They want to use my CV Thread poster: Angie Garbarino
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Dear all
I have received (2 times already) the following email
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Dear Translator,
I hope you are enjoying a good health.
I am a project manager from LanguageMet Translation Company, we receive high number of several big projects like: translation, editing, proofreading, DTP, localization and other types .
If you want to jo... See more Dear all
I have received (2 times already) the following email
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Dear Translator,
I hope you are enjoying a good health.
I am a project manager from LanguageMet Translation Company, we receive high number of several big projects like: translation, editing, proofreading, DTP, localization and other types .
If you want to join and deal with us in our company as a translator, we will use your C.V and replace your contact details to avoid direct contact with our clients,then we begin marketing process to your CV. Any projects we receive on behalf of your CV we must send it to you directly should you are available.
If you accept we will put you in our database in order to deal with you in incoming projects.
Simply we will take the marketing process role for you CV.
Kind Regards,
Imad
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I just wanted to inform, there were many other (visible) translators'email in c/c
Stay safe!
[Edited at 2013-05-12 20:26 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Poland
Local time: 20:34
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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| No way José!! | May 12, 2013 |
Don't accept it in any way. They don't need to use your CV at all, and should not!
| | | | Sonia Hill
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:34
Italian to English
| I received this email today too! | May 12, 2013 |
I binned it straight away.
| | | | Angie Garbarino
Local time: 20:34
Member (2003)
French to Italian
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TOPIC STARTER
Tomás Cano Binder, CT wrote:
Don't accept it in any way. They don't need to use your CV at all, and should not!
I was thinking to charge my lawier to send them an email stating my formal prohibition to use my CV for any reason whatsoever
[Edited at 2013-05-12 20:25 GMT]
| | | | Shai Navé
Israel
Local time: 21:34
English to Hebrew
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Dear Translator,
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I usually stop reading after any generic salute. Most of the time it is either a scam, fraud or an abusive offer, so as a rule of thumb it saves me quite a lot of time and mostly frustration (about the ill-state of the marketplace).
if you want to join and deal with us in our company as a translator, we will use your C.V and replace your contact details to avoid direct contact with our clients,then we begin marketing process to your CV. Any projects we receive on behalf of your CV we must send it to you directly should you are available.
If it wasn't sad because some people are actually falling for it and the traction some of these scams are getting, I would have suggested to lough about it.
Thank you for sharing.
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 20:34
Member (2009)
English to German
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| The same here | May 13, 2013 |
I've received that same email and, after having read the first paragraph, sent it to where it belongs: File 13.
Nobody will receive my permission to use my CV. There's too much abuse of data going on for me to even consider such an "option".
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Angie Garbarino wrote:
Dear Translator,
I hope you are enjoying a good health.
| | | | | Beware of Scammers! | May 13, 2013 |
Dear Angie,
For some tie now, I have been receiving similar emails from people who call themselves "project managers" or "recruitment officers" from unknown (and even known) agencies. It ges without saying that they are mere scammers... For having received so many of such "offers", I have come up with a list of key indicators to point out these unscrupulous people:
1. They usually have a poor mastery of English (although they may have British or American names.
2.... See more Dear Angie,
For some tie now, I have been receiving similar emails from people who call themselves "project managers" or "recruitment officers" from unknown (and even known) agencies. It ges without saying that they are mere scammers... For having received so many of such "offers", I have come up with a list of key indicators to point out these unscrupulous people:
1. They usually have a poor mastery of English (although they may have British or American names.
2. They tend to have public email addresses (AOL, Gmail or Yahoo).
3. They ALWAYS make amazingly tempting offers to easily trap uncautious linguists.
4. Most often they do not do it the right way (your instinct should alert you).
5. Such emails are generally addressed to "whom it may concern"
Colleagues may complete this list based on their own experience. But, in brief, BEWARE OF THESE SCAMMERS!
Carlos Djomo
EN-FR Senior Translator
www.carlosdjomo.tk ▲ Collapse
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| "They want to use my CV" -- And they will... | May 14, 2013 |
These scammers keep hiding their stealing of legitimate CVs behind this story of authorization request to "market" translators CVs. That is just a façade, although, some translators have already fallen into their trap. They will steal your CV no matter what and they will use your name and your address in their quest to lure clients. Sometimes, they'll modify your name, use somebody else's address (if any) and, yet, some other victim's real CV. It's a copy, cut and paste operation at a scale dif... See more These scammers keep hiding their stealing of legitimate CVs behind this story of authorization request to "market" translators CVs. That is just a façade, although, some translators have already fallen into their trap. They will steal your CV no matter what and they will use your name and your address in their quest to lure clients. Sometimes, they'll modify your name, use somebody else's address (if any) and, yet, some other victim's real CV. It's a copy, cut and paste operation at a scale difficult to grasp. In one message sent to me, they claim to be marketing "hundreds or thousands of emails". They hide behind arab (mostly) and asian names and variations thereof and behind gmail or hotmail addresses. The operation is very wide, and they use a network of websites and other connections. They even blackmail you, if you try to have access to the email addresses created by them with your name.
It's all here (and the list keeps growing every day:
http://www.jrdias.com/jrd-translator-scammers.htm
Thank you to all who have sent me details and CVs sent by these scammers. ▲ Collapse
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