Is this a scam?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:01 pm
I got this today, seems dodgy, I've checked out the ad,dess and it exists, a 1.4 million dollar property in New Orleans, but the phone is for a place in Port Gibson ,Mississipi, Is this a scam? If so how does it work?
email reads
Thank you to keep these booking dates, March 4 - 18 (2 weeks),
reserved for our vacation stay in your charming flat. I'm a shipbuilder/shipwright. Right now, I'm supervising an engineering job on a cargo ship on the Pacific Ocean, we're repairing JJ SKY CARGO SHIP owned by SHANGHAI JIN JIANG SHIPPING IMO 9347968. I'm currently very busy at the moment due to nature of my job. I want my booking confirmed and the payments made before we arrive.
I paid another French landlord whose villa got damaged some days ago: flooding in the villa from an exploded water boiler in the kitchen. The villa will no longer be available to rent for a couple of months to do the repairs/renovations. This is the main reason why we're booking your property now, I hope you understand?
They are ready to refund back my total rent with a French cheque from their bank account today. I decided you handle the French cheque as you also live in France. I'm a US Citizen and currently working on the ship in the Pacific; it's advisable I use same money to pay your own rent now. I'm going to instruct the landlord to send
the 100% refund your postal address. All bank charges will be deducted from
cheque difference.
Use my full name and family residential address to prepare the rental
contract / booking reservation today:
*NAME: Thomas Dobles
ADDRESS: 28, Muirfield Place, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70131,
USA
PHONE NUMBER: +1 (601) 617-4186
NUMBER OF ADULTS: 2 ;
CHILDREN: 0
EMAIL: thomasdobles(at)outlook(dot)com*
SEND THE NAME TO BE WRITTEN ON THE FRENCH CHEQUE, POSTAL ADDRESS AND YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Waiting for your response.
Best regards,
Thomas Dobles.
email reads
Thank you to keep these booking dates, March 4 - 18 (2 weeks),
reserved for our vacation stay in your charming flat. I'm a shipbuilder/shipwright. Right now, I'm supervising an engineering job on a cargo ship on the Pacific Ocean, we're repairing JJ SKY CARGO SHIP owned by SHANGHAI JIN JIANG SHIPPING IMO 9347968. I'm currently very busy at the moment due to nature of my job. I want my booking confirmed and the payments made before we arrive.
I paid another French landlord whose villa got damaged some days ago: flooding in the villa from an exploded water boiler in the kitchen. The villa will no longer be available to rent for a couple of months to do the repairs/renovations. This is the main reason why we're booking your property now, I hope you understand?
They are ready to refund back my total rent with a French cheque from their bank account today. I decided you handle the French cheque as you also live in France. I'm a US Citizen and currently working on the ship in the Pacific; it's advisable I use same money to pay your own rent now. I'm going to instruct the landlord to send
the 100% refund your postal address. All bank charges will be deducted from
cheque difference.
Use my full name and family residential address to prepare the rental
contract / booking reservation today:
*NAME: Thomas Dobles
ADDRESS: 28, Muirfield Place, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70131,
USA
PHONE NUMBER: +1 (601) 617-4186
NUMBER OF ADULTS: 2 ;
CHILDREN: 0
EMAIL: thomasdobles(at)outlook(dot)com*
SEND THE NAME TO BE WRITTEN ON THE FRENCH CHEQUE, POSTAL ADDRESS AND YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Waiting for your response.
Best regards,
Thomas Dobles.
