Anyone else had this ???? Ive been getting the same one for days now !!


My name is, Maxwell Powell ,the secretary of a wedding
committe that has been
constituted to see to the smooth running of my
boss's son's wedding
ceremony.
I am saddled with the responsibilty of locating and
arranging for a
good and experienced wedding Music/Entertainer and
wedding videographer.
So,i searched through the internet and found you
appropriate for the
Music/Entertainer of the wedding ceremony.
The details of the wedding are as follows:
Date of the wedding: 10TH OF AUGUST 2005
Type of wedding: social
venue of the wedding:[Church and reception will be
held in the same
place,LONDON]the details of the venue will be
passed accross to you as
soon as i finish with the bookings and signed the
necessary papers.
Time of wedding: 10AM ( 4 Hours.)
Every other necessary details will be forwarded to
you as soon as
they are available. So, how much will your service
cost me
including your transport fare.
Lest i forget, our payment is by cheque.So,after
telling me the
price and your availability, i will need your
details to write the
check. Thanks in anticipation of your favourable
response.
Warm Regards
Maxwell Powell

Ah, the old Videographer and disco/Dj email huh...?

We were discussing this email (and its gotta be a con, cause the names keep changing) a couple of weeks back here on DJU - I'll see if I can find the link.


Here goes: Click here to see the previous thread about this email thats "Doing the 'rounds"

its a scam, you quote them £300 they send you a cheque for £600 by mistake so to save the hassle of writing you another cheque they ask you refund them the £300 difference once the cheque has cleared, usually by bank transfer. The next thing you know even though the cheque seemed to have cleared the bank suddenly withdraw it because it is a fraudulant cheque or linked to money laundering and the original £600 deposit is worthless, leaving you £300 out of pocket. Did it come from a yahoo address by any chance? you only have to look at the way in which they spell check to see that there is a high chance it has originated from outside of the UK

A clever scam, but really it amazes me how people fall for this stuff, there was a story about a little granny in this area that had fallen for a scam where she had been told that she had won a large amount of money and to get her hands on it had to send £10k, she did it and lost her total savings.

I feel for this little old lady but there really are some very stupid people out there, if its too god to be true, it really is.....

Another one thats doing the rounds is the year planners again.....they call you asking you to advertise on a year planner or activity book for the local childerns cancer ward, you advertise and pay for your ad, the claimed 200,000 copies never get seen by anyone except for the advertisers who each get 3 copies, I checked them out and the ward they claim to represent never exists, the charity numbers are not right either, and the callers are always from Liverpool, on a blocked number and they wont give you an address or name etc etc, theyhang up pretty quick if you ask too many questions as well.

Trust no one and THINK - use common sense. It amazes me too, as CK's has pointed out, how many fall for this stuff