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Scammer: tubemerchant
Thread poster: Birta Hrafnhildardottir
Birta Hrafnhildardottir
Birta Hrafnhildardottir  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
Member (2017)
English to Icelandic
Dec 7, 2017

Hi everyone,

I want to warn people about a scammer that has just contacted me through proz.com, offering me €500 to arrange pick up at Lisbon airport, pay bills and other related things. The scammer, tubemerchant, registered on proz.com today, December 7.


 
Ellyde
Ellyde  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
Spanish
+ ...
Me too... Dec 7, 2017

Hello,

I also got the same email with the same request, and then took a look at his/her profile.
Have sent a notification to the support system with copy of the email.

Happy Holidays!


 
Birta Hrafnhildardottir
Birta Hrafnhildardottir  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
Member (2017)
English to Icelandic
TOPIC STARTER
Thanks! Dec 7, 2017

Ellyde wrote:

Hello,

I also got the same email with the same request, and then took a look at his/her profile.
Have sent a notification to the support system with copy of the email.

Happy Holidays!


Thanks, Ellyde, much appreciated. Happy holidays to you too!


 
Tonja Gaspersic
Tonja Gaspersic
Slovenia
Local time: 17:51
German to Slovenian
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Me too Dec 7, 2017

Hello,

I also got the email - the pick up at Ljubljana airport, Slovenia.
Thanks to you both.

Happy Hollidays,
Tonja


 
Marjolein Tamis (X)
Marjolein Tamis (X)  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 17:51
English to Dutch
me too Dec 7, 2017

Oh that's fun, I received a message in which he says he's moving to the Netherlands with his wife and he offers 500 euros a week for the same services you mentioned: pickup from the airport, paying of bills etc.

I'll report him too.


 
Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann
Netherlands
Local time: 17:51
Dutch to German
+ ...
Same e-mail Dec 7, 2017

Hello, I also got contacted. How can I report that person?

 
Maria Martins
Maria Martins  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
English to Portuguese
+ ...
Same here... Dec 7, 2017

I also received the same email. I stopped believing when I got to the part of 'Paying of bills.' and '500 euros a week'. Hope Proz.com removes this profile asap. Besides being a scam, they waste people's time...
Thank you all for reporting it here


 
RAQUEL CUNHA
RAQUEL CUNHA
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
Member (2016)
English to Portuguese
+ ...
Another one! Dec 7, 2017

Hello

Just received the same email.
I immediately thought of checking him out on Google and ProZ because it did seem like a scam. Glad I did!
Thanks for the share!


 
Mark Pleas
Mark Pleas  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 00:51
Member (2020)
Japanese to English
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Me too Dec 8, 2017

In my case it was Montenegro, but for "airport pickup" he/she didn't indicate which airport in the country it would be.

 
Pascal Pauly
Pascal Pauly
Luxembourg
Local time: 17:51
German to French
+ ...
Same for me Dec 8, 2017

… with Luxembourg.

 
Vents Villers
Vents Villers  Identity Verified
Local time: 18:51
English to Latvian
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Once more letter Dec 8, 2017

This person intends to move to Latvia with his wife...

 
Ana Malovrh
Ana Malovrh  Identity Verified
Slovenia
Local time: 17:51
German to Slovenian
+ ...
2nd for Slovenia Dec 8, 2017

Hi, they must be fond of Slovenia, ...
I received the invitation today, no specific airport.


 
Titia Schuur (X)
Titia Schuur (X)
Finland
Local time: 18:51
English to Finnish
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Same here... Dec 8, 2017

In this case it was Finland. The whole message, as well as the profile without any identification, screams "scam" from a mile away. It drives me mad that ProZ.com has no "report scammer" button!

 
techinfocus
techinfocus  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 17:51
Member (2008)
English to Dutch
+ ...
tubemerchant Dec 8, 2017

Got it too late yesterday evening.

 
Ellie Lormans
Ellie Lormans  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 17:51
French to Dutch
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2nd for the Netherlands Dec 8, 2017

Got the same message... for the Netherlands...

 
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