Scam Alerts❌

In this opportunity, you will read some suggestions about how to avoid being scammed. There are many ways to recognize scams for the extremely high rates, many grammar mistakes, unnecessary links, and not much information about the job. Therefore, you will find this section very valuable to reduce and solve these situations in your freelance translation career.

Blog Posts.

Blog Post #1. How to Avoid Scammers and Find Valuable Clients.

Posted by yours truly.

How to Avoid Scammers and Find Valuable Clients.When I started working as a freelancer in 2022, I created accounts on Fiverr and Upwork. They looked awesome to start earning some money. But, I could not find many jobs at that time. It took me 2 months to get my first job, and it was a little one. Honestly, I could accept any job at that point because I really wanted to work. One day, I got a notification to translate a book from scratch. I noticed that the book was from McGraw Hill Education. If you were a college student like I was, you woul

Blog Post #2. An Example of Scams.

Posted by yours truly.

An Example of Scams.There are many examples of scams nowadays, and I want to show you one of these cases. I got this message from a scammer recently. He did not ask me any questions; he just said "Hello" and sent me a document without much information. You could also read in the document that you just have to get in touch with the person on Telegram or email to get more details. As you can see, this message and document sound suspicious because they do not have further information, such as a profile picture and a r

Blog Post #3. Another scam in the translation world.

Posted by Andrea Capuselli.

¡Otra estafa dando vueltas por el mundo de la traducción! Hace rato que… | Andrea Capuselli

Videos.

Video #1. Don't get scammed: Risk management for freelance language professionals.

Made by Proz.com.

Documents

Document #1. A Quick Guide to Scams.

Made by #TeamTranslator.

#TeamTranslator | A quick guide to scamsThis #TeamTranslator guide to scams targeting translators can help you avoid being taken advantage of.

Document #2. Consejos para evitar caer en una estafa.

Unknown Source.

Consejos para evitar estafas

Document #3. Lista negra de agencias y clientes de México.

Made by the “Lista negra de agencias de traducción y clientes de México” group.

Lista Negra de agencias y clientes de México-1 de septiembre de 2023.pdf

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