Internet Scams Targeting Event Planners
There are a host of internet scams going around that are targeting third party meeting, event and wedding planners....
Tough economic times make it easy for unsuspecting people to get caught up in these seemingly great "client" events and get taken for a ride. We don't plan weddings, but about a year ago, we started getting these, so we Googled a portion of the text (always a prudent step).
Here is text text of an email we get about once a week..........
Hello,
My name is Mr .Small, I am an Medical consultant by profession. Presently i
am in Edinburgh,SCOTLAND.I am contacting you with respect to the my daughters wedding scheduled to hold on the 5th August,2009.
I want you to handle the wedding arrangements on their behalf as my would-be
son in law is a citizen of your country and as a result, i need the blessing
ceremony,reception and wedding party to be in his country. Please get back
to me with any of the services which you can provide as regards the wedding
arrangement of my daughter.
- Vehicles /hotel transfers for the guests - ( coaches transportation)
- Limousine hire for the couples
- location for the wedding and reception.
- lodging for the guests for an estimate of sixty people(4th - 6th June)2009.
- Wedding cakes and decorations
The wedding Budget is at the range of EUR 39,000 for now and it remains very
flexible pending our final conclusion.Please do let me have the details of
all i should know so we can make payment for the services you can provide.
Estimates and calculations should be based on the quoted budget.
Regards,
Mr. Collin Small.
+447035966378
Granted, the language in the e-mail sounds so BAD that most people (including me) would hit the delete key, but there have been a couple of instances of people getting hurt by these scams, so I thought it might be a good idea to throw this out there to anyone who might not be in the loop...................
Ya get this email, delete it. Don't feel you have to respond to anything like this, it only lets whoever sending it know that thay have a live email address and they don't care anyway.
Tough economic times make it easy for unsuspecting people to get caught up in these seemingly great "client" events and get taken for a ride. We don't plan weddings, but about a year ago, we started getting these, so we Googled a portion of the text (always a prudent step).
Here is text text of an email we get about once a week..........
Hello,
My name is Mr .Small, I am an Medical consultant by profession. Presently i
am in Edinburgh,SCOTLAND.I am contacting you with respect to the my daughters wedding scheduled to hold on the 5th August,2009.
I want you to handle the wedding arrangements on their behalf as my would-be
son in law is a citizen of your country and as a result, i need the blessing
ceremony,reception and wedding party to be in his country. Please get back
to me with any of the services which you can provide as regards the wedding
arrangement of my daughter.
- Vehicles /hotel transfers for the guests - ( coaches transportation)
- Limousine hire for the couples
- location for the wedding and reception.
- lodging for the guests for an estimate of sixty people(4th - 6th June)2009.
- Wedding cakes and decorations
The wedding Budget is at the range of EUR 39,000 for now and it remains very
flexible pending our final conclusion.Please do let me have the details of
all i should know so we can make payment for the services you can provide.
Estimates and calculations should be based on the quoted budget.
Regards,
Mr. Collin Small.
+447035966378
Granted, the language in the e-mail sounds so BAD that most people (including me) would hit the delete key, but there have been a couple of instances of people getting hurt by these scams, so I thought it might be a good idea to throw this out there to anyone who might not be in the loop...................
Ya get this email, delete it. Don't feel you have to respond to anything like this, it only lets whoever sending it know that thay have a live email address and they don't care anyway.
Posted by Keith Johnston at 4/19/2009 3:00 PM 
Categories: Event Thoughts
Tags: Meeting Planning Scams
Categories: Event Thoughts
Tags: Meeting Planning Scams
It is very mean for people to send junk mail and lie they are to put themselves in the same shoes.
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I think this kind of money you could getter a better deal. For limousine hire you could visit our site
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Wow, I never knew that Internet Scams Targeting Event Planners. That's pretty interesting...
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These scam emails are becoming so frequent now, I don't think there's any way to prevent it. I think the solution is people must be educated on safe computer/email practices. The phrase "Too good to be true" also springs to mind.
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