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I received two emails for a scam interpreting job February 25.
Thread poster: Saudina Torres
Saudina Torres
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United States
Local time: 03:29
English to Spanish
Feb 1, 2013

A person just emailed me yesterday (Rule # 8 cannot say his name, too bad, it's a funny, made up Spanish-English mix), telling me in not-so good English that he needed my services as an interpreter "in the area" I live, he just couldn't mention it. He said the job is for February 25th for 5 days. Without specifying my details, I asked where he needed interpreting, and he named about half a dozen US cities saying that he would fly me wherever the job was. Yeah right! The whole story was bogus an... See more
A person just emailed me yesterday (Rule # 8 cannot say his name, too bad, it's a funny, made up Spanish-English mix), telling me in not-so good English that he needed my services as an interpreter "in the area" I live, he just couldn't mention it. He said the job is for February 25th for 5 days. Without specifying my details, I asked where he needed interpreting, and he named about half a dozen US cities saying that he would fly me wherever the job was. Yeah right! The whole story was bogus and inconsistent. He/she could hardly write three correct words in English. Heads up! I think it's a pretty obvious scam, but they might trick some unsuspecting victims. ▲ Collapse
 


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