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	Possible scam: "blog designer" in Africa asking for help moving money	Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Jun 9, 2011 6 (3,844) Paul Dixon Jun 11, 2011
	Seems to me like a genuine scam ("Part payment will be issued out before commencement of work")	#JuliaC# Jun 7, 2011 4 (3,656) Maria Ramon Jun 7, 2011
	Warning (travelers cheques)	Marie LIOGIER (X) May 25, 2011 7 (5,203) dkalinic May 26, 2011
	Scam targeting interpreters in NZ	Melanie Wittwer May 9, 2011 4 (3,946) naomia May 23, 2011
	Possible scam misusing proz.com	4leavedClover May 17, 2011 5 (3,505) 4leavedClover May 19, 2011
	Western Union Scam from '[email protected]'	Tatyana Topchiyova May 19, 2011 0 (3,107) Tatyana Topchiyova May 19, 2011
	Warning members of attempted fraud (traveller checks)	gangels (X) May 18, 2011 1 (2,912) Sheila Wilson May 18, 2011
	New Scam Alert	Vincent Staude May 3, 2011 1 (2,764) Sophie Deslandes May 4, 2011
	Received this email and think it's a scam	snjezana husnjak pavlek May 3, 2011 6 (3,381) snjezana husnjak pavlek May 4, 2011
	Potential scam aimed at interpreters, using the advance payment method	Jared Tabor SITE STAFF May 3, 2011 0 (2,556) Jared Tabor SITE STAFF May 3, 2011
	Translators in France: RSI scam	Ruth Simpson May 2, 2011 1 (2,940) Catherine GUILLIAUMET May 2, 2011
	Rate Phishing & CV Hoarding	Bryan Crumpler Apr 15, 2011 2 (3,916) Ashutosh Mitra Apr 15, 2011
	The reputable translator	Nicole Schnell Apr 12, 2011 4 (3,626) Viviana Lemos Apr 14, 2011
	Do you think this a scam? (Client wants to pay by check)	Maika Vicente Navarro Apr 13, 2011 11 (4,759) Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Apr 13, 2011
	Barry Jones scam	Margherita Morichelli (X) Apr 13, 2011 1 (3,129) Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida Apr 13, 2011
	Obvious scam - can be a virus	Arina Evtikhova Apr 11, 2011 2 (3,248) Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Apr 12, 2011
	Possible check scam    ( 1... 2)	Caroline Hammer Mar 14, 2011 16 (8,735) Susana Canhoto Abreu da Silva Apr 11, 2011
	How to ask about a possible company?	Anja Dean Apr 8, 2011 9 (4,260) Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Apr 9, 2011
	Scammers using false email address - Linguistico    ( 1... 2)	Linguistico Oct 11, 2010 27 (23,816) Helen Shepelenko SITE STAFF Apr 7, 2011
	Scary movie starring me and a phantom translation agency    ( 1, 2... 3)	Iuliana Bozkurt Mar 3, 2011 37 (16,634) Petra Buric (X) Apr 4, 2011
	"Reverse scam" - anyone know how this works?	Colin Smith Mar 16, 2011 8 (4,879) Madeleine MacRae Klintebo Mar 30, 2011
	Warning about probable scam	Evans (X) Mar 28, 2011 8 (4,004) Astrid vanBeek (X) Mar 30, 2011
	Somebody requested my password. It it a scam?	Alexandra Lindqvist Mar 27, 2011 11 (4,771) Michael Lourenço Leite Mar 28, 2011
	Is this a type of scam? (Receiving same job offer everyday)	Nguyen Dieu Mar 28, 2011 1 (2,944) Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei Mar 28, 2011
	Moral and Ethic / beware it is a scam!	Isabell Scherg Mar 22, 2011 3 (3,085) Isabell Scherg Mar 22, 2011
