Scams are all too common in the translation industry. So common, that a website tracking it claims it has exposed some 4,000 scammers and over 10,000 e-mail addresses they use in 2015 alone.
Typically, translation scams revolve around modifying the CV of a real, experienced translator and sending the fake to an agency in the hope of getting work. Once work is assigned by the agency, it is then passed onto another rock-bottom-priced translator and, eventually, the scammer gets paid by the agency. More.
See: Slator
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Thanks for posting this link. Once again I'm amazed by the endlessly creative ways in which people will mistreat each other. Every translator should look into this and figure out how to protect him or herself.
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