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John Yates scam
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ibz
ibz  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:08
Membru (2007)
din engleză în germană
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May 7, 2012

Hi everybody,
I just received the following message from a certain John Yates:

Hello,

I need a translator who understands English/German to help me with
translating aproject.
Are you available at the moment,so we could proceed?
What is your charge?

I expect your urgent response.

Best Regards,


Hallo,

Ich brauche einen Übersetzer, Englisch / Deutsch mit mir zu helfen versteht
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Hi everybody,
I just received the following message from a certain John Yates:

Hello,

I need a translator who understands English/German to help me with
translating aproject.
Are you available at the moment,so we could proceed?
What is your charge?

I expect your urgent response.

Best Regards,


Hallo,

Ich brauche einen Übersetzer, Englisch / Deutsch mit mir zu helfen versteht
Ein Projekt der Übersetzung.
Sie sind verfügbar im Moment, so konnten wir vorgehen?
Was ist Ihre Ladung?

Ich erwarte Ihre dringende Antwort.

Mit besten Grüßen

I especially liked the «Was ist Ihre Ladung?»

Regards,
Irene ▲ Collapse
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spania
Local time: 12:08
din spaniolă în engleză
+ ...
Perfect English in name alone May 7, 2012

ibz wrote:

Hi everybody,
I just received the following message from a certain John Yates:

Hello,

I need a translator who understands English/German to help me with
translating aproject.
Are you available at the moment,so we could proceed?
What is your charge?

I expect your urgent response.

Best Regards,


Hallo,

Ich brauche einen Übersetzer, Englisch / Deutsch mit mir zu helfen versteht
Ein Projekt der Übersetzung.
Sie sind verfügbar im Moment, so konnten wir vorgehen?
Was ist Ihre Ladung?

Ich erwarte Ihre dringende Antwort.

Mit besten Grüßen

I especially liked the «Was ist Ihre Ladung?»

Regards,
Irene


They certainly chose a very English-sounding name, like the well-known (or notorious) "Wine Lodge" pub chain. However, as usual, their faltering grasp of the language shows them up as yet another lowlife scammer.
 
Natalie
Natalie  Identity Verified
Polonia
Local time: 12:08
Membru (2002)
din engleză în rusă
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Previous thread May 7, 2012

Hi Irene,

Please see the previous (rather long) thread about the same scammer:
http://www.proz.com/topic/212354

Could you please provide the IP address so it could be blocked?

Thank you,
Natalia
 
ibz
ibz  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:08
Membru (2007)
din engleză în germană
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INIŢIATORUL SUBIECTULUI
IP address May 7, 2012

Hi Natalie,

This is what I copied from the header (excerpt):

Received: from mail-ob0-f174.google.com (mail-ob0-f174.google.com [209.85.214.174])

So I guess 209.85.214.174 is the IP address, right?

Regards,
Irene
 
Natalie
Natalie  Identity Verified
Polonia
Local time: 12:08
Membru (2002)
din engleză în rusă
+ ...

MODERATOR
SITE LOCALIZER
Difficult to say May 7, 2012

without seeing the full headers.

Irene, please kindly send me the full headers through my profile.

Many thanks,
Natalia
 


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