Edwin Herrmann trolled my email address from a legitimate freelance job website (guru.com) and contacted me privately about editing a document for him. I asked that we proceed with the contract through the job site and suggested that payment could be made through Paypal. He responded that he would send me a check for half of the contract amount and then send the remainder when the project was completed. I got nervous and found the original complaint here on this site, showing a similar M.O. I have ended all contact and negotiations with this person, but wanted to file the complaint to let editors everywhere know that this person/company is fraudulent! I will be reporting his activity and contact to guru.com as well, so that hopefully they can block his access to that site before he trolls and tries to scam anyone else.
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