Phish food?

[batskeets]

Wow. I think we just got a phishing e-mail this morning... that was directed specifically at wedding photographers. WTF?

Read this and see if you agree:

GREETING,

I'M David ,MY WEDDING WILL BE COMING UP NEXT 3 MONTH ON THE .15TH OF
December ( AT THE ADDRESS BELOW). I WILL LIKE YOU TO BE THE PHTOGRAPHER FOR MY WEDDIING,I LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY BIG,SOCIAL AND COLOURFULL WEDDING,SO I WANT THE BEST OF PROFESIONAL JOB. YOU WILL BE WORKING FOR 3 HRS RECEPTION ONLY.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DAY,ALSO I WILL LIKE YOU
TO SEND YOUR TOTAL COST PLUS AIR TICKET FEES,MY PLANNER WILL BOOK THE HOTEL FOR YOUR COMING. MY PLANNER WHO IS IN THE UK AT PRESENT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE CHARGES MODE OF PAYMENT VIA CASHIER CHECK OR MONEY ORDER AND ALSO GET TO ME WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS. I LOOK FORWARD IN HEARING FROM YOU SOONEST.

HERE IS THE RECEPTION ADDRESS SO AS TO CALCULATE THE TOTAL COSTING:-

Inter Continental Houston Hotel new
2222 West Loop South, Houston, Texas 77027
You can get back to me here if you are Intrested ( david_campbel_hunt01@yahoo.com )

BEST REGARDS
David.

That's just wacky. Who in their right mind would fly in an as-yet-unknown photographer for a three-hour gig? Seriously, all he needs to do is mention Nigeria in his e-mail, and he'll have the phisher formula down to a T!

Comments

[muerte.livejournal.com]

That is a really strange way to scam someone if that's the case. Are you sure it's not legit and he's just confused?

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Well, there are similar scams floating around out there--I've heard about some targeted at models, for instance--and they have a similar, "I'm going to fly you in for a ridiculously high-paying job, please give all your personal information to my guy in the UK," formula.

And seriously. He types just like a Nigeria scammer!

[skeets.livejournal.com]

P.S. Wanna come to our shindig on Saturday?

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[gmendel.livejournal.com]

So how do these people wind up taking your money? Does this guy "in the UK" ask for a bank account number? Is he going to ask you to transfer some money to him so he can send you half a million dollars?

Re: ?

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeah, more or less; if you actually respond to them they'll start asking for personal info.