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Ongoing impersonation of "Telus International" to conduct a pay-to-work scam.
Thread poster: Andrea Capuselli
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Back on June 27, 2022, ProZ.com reported a pay-to-work scam impersonating "Telus International". It appears this scam has resurfaced. 

A scammer or group of scammers pretending to represent "Telus International" to send fake job offers via email. ... See more
Back on June 27, 2022, ProZ.com reported a pay-to-work scam impersonating "Telus International". It appears this scam has resurfaced. 

A scammer or group of scammers pretending to represent "Telus International" to send fake job offers via email. The offer, is taken up, is followed by a long recruitment process which ends with the request of a payment, to issue a "company ID". Please remember that, as a general rule, you should never make a payment in order to be assigned a project.

The full "onboarding document" used for this scam can be seen in PDF format here.

The scammer or scammers are using free email addresses and fake names. Recent reported aliases and email address are:



Please note that the real Telus International only uses official company email addresses, with the domain telusinternational.com

Remember that you have access to a repository of common scams, past alerts, and tips on how to spot fraud, at proz.me/RiskManagement ▲ Collapse


expressisverbis
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@Andrea Jul 20, 2023

Thank you!

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Michael Newton
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Pay-to-work scam Jul 21, 2023

A few weeks ago there was a job offered on proz.com from a Mexican translation company that I had never heard of. The job involved hundreds of pages of Japanese legal documentation. The fly in the ointment was that they demanded a 15% finder's fee for the entire job which would have easily added up to USD 1,000. I looked up the company on the Internet. They have a valid address in CDMX but no email address (this is increasingly common for translation agencies). I consider this a "pay-to-play" sc... See more
A few weeks ago there was a job offered on proz.com from a Mexican translation company that I had never heard of. The job involved hundreds of pages of Japanese legal documentation. The fly in the ointment was that they demanded a 15% finder's fee for the entire job which would have easily added up to USD 1,000. I looked up the company on the Internet. They have a valid address in CDMX but no email address (this is increasingly common for translation agencies). I consider this a "pay-to-play" scheme. And when you are dealing with a company in Mexico....... Any opinions? ▲ Collapse


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