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Mervyn Henderson (X) 
Spain
Local time: 20:41
Spanish to English
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Chris S wrote:
I was approached by one of these scammers but luckily I saw straight through it
| | | | John Fossey
Canada
Local time: 14:41
Member (2008)
French to English
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| Address verification | Jan 5, 2018 |
José Henrique Lamensdorf wrote:
If they choose that option and pay, the Proz system will print a postcard with a random code, which will be snail-mailed to the address they provided. When the agency receives that postcard and enters that code on the proper page on Proz, their record will be labeled as "address verified".
Excellent idea. This system works for banks and government agencies so should be relatively easy for Proz.com, coupled with a nominal cost-recovery fee.
Companies can have a variety of reasons for using a PO Box. I once dealt with a company in Panama, who explained that their town did not have postal service, they had to travel to Tocumen once in a while to pick up the mail. So putting their address anywhere only confused matters. I found out when I mailed a hard copy of an invoice to their street address - 2 months later it was returned by the post office as undeliverable.
| | | | | Simple solution | Jan 5, 2018 |
Assuming this is a registered company, then somewhere, there is an official trace of that and there will be an official street address. You might need to fiddle around in the small print areas of their website or elsewhere, but sooner or later you will find the name of the company and its address. Note that some companies have a trading/business name that is different from the formal company name. That too can usually be found with a little feretting around.
[Edited at 2018-01-05 17:19 G... See more Assuming this is a registered company, then somewhere, there is an official trace of that and there will be an official street address. You might need to fiddle around in the small print areas of their website or elsewhere, but sooner or later you will find the name of the company and its address. Note that some companies have a trading/business name that is different from the formal company name. That too can usually be found with a little feretting around.
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| | | | Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 20:41
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Catalan to English
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Michael Newton wrote:
They declined to provide the information even after I asked them to.
Ikken rakuchaku (case closed)
Well, it would have helped had you mentioned that in your original post.
You never said you had asked and they refused.
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| A Times Square PO box address would make me suspicious | Jan 6, 2018 |
I'm not surprised they refused to give you contact information. Times Square is not exactly an office or residential area. Sounds like they picked up a PO box address on the cheap.
However in order to post a job, they had to give Proz the following:
Post a job
Step 1
Describe your jobStep 2
Budget and confirmation
Job type
Translation/editing/proofing job
This category is for standard copy translation, edit work or proof reading.
Pot... See more I'm not surprised they refused to give you contact information. Times Square is not exactly an office or residential area. Sounds like they picked up a PO box address on the cheap.
However in order to post a job, they had to give Proz the following:
Post a job
Step 1
Describe your jobStep 2
Budget and confirmation
Job type
Translation/editing/proofing job
This category is for standard copy translation, edit work or proof reading.
Potential job
The potential job category is for outsourcers who have upcoming or possible jobs that need to find more service providers before they can acquire the job.
Interpreting job
Interpreting jobs differ from normal translation jobs in that the service provider is on-site, performing oral translation.
* indicates a required field.
Your contact information
Make sure you provide full and accurate contact details as required by job posting rules. Your job may be removed by site staff if information does not comply with these rules.
Keep in mind that information entered for your job will be visible to site staff even when you do not chose to show it publicly.
* First name
Show publicly
* Last name
* Representation I am a freelancer
I represent a company
URL
Show publicly
Include http://
* Email address
Show publicly
* Address
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* City
Show publicly
State/region/province
Show publicly
* Postal code
Show publicly
* Country Show publicly
* Phone number
Show publicly
Preferred format: +country-code (area/city code) 12345678 ext123
Fax number
Show publicly
Preferred format: +country-code (area/city code) 12345678 ext123
Use this contact information for future job postings
They have the option to show it publicly or not BUT Proz apparently does have the info. I would send a support request to the Proz site staff. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Daniel Frisano
Italy
Local time: 20:41
Member (2008)
English to Italian
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| Require payment in advance | Jan 6, 2018 |
And everyone will be happy.
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