Would you mind telling me/to tell me

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englishhobby

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I've always known that only the -ing form can be used after "mind". But in the results of an online test they qualified this use as a mistake. Which sentence is correct:
1) Would you mind telling me where you come from.
2) Would you mind to tell me where you come from.
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Grumpy

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Number 1) (telling) is correct.
 

Roman55

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I am not a teacher.

It's definitely 1).

Was this an online test conducted by non-native speakers?
 
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