Genuine invitations?
Hello,
I'm new and got an invitation for a translation job but I'm asked to contact the project manager on Telegram, not on PPH. Is this a real job?
Thanks
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The Telegram invite is a known scam and they ask people to pay them in order to work, and nobody should ever do that.
Personally I often have contact with buyers off the platform because the workstream is frequently inadequate. Usually it is a phone call or a screen sharing so the buyer can explain what they want and they are often happier speaking to somebody in person before they hand over any money. I have one at the moment where I have had some correspondence about a project but now I need a file from the buyer before I can quote and it is too big for the workstream so it will have to come through some sort of file sharing system, and that means using real email addresses. If it progresses and becomes a project it will go through PPH, with a proposal, deposit in escrow and invoice, etc.
PPH seem to have relaxed this a bit in recent years because they no longer flag forbidden words like "email" and "telephone" in messages with big red warnings. I always found it strange that they don't like you talking to a buyer on the telephone yet they allow you to work on site. Not all PPH work is remote.
Remember that if a project is real, the buyer can describe it. If they can't, you don't want to work for them anyway, whether it is a scam or not.
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