dokupartner: Is it safe to accept an offer from them? থ্রেড পোস্টার: Roy Oestensen
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Roy Oestensen 
ডেনর্মাক
Local time: 23:11
2010 থেকে সদস্য
ইংরেজি থেকে নরওয়েজিয়ান (বকমাল)
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I have received a job offer from the agency dokupartner (http://www.dokupartner.de) 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]
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Lieven Malaise
বেলজিয়াম
Local time: 23:11
2020 থেকে সদস্য
ফেঞ্চ/ফরাসি থেকে ডাচ
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The website "www.dokupartner.de" seems to be legit. But there's also "www.dokupartner.online" and that's probably a scam website, at least according to Gemini.
What email address did they use?
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Roy Oestensen
ডেনর্মাক
Local time: 23:11
2010 থেকে সদস্য
ইংরেজি থেকে নরওয়েজিয়ান (বকমাল)
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TOPIC STARTER
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 protected]
Web: http://www.dokupartner.de
Inhaber: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Fischer
The person cont... See more 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 protected]
Web: http://www.dokupartner.de
Inhaber: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Fischer
The person contacting me, was Cristina Schmidt with the email [email protected]
At least she is not using gmail.com as email. ▲ Collapse
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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]
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Roy Oestensen
ডেনর্মাক
Local time: 23:11
2010 থেকে সদস্য
ইংরেজি থেকে নরওয়েজিয়ান (বকমাল)
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you for the suggestion.
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Thayenga
জার্মানি
Local time: 23:11
2009 থেকে সদস্য
ইংরেজি থেকে জার্মান
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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]
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.
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Gregor Trebec
স্লোভেনিয়া
Local time: 23:11
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It looks legit. She is using company's email. BUT 20.000 words as first assignement sounds realy strange, if not desperate.
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Joakim Braun
সুইডেন
Local time: 23:11
জার্মান থেকে সুইডিশ
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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.
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Frank Zou
চীন
Local time: 05:11
2016 থেকে সদস্য
ইংরেজি থেকে চাইনিজ/চিনা
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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.
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Please let us know what the result was...
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Roy Oestensen
ডেনর্মাক
Local time: 23:11
2010 থেকে সদস্য
ইংরেজি থেকে নরওয়েজিয়ান (বকমাল)
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you all for good suggestions | 14:31 |
Greetings to all.
Thank you for good suggestions. I especially liked the suggestion of prepayment when it is a new client and everything otherwise seems fine, especially if the client is not registered on ProZ, and there is no post on Blue Board, like in this instance.
I have not heard more from them, probably because I asked for an extension of the deadline. They wanted the translation back within 2 weeks, which were a little too tight for me, so I don't expect any mor... See more Greetings to all.
Thank you for good suggestions. I especially liked the suggestion of prepayment when it is a new client and everything otherwise seems fine, especially if the client is not registered on ProZ, and there is no post on Blue Board, like in this instance.
I have not heard more from them, probably because I asked for an extension of the deadline. They wanted the translation back within 2 weeks, which were a little too tight for me, so I don't expect any more communication with them. ▲ Collapse
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