What do you think this is ?

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Fil
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What do you think this is ?

Post by Fil »

I really don't know what to make of it.
Comes from the "Homeaway Network" so I have no idea where from with these people reproducing our listings everywhere without informing us.
Has not checked the calendar. Dates at the formulaire are not the same as in the request.
What do you think ?

Arrival: 10/07/2007
Departure: 30/08/2007
People (inc children): 4
Children: 2
Pets:
Questions:
I am emailing you to request further information on
your property as
featured on the site.The dates I am interested in are
2th july 2007 till
july 30th 2007. The number of people

in our apartment will be 4 in number .
.Please could you
email me with your availability around this time
along with any further
information and if the time i book for is not open
let me have the date and
the time that the property will be open for 2 months
ok.
Many thanks, [This enquiry came to you from the HA
network]
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Post by Hells Bells »

Seems very similar to a scam email I had a while ago.
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Post by Nightowl »

I see you are with Holiday rentals. I think they have just merged or been taken over by the Homeaway network. If you have a look at your ad on the holiday rental site and scroll down to the bottom you will see the Homeaway logo.

If you are with HR you may also have an ad running on various other of their sister sites. I think renters were informed of the merge a while back via an email.

I'm also with Holiday rentals and I'm not convinced yet whether this is a good move or a bad one... your ad will get more coverage because it will be on various other affiliated sites (for now, I guess, until they decide to charge separately for them) . But it also means that there are a lot more properties for each area because all the other ads from the other sites are now also included on holiday rentals and all the other sites. So we are all now little fish in huge ponds.
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Re: What do you think this is ?

Post by paolo »

Fil wrote:and if the time i book for is not open
let me have the date and
the time that the property will be open for 2 months
ok.
This is the line that tells you it is a scam.
Paolo
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