We had the e-mail below twice in two days. Aside from the obvious ungrammatical English, th return e-mail address (a business would be likely to have its own domain, though in this case there is such a company in the US, not in Londonderry) and the fact that we're not a hotel or anything like, everything else could be genuine. However, when we googled the name of the signatory, one Dr. Hoffman, we came across a site called
Anti-Fraud International (image), a forum in this case that soon put us on the right track. See the scam e-mail below, but DO NOT call any of the numbers or use any of the info it contains>
Greetings,
My name is Dr. Hoffman from the Legend Travel & Tours, United Kingdom. I want to inquire for accommodations in your facility. I want to book reservation for a vacation organized by our group of medical experts that will commence on April 1st 2011 and end on the April 10th 2011
Our Check in Date is April 1st 2011. Our Check out Date is April 10th 2011.
I will like you to provide accommodation for us for the period of our stay 10 nights. About five (5) rooms will be needed. Please send me your rates for both single and double rooms so that reservation will be made on time.
I hope you accept Credit Card as means of Payments? Please write back ONLY if you accept Credit Card as means of payment.
Kind Regards,
Dr. Larry Hoffman
LEGEND TRAVEL & TOURS
Queen Street, Londonderry,
BT48 7EQ United Kingdom
Phone: +44 704 579 3729
+44 702 404 1622
+44 702 408 4664
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1 comment:
Dr Hofman has now reached Sydney, Australia. Don't fall for him or anyone like him. I thought he was a fraud when I saw his email address. Wouldn't a travel agency have their own email/web address rather than a 'yahoo' address.And if he is a London based doctor, wouldn't he speak/write good English?
Trish C.
Sydney
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