Mark Anderson - Rip off artist Thread poster: Victor Harari
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I was contacted by Mark Anderson via e-mail and asked to do an English -Spanish translation on Racism. He explained that I would have to translate two different texts. After I started working, he offered to pay in advance for both texts, but he refused to pay in any way but a cashier's check. When I was about to send him the first text, he told me that the second text was now going to be translated into Azerbaijani, not Spanish. I received the check, but I was never abl... See more I was contacted by Mark Anderson via e-mail and asked to do an English -Spanish translation on Racism. He explained that I would have to translate two different texts. After I started working, he offered to pay in advance for both texts, but he refused to pay in any way but a cashier's check. When I was about to send him the first text, he told me that the second text was now going to be translated into Azerbaijani, not Spanish. I received the check, but I was never able to cash it or deposit it (this was due to Mexican bank regulation), but now I discover it was all a scam!!! Be careful with this guy...I have read several stories exactly as mine.
[Edited at 2017-03-23 22:01 GMT]
[Edited at 2017-03-24 01:27 GMT] ▲ Collapse | | | Natalie Poland Local time: 12:01 Member (2002) English to Russian + ... MODERATOR SITE LOCALIZER | Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 11:01 Member (2007) English + ...
Such a pity that you hadn't signed up for the notifications from the Scam Alert Centre: http://www.proz.com/about/translator-scam-alerts. You were actually lucky if "all" you got was a rejection from the Mexican authorities. We have heard of some translators actually being prosecuted for trying to cash those false cheques. And some have also sent cheques/transfers of their own to compensate for an apparent overpayment. So, maybe it helps you to know it could have been worse . Victor Harari wrote: I was contacted by Mark Anderson via e-mail and asked to do an English -Spanish translation on Racism. Was this a contact through your ProZ.com profile? If so, please report it to the Scam Centre. They will need to deal with the profile. | | |
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