What to make of this

Tina Vonhof wrote:

Always ask to see the original document, that gives you the best understanding of what you are getting into.

Katarzyna Slowikova wrote:



Still, the numbers of them on Proz are quite shocking (keep checking!).

Some months ago, in 2018, I was being bombarded with similar offers for translation of "religious" literature by a Proz member (until I replied to one of them sending them to hell in rather expressive words), if not on several fronts (Translatorscafe and LinkedIn may have been source too - I don't remember exactly now...). The same offers were also being published everywhere on internet, on Proz, Translatorscafe, Translators Directory (or what's the name of that fishy site), LinkedIn, I think I googled them even on Elance or something similar. Currently, when you google a fragment of the job description, you find only couple of ads on upwork, though they're quite new, so it may be just a beginning of a new wave.
In the previous offers, they were also looking for great many languages, and the description gave similarly unserious impression, though I don't think it was the same text and don't remember the company name being used. I did some googling back then that was inconclusive as to whether they're scammers. But it looked strongly like one of those modern US-based "prosperity gospels" which was enough to put me off, whether they're scammers (in the sense of the word being used here) or not.

Seeing the numbers of offers they keep receiving, I really can't help thinking about some form of Darwinism being at work here... I'm not sorry for people who fall for it (the potential for a bad experience in any form is imho high).

[Edited at 2019-02-28 15:51 GMT]

Tina Vonhof wrote:



Don't go by this job offer or others like it. It's a scam or, at the very least, false advertising. A legitimate company usually gives you more information, and if the job looks interesting and you need more information, you can ask. Always ask to see the original document, that gives you the best understanding of what you are getting into.


[Edited at 2019-02-28 22:38 GMT]

Barbara Dalla Villa wrote:

Robert Rietvelt wrote:



I remember them. I was also bombarded with mails, but they came directly from the American religious group in question. This one looks totally different.