Hi there,
Firstly Merry Christmas!
I write to sadly report and inform you of a booking scam that someone has tried to pull on me just now.
It was for a booking in London, and when it came to final booking details today it turned out to be nothing more than a variation of the classic Nigerian Money Laundering scam (or the 419 Advance Fee Fraud).
It turned out that the organiser was apparently organising a party and flying in from an oil rig and wanted the following….
I’ve pasted his email here for you to see….
“> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:09:45 +0100
> Subject: Re: I want to make a booking
> From: bradhofman2@gmail.com
> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thanks for your reply and assistance so far.
Yes I mean 28 York street
> in the centre of London close to Marylebone station but it's a private
> house. I got the total cost for the booking and i would like to
> proceed with the booking asap. Moreover, we also made an arrangement
> with a logistics agent who will take care of all the other logistics
> to include: Flights, International Airport transfer,Transportation
> logistics for all of us. The prepaid agent is not yet a credit card
> merchant therefore cannot charge credit cards. On our own side, we
> would have sent him his money directly, but we are on the high sea
> work at the moment (an OIL RIG). There are no bank or money gram here
> where I can make payment directly to the agent.
> So, please i need you to charge the total amount of £6,500.00 +
> processing fees on my card, then deduct £125.00 for the deposit and
> send the balance of £6,375.00 to the prepaid logistic agent. I will
> provide the agents information later when you have charged the credit
> card and confirm the money. Please, i would like to hear from you
> soon as i am very busy with work and making other necessary
> arrangements for our stay. If this can be arranged let me know so i
> can give you a call and process it over the phone.
>
> Best Wishes
> Brad Hofman
>
Keep an eye out for his name and email address:
Brad Hofman
bradhofman2@gmail.com
Have a great new year - stay sharp and don't let these bu**gers rip you off!
Regards,
TLDotL
