by Iceman
Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:16 pm
Owning a travel agency I get those "requests" very often.
A quick look at it and it is clear that this is a fraud.
The tickets will be paid with CreditCard, but with stolen CC infos, so that in the end you have to pay everything by yourself.
Here is the latest one, received a couple minutes earlier:
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Return-Path: <admin>
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with ESMTP
id <20071206004526>
for <XXXmyemailaddressXXX>; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:45:26 +0100
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Message-ID: <8286283>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:44:02 -0800 (PST)
From: "westernpacificoilandgas.com" <admin>
Reply-To: "westernpacificoilandgas.com" <westernpacifi_oilandgas>
To: [email protected]
Subject: AIRTICKET RESERVATION REQUEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0
X-ELNK-Trace:
X-Originating-IP: 209.179.142.19
X-TOI-SPAM: n;1;2007-12-06T00:45:42Z
X-TOI-VIRUSSCAN: clean
X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 149288::071206014542-26FCFBB0-0662D44B/0-0/0-0
X-TOI-SPAMCLASS: CLEAN, NORMAL
X-TOI-MSGID: 6c158b2a-bc19-403d-85ee-680d8175cf8c
X-Seen: false
X-ENVELOPE-TO: <XXXmyemailaddressXXX>
LOL
The scammer even made a mistake in the "return to" email.
Dumb a$$...
Here's the body:
Dear sir/Madam,
I AM LARRY BENSON A PERSONEL MANAGER, I REQUIRE YOUR AGENCY TO HELP US ARRANGE FLIGHT TICKETS AND HOTELS FOR SOME OF OUR CLIENTS COMING AND GOING OUT OF THE COUNTRY ON BUSINESS TRIP AND VACATIONS.I WILL REQUIRE YOU TO BOOK THE TICKETS FOR THEM ON ALL THE ROUTES THEY REQUEST AND ALSO CAN YOU ADVICE ME IF YOU ACCEPT VISA AND MASTER CREDIT CARDS FOR PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES
Below is the name and itinerary for booking.
1.ROBERT / BABATUNDE MR
2.SOARES / BABATUNDE MR
ROUTES :LOS / DEL (ROUND TRIP)
DEPARTURE DATE :15 DECEMBER 2007
RETURN DATE : 29TH DECEMBER 2007
CLASS :ECONOMY CLASS
CARRIER :ANY AIRLINE
Payment follows immediately the reservation is made,kindly Email the
booking and the fare quote as soon as possible.
Looking forward to your positive reply.
Regards
Larry.
Protocol officer.
Western pacific Oil & Gas
15 Marsh Wall , London, E14 9TB
UK.
Tel:447024098094
E-MAIL. [email protected]
The travel industry has been warned many times about those frauds.
ยด
As stated above, they pay with false CreditCards. CC's that are in fact not theirs, stolen ones, or dupes of CC's that do exist.
A quick look at it and it is clear that this is a fraud.
The tickets will be paid with CreditCard, but with stolen CC infos, so that in the end you have to pay everything by yourself.
Here is the latest one, received a couple minutes earlier:
FULL HEADER:
Return-Path: <admin>
Received: from mailin12.aul.t-online.de (mailin12.aul.t-online.de [172.20.26.70])
by mhead503 with LMTP; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:45:42 +0100
X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2
Received: from fepa01-svc.webpage.t-com.de ([80.152.31.131]) by mailin12.aul.t-online.de
with esmtp id 1J04rm-1HV3fE0; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:45:26 +0100
Received: from [207.217.120.47] by mail.webpage.t-com.de InterMail
with ESMTP
id <20071206004526>
for <XXXmyemailaddressXXX>; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:45:26 +0100
Received: from [209.179.142.19] (helo=whwamui-soar.pas.sa.earthlink.net)
by whasmtp-shoe.pas.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34)
id 1J04qQ-0003K7-EV; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:44:02 -0800
Received: from 41.219.236.9 by webmail.hosting.earthlink.net with HTTP; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:44:02 -0800
Message-ID: <8286283>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:44:02 -0800 (PST)
From: "westernpacificoilandgas.com" <admin>
Reply-To: "westernpacificoilandgas.com" <westernpacifi_oilandgas>
To: [email protected]
Subject: AIRTICKET RESERVATION REQUEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0
X-ELNK-Trace:
X-Originating-IP: 209.179.142.19
X-TOI-SPAM: n;1;2007-12-06T00:45:42Z
X-TOI-VIRUSSCAN: clean
X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 149288::071206014542-26FCFBB0-0662D44B/0-0/0-0
X-TOI-SPAMCLASS: CLEAN, NORMAL
X-TOI-MSGID: 6c158b2a-bc19-403d-85ee-680d8175cf8c
X-Seen: false
X-ENVELOPE-TO: <XXXmyemailaddressXXX>
LOL
The scammer even made a mistake in the "return to" email.
Dumb a$$...
Here's the body:
Dear sir/Madam,
I AM LARRY BENSON A PERSONEL MANAGER, I REQUIRE YOUR AGENCY TO HELP US ARRANGE FLIGHT TICKETS AND HOTELS FOR SOME OF OUR CLIENTS COMING AND GOING OUT OF THE COUNTRY ON BUSINESS TRIP AND VACATIONS.I WILL REQUIRE YOU TO BOOK THE TICKETS FOR THEM ON ALL THE ROUTES THEY REQUEST AND ALSO CAN YOU ADVICE ME IF YOU ACCEPT VISA AND MASTER CREDIT CARDS FOR PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES
Below is the name and itinerary for booking.
1.ROBERT / BABATUNDE MR
2.SOARES / BABATUNDE MR
ROUTES :LOS / DEL (ROUND TRIP)
DEPARTURE DATE :15 DECEMBER 2007
RETURN DATE : 29TH DECEMBER 2007
CLASS :ECONOMY CLASS
CARRIER :ANY AIRLINE
Payment follows immediately the reservation is made,kindly Email the
booking and the fare quote as soon as possible.
Looking forward to your positive reply.
Regards
Larry.
Protocol officer.
Western pacific Oil & Gas
15 Marsh Wall , London, E14 9TB
UK.
Tel:447024098094
E-MAIL. [email protected]
The travel industry has been warned many times about those frauds.
ยด
As stated above, they pay with false CreditCards. CC's that are in fact not theirs, stolen ones, or dupes of CC's that do exist.