Tarn1 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 We received the following enquiry via gites-directory.com, a couple of days ago."Bonjour,Je suis Mr k****** j*** r******, pour nos vacances j'aimerais louer votreetablissement,Période du 01 Octobre 2008 jusqu' au 20 Decembre 2008.Nous sommes au nombres de 4 personnes.(Mon épouse, mes deux fillettes de 12 ans et 7ans et moi)Ceci dit je désire savoir si vous acceptez les règlements par carte de crédità l'avance ou dans le cas contraire un virement bancaire.Veuillez nous répondre dès que possible s'il vous plait.Cordialement."The address and telephone number supplied are from the Ivory Coast.As it happens we can't accommodate them, however this looks dodgy to me so I wouldn't have accepted it anyway. Taking young kids out of school for three months? Someone fishing for bank details perhaps?I thought I'd pass it on just in case it has been sent out to numerous others. I could be wrong but...Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr orloff Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Quite genuine. It gets too warm for them in the Ivory Coast. And they like to be on the same continent as Didier Drogba for a couple of months. DO NOT reply to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarn1 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Too late... already replied in the negative. I await further scam mail with interest!Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Look, no bona-fide guest offers to pay in full in advance.We reject all emails from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast...too dodgy and we do well enough without them to bother about the risk. You are gonna be inundated with scam booking/etc enquiries now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 How about this one then, and with a yahoo.co.uk e-mail address. Good Day Mr and Mrs , Well i will like to know if i can rent your property for 1 Month rental start from 1 nov 2008 till 30 nov 2008 and if you know that your property is not available for long time rent well i will like to know so that i can book your Bed and Breakfast for 2 weeks only , before i forget i will like to know if the property is available, but if you know that the property is not available from 1 nov , i will need to know the date that the property will be available to rent , and we are 2 people only looking forward to hear from you sooner. thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 This is same old scam that has been going around for ages : They will send you a cheque which will more than cover the cost, then they will ask you to send a cheque urgently to some 'agent'. You are supposed to do this before the rubber cheque bounces ! ! ! These scams often arrive after someone has put an ad somewhere selling, say, a boat, or other item of value. We have also had several gite ones which we have never bothered to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athene Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Letters from Africa are generally after one thing... Your bank account details! Do NOT give it to them! I get about one a week of letters from Africa telling me that they have a fortune to share with me if only I will share my bank details with them! lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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