David from Wimdu

Post scam emails to warn other rental owners, or if you are not sure if an enquiry is genuine, put it up here and see what others think.
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GRL
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David from Wimdu

Post by GRL »

Email arrived in my inbox purporting to be from Wimdu. Nothing in my dashboard, no text message and a dodgy bit.ly link when I hover over Reply ... oh and David might also be called Alice :roll:
Subject: You've got Enquiry on Wimdu

WIMDU
David has sent you a new message on Wimdu

I just seen your advert.Do you have available last week from june or july?

Thank you
David

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Wimdu cares about your safety so would like to remind you to never make a booking payment outside of Wimdu, send money via bank transfer, or send money using Western Union or MoneyGram.

If you receive a message that looks suspicious, we ask that you do not click on any links and immediately forward it to our Customer Support Team.

Warm regards,
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Wimdu GmbH - Voltastr. 5 13355 Berlin, Germany
Managing Directors: Arne Kahlke, Sören Kress
Commercial Register Number: 129773 B
VAT Identification Number: DE 276 228 078

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That VAT number is invalid according to 'VIES' (European Commission's official VAT site)
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