be that fast with accusations! WOW!
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