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Weird one from Wimdu
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:29 pm
by GRL
I received this message from Windu this afternoon:
Hello, I am very interested to rent your property for 10 days, I am comming with with few colleagues to make a study in your country but before doing this through Wimdu, I would like to speak with you by the phone to ask you more details because it is my first time making a booking through Wimdu and I need to be sure this is the right thing to do because these days are a lot of scams. Please write me via my profile name (IS MY E-MAIL ADDRESS) which to talk about. { rachelhooper@@host-inc.us[delete one @]} Thank you! Regards, Rachel
("Rachel's" profile picture shows her to be a rather well endowed young lady)
Thought it was probably a scam in the making but replied that I would be happy to answer any questions via the dashboard so as to keep my reply rate up. I also reported it to Wimdu Customer Support
3 minutes after I sent that I got the exact same message again although "Rachel" had kindly altered her profile picture to a slightly different view of her voluminous bosom. This time I simply replied that I had sent her message to Wimdu Customer Support.
For some reason I have not heard back from "Rachel"
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:13 am
by kevsboredagain
Can't really comment without seeing the picture
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:31 am
by AndrewH
Maybe she is an itinerant lady of the night looking for a temporary pad in your area.
Spare us the picture, Kevin
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 10:17 am
by GRL
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 10:23 am
by kevsboredagain
No they're definitely not real.
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 4:09 pm
by yer tis
I have just received a request from that person but for 5 days.
I also think its a scam but will reply through Wimdu
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:22 pm
by GRL
Can you also report it to Wimdu Yer Tis
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:20 am
by Cassis
Hahaha! Got the same one last week. Sorely tempted to string them a line.
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:12 pm
by AngloDutch
We also received this enquiry back on 11th March and answered directly to 'her' email address because we were not sure if it was real or not (thought it might have been a selfie-obsessed young lady with a sense of humour!)
We've had quite a few 'business groups' stay with us from Germany who have written in the same kind of English. After we sent the reply, we used Google Chrome to search for any similar images and found that the photo belongs to 'Angie Varona'.
Soon after we replied, we started getting a lot of online casino SPAM emails coming through to the email address we used, which could be just a coincidence. We never received any reply from 'Rachel' (ours was called 'Sofie').
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:27 am
by GRL
So she is - I bet Rachel/Sophie/horrid man sitting sitting his dirty Y-Fronts collecting email addresses just stole her picture. And I never heard back from Wimdu at all which I am not too impressed with
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:24 am
by AngloDutch
Rosie, Wimdu support in Germany has replied to me before when I reported scammers on their site (last time before this was back in February). Their direct email address is
contact@wimdu.com
My name is Ana Cervantes and I'm contacting you from the Wimdu Support Team.
Thank you for bringing the issue with the suspicious message from a "Michelle" to our attention.
We have reviewed the email you forwarded to us and the Wimdu user, and can confirm that this is a Spam message. We already deleted this user from our Wimdu platform.
For your own security reasons, please do not contact the person via email address given in the message.
Please accept our apologies for this incident. Despite our best efforts to maintain security, such things can happen. By forwarding a suspicious looking message to us you are helping to keep yourself and others safe, so we thank you for your vigilance!
For any further questions or inquiries, please don't hesitate to search our FAQs or to contact us using the “Help” section on
www.wimdu.com.
So that we can improve the service provided to you, we would love to get your feedback. In 48 hours we will send you a satisfaction survey where I invite you to rate the support that has been provided to you.
Best regards,
Ana Cervantes from the Wimdu Support Team
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:36 pm
by GRL
I direct emailed to that email address and sent e message through tier contact from. No reply on either.
Re: Weird one from Wimdu
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:11 pm
by Casanosa
Rosie wrote:I received this message from Windu this afternoon:
Hello, I am very interested to rent your property for 10 days, I am comming with with few colleagues to make a study in your country but before doing this through Wimdu, I would like to speak with you by the phone to ask you more details because it is my first time making a booking through Wimdu and I need to be sure this is the right thing to do because these days are a lot of scams. Please write me via my profile name (IS MY E-MAIL ADDRESS) which to talk about. { rachelhooper@@host-inc.us[delete one @]} Thank you! Regards, Rachel
("Rachel's" profile picture shows her to be a rather well endowed young lady)
Thought it was probably a scam in the making but replied that I would be happy to answer any questions via the dashboard so as to keep my reply rate up. I also reported it to Wimdu Customer Support
3 minutes after I sent that I got the exact same message again although "Rachel" had kindly altered her profile picture to a slightly different view of her voluminous bosom. This time I simply replied that I had sent her message to Wimdu Customer Support.
For some reason I have not heard back from "Rachel"
The same happened to me too, exactely the same message and profile picture. Those are scamer and we have to be awared from them. I also replied through the windu's dashboard