Prof. John Edwards

[Kersh]

Hi all,

I got an e-mail from this professor who wants my apartment for 6 months because he's doing some work with the university in Vienna ... Vienna's 3 hours away from Bad Gastein so I hope he's not a proffessor of geography. It came from a yahoo.com account too.

I've not got the e-mail to hand at the moment but i'll post it later.

Looks like a scam.

Kersh

[Kersh]

Sorry, here's the e-mail:

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Hello There,
My name is Prof. John Edwards
,am a professor at the EUROPEAN AMERICAN CENTER
FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION,PONTLEVOY.France.

I would be travelling to Vienna,Austria by the First week
of July and
i would be staying
for 6 months for my research program so i have gone
online to check
on
available and vacant apartments which i can rent
urgently inorder for
me
to get
a place when i arrive in Vienna.I would want to
inquire if your
apartment is available for urgent rent.
i would be glad if a reply is sent to me as
soon as possible,telling me about the availability of
the apartment
and also steps to take inorder to book and rent the
apartment.
Awaiting
your response.
Thanks.

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Paulo, another "my name is ..." e-mail.

[Guest3]

Hi Kersh....well, the grammar is terrible and it screams a typical scam to me!

[Taff2]

For what it's worth http://www.euramcenter.com/index.html exists but
I couldn't find a list of Faculty members.

Perhaps a short note to their contact :-

janne@euramcenter.com

along the lines of......

Sorry I've deleted Prof. Edwards' e-mail in error could you ask
him to contact me again?

Alternatively try sending to :-

jedwards@euramcenter.com

and see if it bounces back.

Cheers

Ian

[Kersh]

Ian,

Cheers for your bit of research. I should have thought to do that in the first place. The joy of the internet!

Kersh