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Research project on Agricultural reforms in EU translation scam - Marie Stephens
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Francois Gauthier
Francois Gauthier
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Same email from Mary Marcco Sep 21, 2020

I though I had a nice contract until she accepted my offer in 2 minutes and offered to pay upfront via check or wire transfer.

Laurie Bennett
Patrick Goulet
Nils Lövgren Boulianne
Adam Dickinson
Liviu-Lee Roth
Despina Nifakos
Eva Siskowski Boatwright
 
Patrick Goulet
Patrick Goulet
Canada
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English to French
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Also from Mary Marcco Sep 21, 2020

"She" also had me until I asked the purpose of the file, and "she" literally answered "Am also a translation." Of course, you are a translation...

Nils Lövgren Boulianne
Adam Dickinson
 
Nils Lövgren Boulianne
Nils Lövgren Boulianne
Canada
Local time: 10:19
French to English
Yeah she's (he's?) hitting Canada right now as Marie Marcco Sep 21, 2020

Same deal.

Thank you for your email,
Your total amount and your delivery time is fine. However 30% will be paid to start and the remainder on delivery.
My preferred mode of payment is by check, wire transfer kindly get back to me if that works for you.
Best regards.


Adam Dickinson
Liviu-Lee Roth
Patrick Goulet
 
Anick Choinière
Anick Choinière
Canada
Local time: 10:19
English to French
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I nearly got scammed Sep 21, 2020

I thought I had my first client but it was weird "she" didn't seek out someone specialized in agriculture, or someone with more experience, for such a large project... trusted my gut feeling and found this thread. She contacted me as Mary Marcco, so be wary if you get an email from someone with that name.

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Patrick Goulet
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Daniel Legare
Daniel Legare
Canada
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Japanese to English
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I gave them my address and phone number…am I in trouble? Sep 22, 2020

I got scammed by Mary Marco too.
I should have checked here first…thankfully I didn't start anything and was drafting up a contract when I thought of checking.
I'm calling my bank and phone service, but I'm wondering if anyone else gave some their address and phone number and had something happen?
Lesson learned here…

[Edited at 2020-09-22 18:45 GMT]


 
ELENA MITULESCU
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Canada
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English to Romanian
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Scam - Etude agricole pour etudiant - 19,000 words - French to English (EU Agricultural Study) Sep 22, 2020

Hi all,
Just be aware of scammers sending emails from these Gmail accounts: MARY MARCCO and BETH KANTUS
[email protected] and [email protected].
The same pattern: fake translation request, scammer offered to pay 50% upfront and 50% upon delivery by check/wire transfer.
I attached the document below.

Sample below:



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Hi all,
Just be aware of scammers sending emails from these Gmail accounts: MARY MARCCO and BETH KANTUS
[email protected] and [email protected].
The same pattern: fake translation request, scammer offered to pay 50% upfront and 50% upon delivery by check/wire transfer.
I attached the document below.

Sample below:




Étude agricole pour étudiant en Europe
Qu’elles émanent du secteur public ou privé, les réponses actuelles ne parviennent pas à relever de manière adéquate les grands défis interconnectés des systèmes alimentaires. Ces lacunes sont le reflet de profonds problèmes dans la gouvernance des systèmes alimentaires européens.
Le traitement des problèmes spécifiques à certains points de la chaîne s’est certes amélioré, au détriment cependant des résultats dans d’autres domaines : par exemple, bien que l’emploi d’intrants synthétiques ait été nettement réduit, l’utilisation totale de pesticides est toujours en hausse dans plusieurs pays.
38 L’utilisation européenne totale d’azote minéral et d’engrais phosphaté (cause principale d’eutrophisation) a augmenté de 6 % entre 2012 et 2015.39 Pendant ce temps, la dépendance vis-à-vis de l’importation d’aliments pour animaux ne cesse de croître, compensant ainsi les avantages d’une agriculture émettant moins de GES en Europe. Le revenu agricole moyen tend aujourd’hui à augmenter à travers toute l’UE, mais de nombreuses petites exploitations agricoles ont dû mettre la clé sous la porte ou être fusionnées pour former de plus grands groupes.
Derrière la hausse du revenu agricole moyen se cachent également d’importantes différences entre et au sein des États membres : en 2016, le salaire mensuel d’environ 30 % des producteurs français s’élevait à moins de 350 €, soit moins d’un tiers du salaire minimum.
Les solutions choisies ont souvent reporté les problèmes sous-jacents, ainsi que les coûts exorbitants qu’ils génèrent, sur les générations futures et sur les autres régions du monde : cela se remarque particulièrement dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire.
Les systèmes alimentaires actuels sont parvenus à garder les prix des aliments à un niveau relativement bas en termes historiques, et à fournir un approvisionnement plutôt constant et abondant en denrées alimentaires. Le maintien d’une production mondiale et de flux suffisants de produits alimentaires est crucial : selon le FAO, 66 pays sont pour le moment incapables de remplir leurs propres besoins alimentaires, et ce nombre augmentera probablement à cause du changement climatique. Toutefois, une productivité agricole importante dans l’hémisphère nord n’a pas au jour d‘aujourd’hui fourni de base suffisante pour éradiquer l’insécurité alimentaire dans l’UE ou dans le monde, et encore moins pour assurer un régime alimentaire sain pour tous. De plus, la quête d’une productivité toujours plus importante menace désormais la production future, avec des récoltes qui commencent à s’immobiliser dans des régions clés.
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Sheila Wilson
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They want to launder money, not harvest data Sep 22, 2020

Daniel Legare wrote:

I got scammed by Mary Marco too.
I should have checked here first…thankfully I didn't start anything and was drafting up a contract when I thought of checking.
I'm calling my bank and phone service, but I'm wondering if anyone else gave some their address and phone number and had something happen?
Lesson learned here…

[Edited at 2020-09-22 18:45 GMT]

I understand your worry but I've never heard of a problem with the personal details given to these particular scammers. They want to launder money, and plenty of it. They aren't concerned with your private information and don't -- on the face of it -- appear to be selling it on.


