Patrick Brown

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.
Giuliano
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Patrick Brown

Post by Giuliano »

If this guy is from London I am Emperor Augustus....


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Good Day,

I will like to make hotel booking for the below guest in your hotel.

The guest check in date as follows:

Check in: 20 /08/ 2019
Check out:30 /08/ 2019

Number of rooms: 3 rooms

Guest details:
1 Mrs Brian Cole Single Room
2 Mr Cristina Daniel Single Room
3 Mr Williams Jackson Single Room Kindly

let me know the total cost for 3 rooms for 10 nights and Payment would be made via credit card (MasterCard or Visa), please advise.I await your email and look forward to doing business with you. Also note that i will not allowed my credit card been used for guarantee,I will like to settle the bills before the arrival of my guest.

Regards,


PATRICK BROWN
CONSULTANT TRAVEL LTD UK
53 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0NE
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Giuliano wrote:If this guy is from London I am Emperor Augustus....
I’m convinced that:
1) You are not Emperor Augustus
and
2) The email is 100% scam
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Post by LotBoy47 »

I’m going with scam based on the poor written English used by an alleged central London travel agent.
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Post by SPJ »

Interestingly there IS a travel agent at 53 Charing Cross Road. The 6 reviews for it give one out of five stars. Basically, do not touch with barge pole.
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Post by greenbarn »

LotBoy47 wrote:I’m going with scam based on the poor written English used by an alleged central London travel agent.
I’m going with scam based on
"Good Day,
I will like to make hotel booking...”

which is more than enough for me to hit delete ;-)
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Post by Giuliano »

Needless to say, mine is not an hotel and I do not have single rooms....
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