St. Etheldreda's Catholic Church
70 Elthorne Avenue
London W7 2JW
Tel/fax: +44-7numbers
I am Rev. Fr. Augustine Gowell the president Christian foundation inc London England I need to book reservation in your apartment/hotel for A team members of our church coming to your country for a Christian meeting from UK. I want to know if there are free spaces for their accommodation. The meeting is schedule to last for 10 days and will commence on the 15th of November 2007 and end on the 25th of November 2007. We need spaces for about 7 adults in your hotel possible one room per person. Please give us your rates and the total cost for the accommodation all prices in euro currency .Please do get back to me quickly as we don't have much time at our disposal. Thank you and have a nice day.
Kind Regards
Rev. Fr. Augustine Gowell
Friday 28 September 2007
Accommodation overpayment scam
Another accommodation overpayment scam using a Church as some kind of indication of virtue. No mention of the destination or specific acccommodation type requirements. I've noticed they often add in a 'hurry up' type clause so the owner is inclined to answer quickly without thinking it through so they don't lose the booking. It also uses a premium pay phone number. Ignore.
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It just happend to our hotel.
please be causious with e-mails like this..
So how does the scam work? How do they get the money?
Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud or Nigerian 419 Scam.
There are many variations of the scam. It will often involve an initial contact enquiring about the purchase of a property. The fraudster will then try to set up an advance fee fraud which might involve, for example, sending you a larger sum of money as a deposit and then getting the seller to refund some money back. The original payment from the scammer will ultimately be rejected leaving the vendor out of pocket. The scam can also operate with the fraudster asking for an initial deposit from the seller to free up a large sum of money with the fraudster then suggesting that they will reimburse the person making the deposit with a profit.
Now these guys are claiming to be Christian recording artists that want to book 10 days of recording studio time in Canada. I knew this was B.S., so I ignored the request....
Hi
We are a self catering accommodation in Donegal and this email was sent to us a few weeks back but cottoned onto it straight away. Also have had emails from India and Scotland as well along the same lines - they all want a reply in a hurry etc and some say that want to be partners in the hospitality trade!
Hello,
they are still sending these emails. Just be careful!
Yup, I just got one for my studio. Never call an overseas number unless you absolutely know they are legit. I always request they call me, first.
Nemernicii astia trimit in continuare astfel de emailuri si am primit si eu unul.Atentie!
Be carreful! They are still managing with such stupid things!
Hi, we have a holiday cottage and we just got one too. A reservation from a mr lambert stone on lambertstone33@gmail.com wanting to reserve for 2 weeks, and would send a certified cheque of 7000 as 'sponsorship on accomodation costs was already approved'. Yeah right.
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