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Despina Nifakos
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Canada
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French to English
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SCAM Sep 22, 2020

The same thing happened to me yesterday; I thought this was perhaps a too-good-to-be-true scenario because she agreed on my rates and deadline; she didn't try bargaining my services. Anyways, please beware of this Mary Marcco person ([email protected]). By all means, do not even answer.

Luckily for me, I noticed something was off because I found the translated text online and didn't pursue the project any longer. I quickly wrote about it on Facebook language groups that quickly
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The same thing happened to me yesterday; I thought this was perhaps a too-good-to-be-true scenario because she agreed on my rates and deadline; she didn't try bargaining my services. Anyways, please beware of this Mary Marcco person ([email protected]). By all means, do not even answer.

Luckily for me, I noticed something was off because I found the translated text online and didn't pursue the project any longer. I quickly wrote about it on Facebook language groups that quickly pointed me to this forum and other testimonials. Now I know better.
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Nick Elitzik
Nick Elitzik
United States
Local time: 09:19
Chinese to English
Jennifer Doxsey Oct 2, 2020

I also got an email asking for translation from Chinese to English from Jennifer Doxsey. I gave her the benefit of the doubt, as if she received the job from an ilicit party and was passing it off to me. But it seems she sent the document in other languages to people for translation, judging by some of the responses here.

 
Jonathan M. Trayser
Jonathan M. Trayser
Germany
English to German
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New Name of the Scammer Oct 4, 2020

Hi fellow proz users,

same thing happened with me - only now she is using the name Mariana Doxsey with the same document: Agricultural Restructuring in Europe: A Case Study. Her new email is [email protected] sent from an IP address in San Jose, CA!

Thank you for helping me avoid this scammer. One thing that I don´t understand however is that if she pays upfront and then asks for the money back what prevents us to
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Hi fellow proz users,

same thing happened with me - only now she is using the name Mariana Doxsey with the same document: Agricultural Restructuring in Europe: A Case Study. Her new email is [email protected] sent from an IP address in San Jose, CA!

Thank you for helping me avoid this scammer. One thing that I don´t understand however is that if she pays upfront and then asks for the money back what prevents us to just scam her back and take the money?
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Christian Witt
 
Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 10:19
Romanian to English
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what money? Oct 5, 2020

Jonathan M. Trayser wrote:

Hi fellow proz users,

same thing happened with me - only now she is using the name Mariana Doxsey with the same document: Agricultural Restructuring in Europe: A Case Study. Her new email is [email protected] sent from an IP address in San Jose, CA!

Thank you for helping me avoid this scammer. One thing that I don´t understand however is that if she pays upfront and then asks for the money back what prevents us to just scam her back and take the money?




The scammer sends you a well done fake check. If the bank teller (now, they are called ”bankers”) does not notice the fake, it takes 10-14 day to clear; too late if you sent the money.

Again, as I mentioned million of times, it is not a particular ”she”; it is a well organized world-wide industry with ”money mules” or ”arrows” in every country.

Stay safe,
lee


 
Christian Witt
Christian Witt
Germany
Local time: 15:19
English to German
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Request from "doxsey" Oct 5, 2020

Jonathan M. Trayser wrote:

Hi fellow proz users,

same thing happened with me - only now she is using the name Mariana Doxsey with the same document: Agricultural Restructuring in Europe: A Case Study. Her new email is [email protected] sent from an IP address in San Jose, CA!

Thank you for helping me avoid this scammer. One thing that I don´t understand however is that if she pays upfront and then asks for the money back what prevents us to just scam her back and take the money?




Hi Jonathan,

I, too, have a pending request from this user regarding "The concept of culture and some cultural facilities", English to German. I don't get the concept of the scam as well but then it is best to stay away from the job, if I understand correctly.


 
Natalie
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Get educated Oct 5, 2020

Christian Witt wrote:

I don't get the concept of the scam as well


Go to https://www.proz.com/about/translator-scam-alerts and read everything attentively.


Liviu-Lee Roth
 
Mona Fendri (X)
Mona Fendri (X)
Germany
Local time: 15:19
French to German
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Why the scam? Oct 12, 2020

Hello,

I also received a request from Mariana Doxsey and found it very unusual that they would want to pay 50% upfront. Also, I already found the translated documents online.
But I don't understand the purpose of the scam. Even if they receive the bank details, there is nothing they can do with it, is there? Has someone here experienced something unusual after agreeing to do the work?


 
Natalie
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Why the scam Oct 12, 2020

Mona Fendri wrote:
But I don't understand the purpose of the scam. Even if they receive the bank details, there is nothing they can do with it, is there? Has someone here experienced something unusual after agreeing to do the work?


You will get a fake check and then a request for a refund due to overpayment issue.
So in fact you will pay the scammer your own money.

The scammer's IPs are spoofed, in reality he is located somewhere in Nigeria (or probably some other country in Africa), so nobody will help you to get your money back.

This scam is well known since some 10 years - please follow the link in the previous post to get familiar with various kinds of scam.



[Edited at 2020-10-12 16:03 GMT]


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