Is Rocco Buttiglione a scammer? Thread poster: Mariella Vanbaelen
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The man that sent me the message is Rocco Buttiglione (like the Italian politician).
He has a gmail account, wants to pay by check, he has a private IP number,...
He posted a job here on ProZ on July 5, to which I replied.
But the funny thing is that he had a profile on ProZ, with a comment of one translator who gave him a good quote! When the job was closed, I couldn't find his profile anymore...
He has only given me an address.
I told him that I don'... See more The man that sent me the message is Rocco Buttiglione (like the Italian politician).
He has a gmail account, wants to pay by check, he has a private IP number,...
He posted a job here on ProZ on July 5, to which I replied.
But the funny thing is that he had a profile on ProZ, with a comment of one translator who gave him a good quote! When the job was closed, I couldn't find his profile anymore...
He has only given me an address.
I told him that I don't accept checks, so he asked my bank transfer details.
Here is what he wrote (he answered me July 9):
"Thank you for your interest. Sorry, i reply late, am sick.Here is the
> text.
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>> The delivery date is negotiable but must be done in 3weeks
>> ++ Can you state out your date of delivery and method in which you
>> will have all done
>> ++ please calculate the total amount, also state out the discount..
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>> I hope we can come to term for success of this project. Thank you
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>> Best regards"
And in his next message:
"Hello Mariella,
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> I have checked your quote and i am pleased to tell you that i choose
> you to work on the project for we are in between a new business.I am a
> Private investor who work with local and few foreign business on short
> time business. Part payment will be issued out but will be paying via
> Check.My VAT is not ready,please add VAT
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> Please provide your information for payment.
> Name.
> Address.
> City.
> Country.
> Phone."
Thank you in advance!
Mariella ▲ Collapse
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Louisa Berry
United Kingdom
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Member (2009)
German to English
| Sounds like a scam | Jul 18, 2012 |
Sounds like a scam to me.
He mentions part payment.. wanted to pay by cheque.. and the line
I am a Private investor who work with local and few foreign business on short time business.
sounds similar to other scams I have seen.
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Mariella Vanbaelen 
Belgium
Local time: 17:54
Member (2012)
French to Dutch
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Thank you, Louisa!
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| This is a classic overpayment scam | Jul 18, 2012 |
You can find a very similar scam in the scam alert report sent on June 15, 2012.
I plan to issue a new alert today, as there are new reports involving new names and email addresses. ProZ.com member can subscribe to the messages from the translato... See more You can find a very similar scam in the scam alert report sent on June 15, 2012.
I plan to issue a new alert today, as there are new reports involving new names and email addresses. ProZ.com member can subscribe to the messages from the translators scam alert center.
Regards,
Enrique Cavalitto ▲ Collapse
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Joakim Braun
Sweden
Local time: 17:54
German to Swedish
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| My rule of thumb | Jul 18, 2012 |
If there's no space character after interpunction, it's a scam.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 11:54
Spanish to English
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| Use of a common name is yet another scam tactic | Jul 18, 2012 |
In addition to the other telltale signs mentioned, I've found over the years that scammers sometimes choose common names (or the names of famous persons) in order to make it impossible to track their internet footprint.
In any case, "Rocco's" deception can justifiably be termed a butt-ugly scam of the most egregious sort....
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Usch Pilz
Local time: 17:54
English to German
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| Same thing last November | Jul 18, 2012 |
Hi Marialla,
there was a series of scam-attempts in November/December 2011. Almost the exact same wording was used in the e-mails. The only real difference was the name of the "client".
In the end it all turned out to be the usual old but still common "overpayment by cheque"-fraud.
So I think it might be the same people. They have given it a rest with proz.com for a while and now they are returning.
Thanks for posting!
Usch
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Mariella Vanbaelen
Belgium
Local time: 17:54
Member (2012)
French to Dutch
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everyone for your reactions!
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| Roberto Sacco = Rocco Buttiglione | Jul 21, 2012 |
Hello Mariella,
Rocco Buttiglione, or Roberto Sacco, that's his actual name, did the same thing to me today.
He also had a positive entry on the Blue Board, which I couldn't find anymore later on.
The poor guy must be sick very often...
Here his job posting:
http://www.proz.com/translation-jobs/671875
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| Roberto sacco comes again...and he still is sick, poor guy | Jul 22, 2012 |
same scam today:
Hello Nathan,
Thanks for your response and sorry i reply late.Been sick for sometime. I attached the text document. Please get back with your total rate and time of completion.
Regards
afterwards he becomes really bold...
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Mariella Vanbaelen
Belgium
Local time: 17:54
Member (2012)
French to Dutch
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TOPIC STARTER
you Juliane and Nathan for your reaction!
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| Another version of this scam | Jul 23, 2012 |
Another version of this scam has been reported, this time using the name Tommaso Giovanni and the email address [email protected]
This name has been added to this scam report.
Regards,
Enrique
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