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Motion Recruitment scam
Thread poster: WolfgangS
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
France
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Mar 28

I received this translation request "We have 40 pages written full of English text..." for a "payment of 2000 $ directly to my bank account". From some Chiara Evrard currently employed at Motion Recruitment.
Anybody else?
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
Portugal
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English to Portuguese
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Yes Mar 28

WolfgangS wrote:

I received this translation request "We have 40 pages written full of English text..." for a "payment of 2000 $ directly to my bank account". From some Chiara Evrard currently employed at Motion Recruitment.
Anybody else?


Yes, they are scammers. You may want to take a look at:

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/370373-scam_job_offer_from_motionrecruitment.html

and

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/370930-scam_mr_kelvin_obarski_from_motion_recruitment.html

Yossi Rozenman
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
France
Local time: 03:20
Member (2007)
English to German
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you Mar 28

expressisverbis wrote:

WolfgangS wrote:

I received this translation request "We have 40 pages written full of English text..." for a "payment of 2000 $ directly to my bank account". From some Chiara Evrard currently employed at Motion Recruitment.
Anybody else?


Yes, they are scammers. You may want to take a look at:

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/370373-scam_job_offer_from_motionrecruitment.html

and

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/370930-scam_mr_kelvin_obarski_from_motion_recruitment.html


For confirming, Sandra. 50 $/page, too good to be true.

expressisverbis
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Yossi Rozenman
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Germany
Local time: 03:20
Member (2006)
English to Hebrew
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Same here Mar 28

https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/372154-scammer_impersonating_halifax_central_library.html

expressisverbis
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Džiuginta Spalbar
Džiuginta Spalbar  Identity Verified
Lithuania
Local time: 04:20
Member (2006)
English to Lithuanian
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Scam email from Chiara Evrard (chiaraevrard@gmail.com) Apr 29

The email I received:


I hope this email finds you well. I'm Mrs Chiara and I am currently employed at Motion Recruitment. We are in search of a skilled translator who can assist us in translating various documents. During our search, we came across your profile on https://www.translationdirectory.com/ and we are impressed by your credentials.

We are very intereste... See more
The email I received:


I hope this email finds you well. I'm Mrs Chiara and I am currently employed at Motion Recruitment. We are in search of a skilled translator who can assist us in translating various documents. During our search, we came across your profile on https://www.translationdirectory.com/ and we are impressed by your credentials.

We are very interested in potentially working with you on this project. In order to proceed further, could you please provide a list of the languages you are proficient in translating from English? Once we have this information, we can share more details regarding the scope of work and discuss the possibility of collaboration.

We look forward to potentially partnering with you and utilizing your expertise in language translation. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Warm regards. ▲ Collapse
 


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