The sad truth is that scammers are always out there, lurking, waiting for their next victim. Without exception, the translation industry falls prey to these tactics everyday. Due to the industry’s usual way of working with external resources—mainly via email, instant messaging and phone communication—this detached method of collaboration easily allows fake companies to step in and assign work which will never get paid. By the time you catch wind of it, these fraudsters will have long ago left town.