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Marcio Brito
巴西
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Hello everyone!
I got a job from a company called Mosaic Press from Canada. Never heard of them so I went through the usual: check site, linkedIn page, the person who contacted me the whole shebang, and curiously enough, it all looks legit.
BUT... Payment seems too good to be true and we all know about thing seeming too good to be true: they usually are too good to be true.
So I was wondering: does anyone know this company? Have worked with them in a recent past? Is it a... See more Hello everyone!
I got a job from a company called Mosaic Press from Canada. Never heard of them so I went through the usual: check site, linkedIn page, the person who contacted me the whole shebang, and curiously enough, it all looks legit.
BUT... Payment seems too good to be true and we all know about thing seeming too good to be true: they usually are too good to be true.
So I was wondering: does anyone know this company? Have worked with them in a recent past? Is it a scam?
I'm not sure if I should post the person's name here...
If anyone can help, I would be forever grateful.
Thanks! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Marcio Brito
巴西
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Well... It was a really good piece of social engineering. The company is there, the person sending the email not only exists, but has done work or worked with the company in some capacity.
Sent an email to the company, to which they replied that it was a scam. So be alerted, peeps! There is a butthole of a person trying to scam us using Mosaic Press' name and signing as Mrs. Reiss (who is a real person).
Who do these people think we are, mate? Millionaires? That we are swimming in po... See more Well... It was a really good piece of social engineering. The company is there, the person sending the email not only exists, but has done work or worked with the company in some capacity.
Sent an email to the company, to which they replied that it was a scam. So be alerted, peeps! There is a butthole of a person trying to scam us using Mosaic Press' name and signing as Mrs. Reiss (who is a real person).
Who do these people think we are, mate? Millionaires? That we are swimming in pools of money from all around the globe? FFS...! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Peter Motte 
比利时
Local time: 02:39
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| What is the payment? | Feb 6 |
What is the payment? Maybe it looks too good to you, but not to somebody else.
| | | | Dan Lucas
英国
Local time: 01:39
正式会员 (自2014)
Japanese日语译成English英语
| What is the email address when you hit Reply? | Feb 6 |
Typically these people use gmail or other disposable emails.
Regards,
Dan
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| I was also scammed by a so-called MOSAIC PRESS | Feb 16 |
To my surprise, I have just read the posts above and it happened the same to me! I got an email from an Ivy Reiss asking for a translation job called HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT with a total value of CAD6790.00. The translation was sent in due time, within 6 days, and on the following day I got an email with a link to a broxel bank, totally unknown to me.
For 3 days, on the chat, I went from one person to another because the transaction could not be made with a BIC Code. Someone gave me a fi... See more To my surprise, I have just read the posts above and it happened the same to me! I got an email from an Ivy Reiss asking for a translation job called HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT with a total value of CAD6790.00. The translation was sent in due time, within 6 days, and on the following day I got an email with a link to a broxel bank, totally unknown to me.
For 3 days, on the chat, I went from one person to another because the transaction could not be made with a BIC Code. Someone gave me a first email
[email protected]
to pay through PayPal the amount of 335€ (CAD= 500.00) so that the BIC code would be generated at once. Stupidly enough, I did, but worse than that I made it 'Paying Services' to which the XXX on the chat told me it should have been done to 'Family & Friends'! Yesterday, after so much insistance and enquiring why on earth should I be making a 'refundable' deposit by PayPal to get the BIC Code, I was again more naïve and stupid. I repeated the payment yesterday in a different currency.
Emmanuel Fajutina −19 596,85 ₱ PHP - 15/02/2025
The BIC CODE came at once. The transfer of the money did not! Finally.... I realised I was being scammed. 335,00 euros twice!
When I wrote I was going to report to the authorities, I was immediately banned from the broxel bank.
I made a claim on PayPal, but I doubt any good results. And now I just came to Proz and enquire and... blast! More than one people got scammed with Mosaic Press.
I learned my lesson in the worst way, loosing 670 euros!
I am attaching the chat of yesterday, maybe it helps someone.
[Edited at 2025-02-16 15:15 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Zea_Mays
意大利
Local time: 02:39
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| report the scammers! | Feb 16 |
On another thread, a colleague shared a link to a page where to report the scam sites (see below). Report them also to authorities!
| | | | Marcos Aquino
巴西
Local time: 21:39
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| I've just received the same scam message. | Feb 25 |
Hello,
This is just to inform that I also received the same message with a job offer from a so-called "MosaicPress" ([email protected]). If you search this e-mail address, you will find that there are people and translator's groups/associations warning about the scam.