	"Systran Software" Scam_BEWARE	Iván Madrigal (X) Nov 5, 2010 9 (6,689) Signe Golly Mar 20, 2011
	Is this a scam to buy software?	Jan Andre de la Porte Mar 16, 2011 9 (5,063) Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT Mar 18, 2011
	The same scam reported, now English-Swedish    ( 1... 2)	Erik Djerf Jan 22, 2011 19 (10,790) Yong-suk Choi Mar 11, 2011
	Scam: Richard Cole (Translator Needed)    ( 1... 2)	Daniel Greuel Feb 12, 2011 24 (13,298) neilmac Mar 10, 2011
	Scam from Twitter	Heinrich Pesch Mar 8, 2011 6 (3,951) Stanislav Pokorny Mar 9, 2011
	Will send half the fee up front    ( 1... 2)	sonjaswenson (X) Feb 28, 2011 15 (8,594) Benoît Rafidison Mar 4, 2011
	Scammers requesting to buy Systran language software    ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11... 12)	Nathalie Reis Aug 13, 2008 168 (116,598) Albena Simeonova Mar 3, 2011
	Possible Scam in a Proz job offer    ( 1, 2, 3... 4)	Marina Puertas Oct 11, 2010 50 (17,834) Manuela Mariño Beltrán (X) Mar 2, 2011
	Client wants cheque deposit before proceeding with translation    ( 1... 2)	linadia Feb 25, 2011 26 (11,998) Natalie Feb 28, 2011
	Is it a scam?	Isabell Scherg Feb 24, 2011 12 (4,927) Nicole Schnell Feb 24, 2011
	possible scam	Virginia Navascues Feb 22, 2011 2 (2,870) Virginia Navascues Feb 23, 2011
	Scam regarding a ProZ.com job post.	Javier Moreno Pollarolo Oct 29, 2010 9 (6,614) Yasutomo Kanazawa Feb 16, 2011
	Do you think it's a scam? Client wants to pay by check way before delivery    ( 1, 2... 3)	Julie Fragkaki Sep 14, 2010 35 (16,899) snjezana husnjak pavlek Feb 14, 2011
	MANAGEMENT SEARCH EXECUTIVE LTD - Jude Anderson scam    ( 1... 2)	Katalin Horváth McClure Nov 8, 2010 15 (9,595) Transdiction (X) Feb 9, 2011
	Company using our information	USTranslation Feb 7, 2011 10 (6,180) USTranslation Feb 8, 2011
	Creating " Scam" Proz forum section	Alexandre Chetrite Feb 4, 2011 6 (5,603) Sherefedin MUSTAFA Feb 7, 2011
	possible scam	Laura Bissio CT Jan 29, 2011 3 (3,441) Gabriel Torem Feb 2, 2011
	Is this a Scam? Payment via Certified Euro Bank Check	Rolf Kern Jan 6, 2011 5 (6,045) horsenut Feb 2, 2011
	"Interpreter required" email - bet this is scam (Germany)	Manuela Hoffmann-Maleki (X) Jan 21, 2011 14 (6,850) Manuela Hoffmann-Maleki (X) Feb 1, 2011
	Scammer sends emails stating that our agency Workforce Language Services "is a cheating company"	Talent Success Jan 30, 2011 0 (2,763) Talent Success Jan 30, 2011
	"Translator scams and how to protect yourself from them", a new post on Translator T.O.	Jared Tabor SITE STAFF Jan 25, 2011 3 (14,786) Bill Li Jan 26, 2011
	POOR ENGLISH - definitely a scam!!	Sima Dalens (X) Jan 22, 2011 0 (2,016) Sima Dalens (X) Jan 22, 2011
	interpreter / cheque fraud - was contacted via proz    ( 1... 2)	Sandra Emberger Jun 1, 2010 26 (16,630) Toni Racero Jan 18, 2011
	Scam? SDL Trados Studio 2009 Christmas Offer    ( 1... 2)	Madeleine Chevassus Dec 24, 2010 15 (9,368) Madeleine Chevassus Jan 15, 2011
	Agency I anonymously blogged on threatens legal action?    ( 1... 2)	784512 (X) Jan 10, 2011 19 (11,695) Laurent KRAULAND (X) Jan 12, 2011

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