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Thread poster: Marian Barrantes
Marian Barrantes
Marian Barrantes
Local time: 00:23
French to Spanish
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Jul 6, 2023

Be careful with this "person" / "Company". It is a huge scam. He says his name is Franck KOUNDE.
 
Barbara Carrara
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Italy
Local time: 08:23
Member (2008)
English to Italian
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How so? Jul 6, 2023

Sorry, Marian, but your one-line post is hardly indicative of a scam, let alone a 'huge' one.
Unless you are prepared to offer some useful background details besides what looks like a fake name, this is not going to help much.
Care to expand a bit more on it?
Thanks.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
writeaway
Dalia Nour
Liviu-Lee Roth
Kevin Fulton
Thayenga
 
Barbara Carrara
Barbara Carrara  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 08:23
Member (2008)
English to Italian
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The Sound of Silence Jul 12, 2023

Marian,

After (nearly) a week since my request for more background info to your original, scant post, you are still a no-show.
This kind of rather annoying behaviour is sadly catching up around here, as already voiced by other colleagues in these Forum pages. Which in your case begs the question: what prompted you to post your all-caps warning in the first place, if then you are not willing to expand on it, or simply interact with the rest of us, who are then left wondering w... See more
Marian,

After (nearly) a week since my request for more background info to your original, scant post, you are still a no-show.
This kind of rather annoying behaviour is sadly catching up around here, as already voiced by other colleagues in these Forum pages. Which in your case begs the question: what prompted you to post your all-caps warning in the first place, if then you are not willing to expand on it, or simply interact with the rest of us, who are then left wondering what's (allegedly) boiling in the bowels of international scamming? ▲ Collapse


expressisverbis
writeaway
Jennifer Levey
Katarzyna Slowikova
Liviu-Lee Roth
 
Katarzyna Slowikova
Katarzyna Slowikova  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 08:23
English to Czech
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Hello, admins...? Jul 12, 2023

How come this hasn't been removed right away?
What happened to the rule of not naming names (unless the scam is obvious)?

Tom in London
expressisverbis
Michael Newton
 


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