LodeveLibrarian Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I've received an enquiry from the restezenfrance web site for a booking for the whole of November. The wording is similar to that in other scams reported in this forum. The enquirer lives in Canada. I've been waiting for his cheque for 2 weeks but am now pretty certain it's s scam.see belowAm sorry that i could not get back to you on time i have a littleproblem with my mail,confirming the rental i will be sending the rentalpayment to you so to confirm our booking for the date and the time thatwe intends to stay,I don't quite understand more about the air port iwill like to know how far is the nearest air port to the property?,howlong its will take us when we will be arriving into the City that theproperty is located,I will be in need of a Cadillac Car American carwhen we arrived for rent or say hire for maybe 1 month and few weeks.ihope ill be able to get car hire within the area which the property islocated for our daily movement so that we can really enjoy our self'sstaying in your property, Booked dates will be.Checking in date will be Nov 01 09.Checking Out will be Nov 31th 09.Everything is OK by me and i must confess to you tha t am really pleasedstaying in your property i hope we enjoy having a nice time in yourproperty, i want know more about the monthly bills of the the propertyutilities etc.Rentalcost will be 2400Pounds, In my first mail i inform you about the Pcthat ill be using when we arrived in the property,and at the presenttime i have booked for(2 brand new pc) so that every thing will be OK.and more also to enjoy our stay, its been long time that i have bookedthe (Pc personal computers)from the person charge and its cost4000Pounds with the delivery and i have decided that i will be sendingthe payment along with the rental cost which will be 6400Pounds. thepayment will be sent to you by a French check and its will be clearedin your bank in few days and when its been credited to your account youcan have the rest sent to the seller of the Pc,we are coming on aHoliday trip we got got married some couple of months ago and my wifeis 7 weeks pregn ant and we intends to stay for long 1 month we will begoing to Germany Spain Chez Neltherland Swizerland we are 2 i cant saywe are 3 until the baby has been delivered. Forbooking confirmation my full name is Mr Kean Campbell 42 years old mywife is Mary Campbell 39 years old and my wife home address in Canada8412 96th Avenue Surrey BC V4N 3P8 Canada.Payment Option Euro Bank Cheque/United State Cashiers Check, hope its O.K?Name that will be on the French Cheque*******Address of the receiver*******Full Address*******Cell Phone Number**********Home Phone Number*******Office Phone Number***********Property Address Needed******* PaymentProcedure i ought to have use my credit card but i don't know how itsworks in Europe but i will prefer to make the payment sent to you EuroBank Cheque that will be O.K i mean cleared in your account in few days,you might want to know more better about the Pc contact the person incharge s.deliveries@yahoo.com maybe further to the deliveryinstructions ,Let me have the booking form or you can send the bookingform by email attachment.What is your full name so as to issue the BankCheque and your home Address to send it to and also fax number andphone numbers.I will also appreciare if you can call me on our BritishMobile phone +447011163986.+447035921974CheersMr Kean Campbell & Rosemary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Erm, yes. I think you can be pretty sure it is a scam!!!!!!!31th November???????????In any language November only has 30 days.And in Canada I think the only other likely language would be French!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I rang the first telephone number and spoke to a very busy gentleman with a Nigerian accent who told me the first $15,000,000 would be ready for me to collect in Amsterdam next week.I will of let you know how things go - though if it all comes up trumps it may be in some quite future time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LodeveLibrarian Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 I pointed out that there were only 30 days in November. That doesn't make it a scam (multiple !!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 In all honesty anybody who might have considered for a mere nano second that this was anything but a scam deserves to be taken [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I've said before, and I say again, scams will have poor English, and whilst this is better than most, it reads badly, so I would say its a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I wonder if there is a niche market here offering to proof-read and make these letters generally more convincing.I am feeling the pinch...[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 [quote user="NormanH"]I wonder if there is a niche market here offering to proof-read and make these letters generally more convincing.I am feeling the pinch...[6][/quote]Ha, ha!! I like it!!!! Then we'll never know..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Streason Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Its the same as the car scam. You receive what you think are cleared funds, you pay out for the "computers" and in a week the bank informs you that the funds you received were false leaving you out of pocket for what you have paid out. Type overseas car scam into google for more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LodeveLibrarian Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 I have now received a cheque - from a school in Cardiff, who of course know nothing of it. OK I was a fool to have gone this far, but while I was well aware of all these scams I didn't know they operated in the property rental area. And do all your clients have good English? Mine usually do but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.Perphaps there are some other people in this forum who are not aware of these scams. This may be useful for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Welcome to the forum LodeveLibrarian, scams are created and morphed because they work occassionally. You were right to post it I think, (even though it looks fairly obvious) . Over time you will see which subjects get covered constantly, and you will get plenty of disapproving or barbed comments. I think it's part of the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Apart from all the obvious stuff, although he calls his wife Mary in the body of the email, he signs off as Mr Kean Campbell & Rosemary.Googling Rosemary Campbell scams, she's obviously a very busy woman! I'm surprised she has the time to take a month's holiday [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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