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| Possible Scam Alert – Skill Mosaic | Mar 6 |
Dear colleagues,
I want to share a warning about a potentially fraudulent job offer that I recently received from Natalie Carlsson, Human Resources Manager at Skill Mosaic.
The project details were as follows:
Source Language: English
Target Language: Czech
Total Budget: £5,500 (paid upon project completion)
Advance Payment: 50% of the budget after delivering the first 30% of the work
Payment Milestones:
50% upfront after submitting the ini... See more Dear colleagues,
I want to share a warning about a potentially fraudulent job offer that I recently received from Natalie Carlsson, Human Resources Manager at Skill Mosaic.
The project details were as follows:
Source Language: English
Target Language: Czech
Total Budget: £5,500 (paid upon project completion)
Advance Payment: 50% of the budget after delivering the first 30% of the work
Payment Milestones:
50% upfront after submitting the initial 30% of work
Remaining balance upon full submission
Submission Timeline for First 30%: 4 days from project start
Full Project Timeline: 2 weeks
Despite several attempts, I was unable to verify any of the provided details, including the company registration, the contact information, and the legitimacy of the offer. Additionally, the high budget, tight deadlines, and vague company background raise red flags.
If anyone has received a similar proposal, I would appreciate any insights or confirmation. I am also happy to share more details about my communication with them upon request. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | | Luana YANG
中国大陆
Local time: 08:39
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| Now they are using ALFAGRAMA EDICIONE for the scam | Mar 18 |
They are now approaching me under the REAL company name "ALFAGRAMA EDICIONE, an Argentina based, accredited publishing firm", with the email address "[email protected]", and the contact person "Rosa Monfasani, Recruiter coordinator".
Same project "Huaman Environment", 6 days' deadline, and a "too good to be true" rate--that's when I became alert.
| | | | Dan Lucas
英国
Local time: 01:39
正式会员 (自2014)
Japanese日语译成English英语
| What is the email that appears when you press Reply? | Mar 18 |
luanayang wrote:
with the email address " [email protected]", and the contact person "Rosa Monfasani, Recruiter coordinator".
That is the one that matters.
Anybody can spoof a sending email address.
It's the return email you must look at.
EDIT: In any case, https://alfagramaediciones.com/ just shows a placeholder at Hostinger rather than a real website.
So it's difficult to conclude that alfagramaediciones.com is the real domain, which seems to be this.
Dan
[Edited at 2025-03-18 07:39 GMT]
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| Thanks goodness, I checked before starting translating for them. | Mar 18 |
Since it is now clear that this is just another scam, I want to outline the details clearly.
You receive an email from an official-looking Mosaic Press address, but the company name is misspelled—possibly intentionally—such as "[email protected]." The sender is always someone named Ivy Reiss. They provide you with a random open-source research article from the internet and offer extremely high compensation rates. In my case, they quoted $0.35 per word, which amounted to an a... See more Since it is now clear that this is just another scam, I want to outline the details clearly.
You receive an email from an official-looking Mosaic Press address, but the company name is misspelled—possibly intentionally—such as "[email protected]." The sender is always someone named Ivy Reiss. They provide you with a random open-source research article from the internet and offer extremely high compensation rates. In my case, they quoted $0.35 per word, which amounted to an astonishing $3,000 for just 20 pages.
Additionally, they require you to sign an NDA, which turns out to be a blank template with no company name or signature. This raised my suspicions, prompting me to research their legitimacy, which ultimately confirmed the scam. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Luana YANG
中国大陆
Local time: 08:39
正式会员 (自2024)
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| Agree that we should check with the email address not the website | Mar 18 |
It seems it's necessary that we should check with the email address, for what I had done was to check the website at the end (https://alfagrama.com.ar/) and found it's a real company...
Dan Lucas wrote:
That is the one that matters.
Anybody can spoof a sending email address.
It's the return email you must look at.
EDIT: In any case, https://alfagramaediciones.com/ just shows a placeholder at Hostinger rather than a real website.
So it's difficult to conclude that alfagramaediciones.com is the real domain, which seems to be this.
Dan [Edited at 2025-03-18 07:39 GMT]
| | | | Zea_Mays
意大利
Local time: 02:39
正式会员 (自2009)
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0.30 USD per word
No need to check further.
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