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Starting a project without a contract: normal or a scam?
Thread poster: cherrypick
cherrypick China Local time: 10:33 English to Chinese + ...
Apr 16, 2022
Hi,
I'm new to this forum. It seems there are so many scams. They send email and ask you to start your job without deposit, contract, NDA, payment info. And DDL is like 1-2 days. I replied asking for the info then there is no reply. Are there a lot of scams guys? Or it is just me? Is it normal to start work without contract?
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finnword1 United States Local time: 22:33 English to Finnish + ...
Ask for more details
Apr 17, 2022
Ask about their location and website. If no answer, forget about them. Another place to start is to see if there is anything about them on ProZcom Blue Board.
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Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 04:33 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
1-2 day deadline is not often a scam
Apr 17, 2022
cherrypick wrote: They send email and ask you to start your job without deposit, contract, NDA, payment info. And DDL is like 1-2 days.
This by itself is not a sign of a scam. It's simply an agency that sends out a job offer to multiple translators and then hires the first one that replies. So if you get no replies from these people, it's not a scam, and it's simply because they're too busy to respond. You should not do any work unless you have had a few back-and-forth communications with the client during which you were able to ascertain whether they are real.
Scams usually don't have a deadline that is only 1-2 days away. Scammers often send very large files (fake files) and generally try to appear to be very generous with their offering e.g. a high rate and a long deadline. Scammers want you to be desperate for the money by the time they spring the scam on you.
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Michael Newton United States Local time: 22:33 Japanese to English + ...
Contract scam
Apr 19, 2022
Usually I request a purchase order from a new client. If they refuse, I do too.
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