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Dear Sir/Madam,, I am a freelancer. My name is Ripsime. My working languages are English, Russian. My native language is Russian, and due to the fact that I live many years abroad I use English in my everyday life. I have more than 8 years of experience as a freelance translator, as well as I am a graduate of political sciences and international relations with honors. Please see the attached resume. I provide translation and editing service. My rate is 0.08 EUR per translated word, and 0.04 EUR per editing, proofreading. My rate of translation per hour is 30 EUR My daily output is 3000 words per day . Hope to hear from you soon. Please see the attached resume Kind regards Ripsime |
I've been examining these Translation Job scams for quite some time now, and I can't really see what they are trying to accomplish here. They are not as dangerous as 419 scammers, because they are not persistent at all, they back off quite easily when you start asking for telephone numbers or physical addresses. I've been running a scambait on one such a "translator" for months now and I can't seem to get anywhere with this guy. He does not want to give me references to previous translation jobs, nor does he want to supply any proof of his qualifications, he always have some lame excuse for not sending them.
The only conclusion I can make is that these scammers are piggybacking on the respectable names of freelance translators, in the hope of making a quick buck. For all we know they might be using Google Translate to do the job. But they seem quite harmless (I know never trust ANY TYPE OF SPAMMER, that's why I place a lot of emphasis on SEEM) because what are they going to do if you refuse to pay them for their services, especially if the only means to make contact with you is via a free e-mail address?
Is there anyone with substantial inside info how these scammers operate and when the scam become dangerous, in other words, where is the catch? To me they seem like a bunch of ineffective scammers with no real chance of success. Heck, a 419 scammer with some lousy, too good to be true, story about some rich dude who died and left his fortune for some banker to claim and they want you to be next of kin, these mugus have a better chance of scamming someone than these translator losers.