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Possible scam: organic farming translation
Thread poster: Colleen Roach, PhD
Justin Mattos
Justin Mattos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 08:38
Member (2014)
Spanish to English
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Same Scam Now Spanish to English Nov 8, 2023

I just received this scam this morning. Now, he is sending the document to be translated from Spanish to English. Its title is now "PRODUCCIÓN DE GRANJAS ORGÁNICAS AL RANGO LIBRE PARA EL PROPÓSITO DEL PROGRAMA DE EMPODERAMIENTO COMUNITARIO / CONFERENCIA SOBRE LA PRODUCCIÓN DE GRANJAS" Por Carie Hasselman. I guess he is using MT or AI now?
 
Jasmine Harrison
Jasmine Harrison
United States
Local time: 07:38
Spanish to English
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Same scam email received today Nov 8, 2023

I received the same scam this morning from the same email ([email protected]). Thankfully I found this thread from a quick google search and blocked them.
Stay safe everyone!

[Editado a las 2023-11-08 17:47 GMT]
 
Ella Rich
Ella Rich  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 08:38
Spanish to English
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Organic farming ES>EN Nov 8, 2023

Same received today. Reported email as phishing and reported on ProZ as spam. Gideon Simeon.
 
Maria Laura Colella
Maria Laura Colella  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 14:38
French to Italian
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EN > IT - Gideon Simeon Nov 13, 2023

Hello, I just received the same email... from the following address:
[email protected]

[Edited at 2023-11-13 14:49 GMT]
 
Sophie Slonka
Sophie Slonka
United States
Local time: 08:38
Member (2018)
English to French
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Still trying to scam us Mar 11

The scammer email this month is:

[email protected]

"can you translate a document english to French
Thanks for your interest in my project. Please send me the proforma invoice and grand total for translating,proofreading and formatting for the document. Waiting to hear back from you."

The document the scammer asks to translate is

FREE RANGE ORGANIC FARM PRODUCTION
F... See more
The scammer email this month is:

[email protected]

"can you translate a document english to French
Thanks for your interest in my project. Please send me the proforma invoice and grand total for translating,proofreading and formatting for the document. Waiting to hear back from you."

The document the scammer asks to translate is

FREE RANGE ORGANIC FARM PRODUCTION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY
EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM/LECTURE ON
FARM PRODUCTION
BY
Carie hasselman ▲ Collapse
 
Daryo
Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:38
Serbian to English
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Well ... Apr 24

DZiW (X) wrote:

Ain't it funny the very definition "organic farming" is but a marketing philosophy differing fundamentally?

Foods certified as "organic" will neither be safer nor more nutritious than "regular" foods. Nor is there any logical reason to conclude that they have any special disease-curing properties.

Perhaps, such 'green' fraudsters are happy followers of the infamous Randy Constant et Co.


Frankly, I can't help wondering why so many allegedly educated and sensible specialists often fall easy prey when it comes to sensitive/personal topics like 'human rights', 'charity',' religion', and 'quackery alternatives', stopping the common sense and critical thinking. So I'm glad there're still those who do think and double-check)


Well, scammers are not stupid - they adapt to their 'target audience': they know that asking for a translation of Pol-Pot's collected works will hardly elicit the same kind of blind enthusiasm ... blind enough to skip basic due diligence.
 
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