Scammers - they never give up!

[John Borg]

This is a copy of an enquiery I recieved the other day. It was made via the holiday-rentals website, the first one I have ever recieved from this site. The funny thing is that I don't have a hotel or bed and breakfast and the fool dosn't even bother going through the advert to see what it is I'm actually trying to sell!

Name: Dr Sarah White
E-mail: w_sarahwhite@yahoo.ca
Tel: + 44011 sw1
Arrival date: 1 Jun 2005
Departure date: 20 Jun 2005
Total no in party: 10 (including children)
No of children:
Further info:
Hello and Goodday,
I am Dr Sarah White of Brighthall Agency London,I
want to book reservation in your hotel for a summit
that will commence on the 1st of June and end on the
20th.We need 5 double rooms that can sleep 10 guests.
Please get back to me if these dates are available
and if you can accomodate us.I expect to hear from
you immediately.Kind regards,Dr White

I just laugh it off, but are there really fools out there who take these guys seriously?

[Sue Dyer]

John, pass the enquiry onto me.
I might buy a place that sleeps 10 with the $2.5 million dollars I won today on an international internet lottery I didn't even realise I'd entered

[paolo]

I just laugh it off, but are there really fools out there who take these guys seriously?

Sadly, yes! If you had a hotel and you were cash-strapped and gullible, you might even reply to this email. People who use this forum won't fall for any of these scams, but there are many owners out there who can only just use email and are vulnerable to the baddies.

[oskar]

Gosh, soodyer, I won the same prize too!

Isn´t it a small world!

[John Borg]

sorry to dissappoint you Soodyer and Oskar, but I think we will have to split between three (so far at least) because I won that lottery too!

[Sue Dyer]

shucks, and it sounded so genuine as well, the Sultan of Bruni had helped fund it....
Ah, there's always the UK rollover lottery tomorrow but I feel I've got more chance at the 2.5 mill at times