Derik and wife Michael

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.
Zoot
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Derik and wife Michael

Post by Zoot »

Any previous?
Derik wants to know the price for our house for the whole of May or, alternatively, May to December 2011
Came thro' pureholidayhomes and, inevitably, he's based in Florida.
Anyone had anything similair
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Post by Dotty »

Yes, I got this from them too this afternoon, also through PureHolidayHomes:

Adults: 0
Children: (under 15)

Additional requests / message from sender:
Check In Date will be May 01 2010
Check out date will be May 29 2011.
Total Price Needed??

Alternative.


Check In Date will be April 01 2010
Check out date will be Dec 29 2011.
Total Price Needed??

Email me back with further details...
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Post by Nessie »

Yes i got it as well, i sent an email with no details just to say i needed his dates confirming , poor thing
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Post by apexblue »

Us too - he's been busy.
It is better to remain quiet and have one think you are stupid, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt....

The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking we have time.
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Ditto with Dotty's.

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Post by Beanie »

We got it too. Do we think it's the usual money-laundering scam then ?
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Post by Dotty »

I've just had an update from pureholidayhomes on this ---
they now think that both this and the Richard Quest scam are to initiate direct email contact prior to following up with pfishing scams to gain personal info to hack both email & bank accounts etc
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