ALERT: SPAM e-mail via proz.com account Thread poster: Ulrike Kraemer
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I don't know if this is the correct forum but didn't know where else to post it. @Moderators: please feel free to move it if this is in the wrong section.
I've received a SPAM e-mail this morning from an apparently "new" user (don't know if I'm allowed to post his/her user name/profile No. here), wanting to pay me 4.4 million dollars from an Ivory Coast account. I've already submitted a support ticket. Anybody else received a similar e-mail?
Ulrike
alias LittleBal... See more I don't know if this is the correct forum but didn't know where else to post it. @Moderators: please feel free to move it if this is in the wrong section.
I've received a SPAM e-mail this morning from an apparently "new" user (don't know if I'm allowed to post his/her user name/profile No. here), wanting to pay me 4.4 million dollars from an Ivory Coast account. I've already submitted a support ticket. Anybody else received a similar e-mail?
Ulrike
alias LittleBalu ▲ Collapse
| | | | Özden Arıkan 
Germany
Local time: 16:34
Member
English to Turkish
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| Please forward it to the staff | May 5, 2008 |
Hi Little Balu,
First, please note that I have moved your topic to the forum Safe Computing.
Also, may I suggest you to forward the email to the staff via a Support Ticket (you can upload the email on that page so that the header information won't be lost).
Kind regards,
Özden
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... See more Hi Little Balu,
First, please note that I have moved your topic to the forum Safe Computing.
Also, may I suggest you to forward the email to the staff via a Support Ticket (you can upload the email on that page so that the header information won't be lost).
Kind regards,
Özden
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Sorry, sorry!!! Wrote in a haste and missed your last sentence. You did the best thing for sure notifying the staff
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| | | | Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Local time: 20:04
German to English
| Thanks, Ulrike | May 5, 2008 |
I received the same e-mail through my profile on Sunday morning, but I just deleted it and didn't send a support ticket.
Thanks for notifying the staff, Ulrike.
| | | | Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 16:34
Member (2002)
German to Dutch
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SITE LOCALIZER
I got one directly to my e-mail address, frome some Joseph from Abidjan. Cote d'Ivoire.
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Woodstock (X)
Germany
Local time: 16:34
German to English
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| I received it as well | May 6, 2008 |
These should be reported to Proz via support ticket so that the account can be removed. I get one about once a year. You really have to wonder about the depravity and/or intelligence of some of these scammers. He specifically found me by entering English-English language combo based in Germany, which is pretty odd in itself, assuming he is not actually a translator. This factoid shows up on the "Visitors" tab of your profile, in case you care.
| | | | Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Local time: 16:34
English to German
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TOPIC STARTER | Intelligence? | May 6, 2008 |
Woodstock wrote:
These should be reported to Proz via support ticket so that the account can be removed. I get one about once a year. You really have to wonder about the depravity and/or intelligence of some of these scammers. He specifically found me by entering English-English language combo based in Germany, which is pretty odd in itself, assuming he is not actually a translator. This factoid shows up on the "Visitors" tab of your profile, in case you care.
That's how he found me, too: [Search: From: English, To: English, Country: Germany]
I submitted a support ticket immediately, and have meanwhile received confirmation from proz.com staff that the account has been removed.
| | | | Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Local time: 20:04
German to English
According to the visitor tab on my profile, they found me through the powwow page! They seem to be all over the place!
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