Warning - Weddings Scams

[photo3]

Hi there

Just joined forum and thought this may be of interest. Not sure if anyone else has received messages like below but just to warn you if you do. The one below was more of a giveaway due to the poor English, misspelt email address! and references to "in the state" along with a fake address. Others have referred to weddings in Belgium etc.
Apparently the scam is to send you more than the money for the booking and then get you to refund difference. By then the original cheque has bounced - I understand that even after 4 days clearance can still be revoked.

Andy

Larry Rhodes <larryrohdes2004@hotmail.com>

Greetings,
I'm Mr Larry Rhodes,my son Jimmy Birthday will be coming up next two
months on the 8th of April 2006 at the address below and he will be 20 years
old,i will like you to be the (Photographer) for the birthday party,i want
it to be very big,social and colourfull birthday party,i want the best of
professional job from you and your service will need for 5 hours.

Let me know if you will be available for the day,also i will like you to
send me your total cost plus transport fees with your hotel booking while
you will be there and my associate in the state will take care of the
payment and the mode of the payment will e be through Cheque I look forward
in hearing from you soon

Here is the address so as to calculate the total costing

20,Homerton Avenue,
Beresford Road,
London,SE1 7EE.

I look forward in read from you soon.
Rgds,
Mr Larry Rhodes

[StagePhotography.co.uk]

Larry Rhodes / Jimmy Birthday

See the surnames don't even match..... *wink*

He also tries it with Magicians...

http://austinmagic.org/news.htm

I started a thread about this kind of thing
on an other website... A Am Dram one...

Regarding Nigerian email scams...

http://www.amdram.co.uk/forums/index...92&hl=nigerian

[Dotty.c]

Yep, had these from all over the world, and the bank of nigeria straight in the bin.

[Matt Needham]

I get these almost everyday. The horrible spelling and surreal grammer usually expose the scammers. If it's an obvious scam I just delete. If I have any doubts I just mention that I'm not doing the work until I have USA cash dollars in my hands.

Recently I've been getting photography related inquiries from ex NFL and NBA players starting up businesses. I've never received replies to my replies, so I'm assuming these are probably scams too. Ask some standard professional questions, and I think the con artists write me off as too much trouble. They are looking for straight-up, easy suckers.

[Choogster]

the nigerian scams, otherwise as the 419 scam (after the law in nigeria its related to)

interesting site http://www.419eater.com/ in which people have turned the tables on the scammers themselves.

[Choogster]

I'm Mr Larry Rhodes,my son Jimmy Birthday will be coming up next two
months on the 8th of April 2006 at the address below and he will be 20 years
old,i will like you to be the (Photographer) for the birthday party,i want
it to be very big,social and colourfull birthday party,i want the best of
professional job from you and your service will need for 5 hours.

Let me know if you will be available for the day,also i will like you to
send me your total cost plus transport fees with your hotel booking while
you will be there and my associate in the state will take care of the
payment and the mode of the payment will e be through Cheque I look forward
in hearing from you soon

Here is the address so as to calculate the total costing

20,Homerton Avenue,
Beresford Road,
London,SE1 7EE.

I look forward in read from you soon.
Rgds,
Mr Larry Rhodes

Not sure quite what this guy hopes to gain from this??

[Dotty.c]

they send a cheque for a small amount say £50 over the top, hoping you will send overpayment back, then surprise surprise, the cheque bounces.

[tonymidd]

You'll also get similar emails if you advertise on ebay. One thing never ever reply to one of these, you show that your email is active and you'll be unindated with spam, and never open any attachments.