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Possible fake person, Matthew Depriest
Thread poster: Matthias Hirsh
Matthias Hirsh
Matthias Hirsh  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 09:18
Japanese to English
Sep 22, 2019

I had someone calling themself Matthew Depriest with an email from a nonexistent site contact me yesterday about a “document.” Their email was [email protected]. No site with that name exists. They claimed to find me on through the ATA. They had terrible grammar and offered zero details about their “document.” I asked for more details and the name of their business and have not heard back.
 
Kevin Fulton
Kevin Fulton  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 09:18
German to English
Don't waste your time Sep 23, 2019

Do not provide personal or banking details to this individual. This follows the pattern of so many scams reported here.
Always good to check before replying to "offers" like this!

Liviu-Lee Roth
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 09:18
Romanian to English
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I replied to him Sep 23, 2019

Matthias Hirsh wrote:

I had someone calling themself Matthew Depriest with an email from a nonexistent site contact me yesterday about a “document.” Their email was [email protected]. No site with that name exists. They claimed to find me on through the ATA. They had terrible grammar and offered zero details about their “document.” I asked for more details and the name of their business and have not heard back.



My reply:

hello good morning,

I am Joe Doe and a do a lot of translations in many languages.

I can help you.

Joe

Matthias Hirsh
 
Daryo
Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:18
Serbian to English
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The domain name does exist Sep 23, 2019

as it is registered to someone

Domain Name: transmattnow.co
Registry Domain ID: D2C7DD58E728D46818AFB4B0D3B7146B1-NSR
Registrar WHOIS Server:
Registrar URL: https://key-systems.net
Updated Date: 2019-09-21T15:55:14Z
Creation Date: 2019-09-21T15:55:03Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2020-09-21T15:55:03Z
Registrar: Key-Systems GmbH
Registrar IANA ID: 269
Reg... See more
as it is registered to someone

Domain Name: transmattnow.co
Registry Domain ID: D2C7DD58E728D46818AFB4B0D3B7146B1-NSR
Registrar WHOIS Server:
Registrar URL: https://key-systems.net
Updated Date: 2019-09-21T15:55:14Z
Creation Date: 2019-09-21T15:55:03Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2020-09-21T15:55:03Z
Registrar: Key-Systems GmbH
Registrar IANA ID: 269
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +49.6894939685
etc.
https://www.eurodns.com/whois-search/co-domain-name

If you own a domain name [like transmattnow.co], you could also create a website for that domain name, but you can also use it just for sending and receiving emails with email addresses [email protected].

Notwithstanding this technical clarification, it still looks like some kind of scam. ▲ Collapse


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