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Trojan via Proz Chat Thread poster: Kay-Viktor Stegemann
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Warning: I just was addressed via Proz Chat by a person calling himself Mike Epp or Michael Epp. He tried to send me a virus/Trojan in a file called "Microsoft Word.exe", compressed in a 7z file.
This is what I got:
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mike epp wants to chat with you on ProZ.com:
Hello. I am the system administrator for the company Michael Epp. Our company needs constant translation as we have a new business partner. If you can translate our documents, we are ready ... See more Warning: I just was addressed via Proz Chat by a person calling himself Mike Epp or Michael Epp. He tried to send me a virus/Trojan in a file called "Microsoft Word.exe", compressed in a 7z file.
This is what I got:
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mike epp wants to chat with you on ProZ.com:
Hello. I am the system administrator for the company Michael Epp. Our company needs constant translation as we have a new business partner. If you can translate our documents, we are ready to cooperate constantly. I put the password on the document as there may be confidential information. password qwerty. thanks
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and then this person attached a 7z compressed file in the chat. My antivirus software raised a Trojan alarm immediately. If you get this too, do not open it.
[Edited at 2019-03-07 19:26 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Lincoln Hui 
Hong Kong
Local time: 04:47
Member
Chinese to English
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Question: Has ProZ Chat ever done anything good for anybody?
An email notification from ProZ Chat looks like this:
And the hyperlink directs you to something that looks like this:
https://click.pstmrk.it/2sm/www.proz.com/inbox/xNHmMAI/hA0l/Xa-z3Eltab/MHh4QkFBUJweDiWGZsTmVWZlhKMw
It looks more like a virus email than most actual virus emails I get, and communication through ProZ Chat typically ends up being no more real-time than email. At this point I literally cannot imagine a scenario in which ProZ Chat has a use for anybody, unless we are able to implement our own chatbots in it.
[Edited at 2019-03-07 20:00 GMT]
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Simone Linke
Germany
Local time: 22:47
Member (2009)
English to German
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| Received same chat scam as Kay-Viktor | Mar 7, 2019 |
I've also received the apparently malicious file from "mike epp". Haven't opened it and informed support, but I'm rather shocked how easy it apparently is to send malicious files via the chat (an option I've basically never used before) without having to provide any kind of ID or having to pass even basic spam-protection safeguards.
Gonna have to disable that useless chat option.
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| Received the same Scam | Mar 7, 2019 |
Hello,
I also from a person called Favor Zakro via Proz.com and this is the content of the message:
Favor Zarko wants to chat with you on ProZ.com:
Hello dear I want you to write me back in my email I have an important topic to discuss with you then from there we can introduce our self-ok,
Click here to join the chat...
On behalf of Favor Zarko,
The ProZ.com team.
Nothing related to translation just a scam!
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 23:47
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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Deleted it without reading.
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Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 08:47
Member (2003)
French to English
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| I got one too - from "Raymondny" | Mar 8, 2019 |
Message was as follows:
"Hello. I am the system administrator for the company Raymond Epp. Our company needs constant translation as we have a new business partner. If you can translate our documents, we are ready to cooperate constantly. I put the password on the document so that only you and I know. password qwerty. thank"
Malicious MS Word file then attached. I didn't open that, obviously.
I don't seem to be able to delete chat messages, otherwise I'd ge... See more Message was as follows:
"Hello. I am the system administrator for the company Raymond Epp. Our company needs constant translation as we have a new business partner. If you can translate our documents, we are ready to cooperate constantly. I put the password on the document so that only you and I know. password qwerty. thank"
Malicious MS Word file then attached. I didn't open that, obviously.
I don't seem to be able to delete chat messages, otherwise I'd get rid of this in a heartbeat.
Agree with what others have said about ProZ Chat being utterly useless. Time to disable it (once I can work out how). ▲ Collapse
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 22:47
Member (2009)
English to German
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Having seen and read the notification of your warning in my inbox, I didn't fall for it.
Thank you, Kay-Viktor.
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| Same person (Favor Zarko) as for Malika | Mar 8, 2019 |
Hello,
I received the a quite different message from this "Favor Zarko" through the Proz Real-time chat.
In my answer, I send him the screenshot I found on the Internet (same message in other platform) to show him that we ar... See more
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AndersonT (X)
United States
Local time: 16:47
German to English
| Same here ... | Mar 8, 2019 |
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Melanie Meyer
United States
Local time: 16:47
Member (2010)
English to German
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| Same request from Harris Edelmann | Mar 8, 2019 |
WH&A wrote: Called him-/herself "Harris Edelmann" .... happened 3/8/2019 - 5:10 pm   
I received the same request from Harris Edelmann today.
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 22:47
Member (2009)
English to German
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| The same chat | Mar 9, 2019 |
This Harris Edelman contacted me three times already with various translation requests. Quite persistent. These chat requests notifications are now being send directly to my scam file.
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Max Hellwig
Germany
Local time: 22:47
Member (2013)
English to German
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| I got Harris Edelman too | Mar 9, 2019 |
Slightly different request, same effect...
How does it work anyway? Can just anyone send messages and files without registering? Because I don't seem to be able to get to any profile for harris edelman...
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Eva Stoppa
Germany
Local time: 22:47
English to German
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| I didn't get any of those, (yet) | Mar 11, 2019 |
...But thank you for the warning.
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MollyRose
United States
Local time: 15:47
English to Spanish
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| Thanks for the warning! | Mar 11, 2019 |
I got an e-mail from Michael Epp (via ProZ) saying he wanted to chat with me on ProZ. When I saw the subject line, I just deleted the e-mail without reading it.
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Melanie Meyer
United States
Local time: 16:47
Member (2010)
English to German
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| @Max - disable chat | Mar 11, 2019 |
Max Hellwig wrote:
Slightly different request, same effect...
How does it work anyway? Can just anyone send messages and files without registering? Because I don't seem to be able to get to any profile for harris edelman...
Hi Max,
Apparently you can disable the chat function (envelope icon on top right of the screen) or adjust your settings so that only registered ProZ members can contact you via chat.
I have disabled the chat function altogether after receiving that questionable message and file attachment. I figure if somebody wants to get in touch, they can send me an email.
Melanie
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