Brigith Guimarães wrote:
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
emmanuelfajutina2@gmail.com
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]