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dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | Ask for prepayment

Frank Zou — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:24:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Frank Zou
Post title: Ask for prepayment

My suggestion is to ask for prepayment and staged payments as you submit parts of the translation. That way, you can be somewhat sure it's not a scam — especially if they're willing to pay in advance.

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | Phone

Joakim Braun — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Joakim Braun
Post title: Phone

The old-fashioned way to confirm someone's identity is to phone them via the company switchboard or a phone number provided on the company's website (NOT whatever is given in the e-mail).

The company can still turn out to be a non-payer, but a lot of obvious scams are filtered out.

And look up the company financials - they will be published somewhere.

I'd definitely do both if 22,000 words from a new client are involved.

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | when in doubt, C4

Gregor Trebec — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:57:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Gregor Trebec
Post title: when in doubt, C4

It looks legit. She is using company's email. BUT 20.000 words as first assignement sounds realy strange, if not desperate.

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | Always check

Thayenga — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:44:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Thayenga
Post title: Always check

[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

If I were you, I’d send an email to the agency asking if ‘she’ actually works there…

[Edited at 2026-10-01 11:18 GMT] [/quote]

When you're in doubt, just follow 'Teresa's advice. This is what I have been doing when in doubt. Sometimes the person does work there, sometime s/he doesn't. Better safe than sorry.

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | Thanks

Roy Oestensen — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:25:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Roy Oestensen
Post title: Thanks

Thank you for the suggestion.

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | @Roy

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:13:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: @Roy

A 22,000-word project as your first job for an agency you’ve never worked with before? It really does sound like a scam. I did a search using the name of your contact and the agency’s name, and it came up with zero answers. If I were you, I’d send an email to the agency asking if ‘she’ actually works there…

And yet

Website: OK
Address: OK
Telephone: OK
Email: OK

Maybe it's legit...

[Edited at 2026-10-01 11:18 GMT]

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | email seems legit

Roy Oestensen — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:54:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Roy Oestensen
Post title: email seems legit

Büro Nord
Büro Süd
Christoph-Probst-Weg 4
Föhrenweg 19
20251 Hamburg
91785 Pleinfeld

Tel.: +49-40-611 35 300
Tel.: +49-9144-92 71 31

E-Mail: [email removed]
Web: [url removed]
Inhaber: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Fischer

The person contacting me, was Cristina Schmidt with the email [email removed]
At least she is not using gmail.com as email.

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? | Depends

Lieven Malaise — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:43:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: Depends

The website " [url removed] " seems to be legit. But there's also " [url removed] " and that's probably a scam website, at least according to Gemini.

What email address did they use?

dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?

Roy Oestensen — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:34:00 +0000

Forum: Scams
Topic: dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them?
Poster: Roy Oestensen

I have received a job offer from the agency dokupartner ( [url removed] ) for a 22,000 word manual, but I don't find them registered on ProZ, and no entres on Blue Board. Is there anyone who has been in touch with them and know if they are a serious agency or if this may be a case of fraud?
Their contact person is Cristina Schmidt.

[Edited at 2026-10-01 09:35 GMT]