I am suspicous of a UK 0703 number - it is re-directed and could be charged at any rate.
Hi,
I am an agent seeking for accommodation for a group of tourists coming into Provence from US enroute England. They would like to stay
at yours. The requested dates are 15th to 25th February 2006. Please, if the desired dates are available, please reply me stating your group
rates in Euro. They are 8 people in all, including 4 couples .
Regards,
Don't start - I'm sure there can be ...... and is somewhere - hopefully with better English than this one. Perhaps we should start a strangest names thread?!!
Hi, folks. First posting as you see. I take it I'm welcome
I just received the following and some of the details made me suspicious so I googled the name 'Hillary Wetwoods' and - what do you know - She's been at it before. I had already replied with some basic info. I'll keep you posted on the outcome. It's a new approach so far as I'm concerned. I've had other junk but it's usually somebody trying to pay me with a cheque much larger than the rental I'm charging but (by the way), they'd like me to send them a few quid first!!!
Hello,
i want to book a reservation for
some guest that will be
coming for a vacation in your area on the 30th
of November to 15th
December 2006.
If you have vacancy for the
specified period, please quote
the calculated total cost including tax
for the whole period for
4 occupants ( i.e 2 couples),each couple to a
room if possible.
Also, I will like you to confirm if you
accept credit
card for Payment.
Thank you and looking forward to
hearing from soon.
Regards
Hillary Wetwoods
But there must be an epidemic of scams about. This one just arrived. What do you think?
Dear sir/madam
I am Don Kelvin Allen,United Kingdom. I will like to
make a reservation
for some delegates that will be coming for their
leisure in your area on
the 1st to 20th January 2007.
If you have
vacancy for the specified period, give me the total cost of 4
double
rooms for the whole period of 20 nights for 8 guests.
Also, confirm if
you will accept major credit card for your payment.
Again, Breakfast
will be included. Thank you and i am looking forward to
hear from you
soon.
The total cost should be in dollar or Euro.
with Best Regards
Well, this guy's cleverer than most - 'magic holding' seems to be a real estate term, or came up as such in a search, and there is a company called the Allen Group which is also to do with real estate - but which has no offices in the UK.
Might be fun to see if his mobile phone number works.
But the use of language is another cause for suspicion - it isn't quite perfect.
Why not reply, and see what he suggests you do next?!!
Coastal and Country Accom wrote:I am Don Kelvin Allen,United Kingdom.....
Hi CC,
I don't have time to play with my scammers unfortunately, so this one would be click, delete, straight in the trash. As Paolo has said repeatedly, nobody starts off an inquiry by saying, "My name is....."
They're getting quite smart. I've had 3 recently that started with 'Hi! Re your advertisement. Please see attached.'
or 'Re your inquiry'
or 'Hi! Do you have a map?'
I do have a general rule not to open unsolicited mail, but when one is renting out property it's very tempting to think that these are genuine inquiries, but in each case they are adverts for viagra.
Yes, I know there are several jokes in here but i decided to leave them to the experts! It did occur to me that if you needed a map things were in a very bad way indeed, and would viagra even be sufficient or too little too late?
