Wow - today I got an email for a room reservation for John Bull!
Hello
My name is Gabby Cole I will want you to assist me to book hotel for the
family of John Bull coming to your country and they intend to stay for 7days
holiday,below is the details for the reservation
Guest name and details
John Bull Mr
Natasha Bull Mrs
kemy Bull age 21 yrs female
Laura Bull age 19 yrs female
choice of room..2 double deluxe rooms
check in Date:20th NOV 2010
Checkout date:27th NOV 2010
I will like you to book the room for the family and email me the total cost
for the 7 nights stay in usd$ or Euro so that i can send you card for
prepayment for the payment of the room.I will also like to know if you
accept the method of payment i.e MASTER/VISACARD.
Await your response and the quotations.
Gabby cole
Best whiches.
This is a typical scam by (probably) Nigerians. They ask how much a small group would cost for a week or ten days, then ask if they can get a car rental in it and pre-pay it (never happens), they want to know the price in Euro's (unusual, since anyone can check that online), and of course they want to pay with a MC or Visa. That's where the fraud comes in...in a second email (if they get a positive response, or any response at all), they ask if we can forward the charge for the car rentals or cell phone rentals to a Western Union account (supposedly of the rental company or cell rental company)...all of course before you've had a chance to verify the credit card. They send these out to every hotel in the world (I guess). Beside the basic structure of the request - the other telling thing is that they usually pretend to be a respectable English company, yet they can't spell or use English grammar worth a damn.
Anyhow, pretty funny they used John Bull's name this time.
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