James pearson - [email protected]

[AlanJones]

From: James pearson - [email protected]
Tel. No.: +447042099660

Hello,

Do you have boat available for booking from 22nd to 26th
September,2016.The number of guests to expect is 8 people.

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
G2 5NW
+447042099660

Hello ,

Do you have boat available for booking from 25.September.2016 -
01.October.2016 .The number of guests to expect is 6 people.

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.



James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

Thank you for posting. Did it come from the same email address?

FIRST EMAIL:

Hello ,

Do you have rooms available for booking from 24th.October.2016 -
28th.October.2016 (5 nights).The number of guests to expect is 6 people.

The information that I request are as follows:
Arrival date : 24th October.2016
Departure date : 28th October.2016 (5 nights)
number of guests: 6
number of rooms : 3

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

SECOND EMAIL (after hotel response, which I shall skip):

Hello ,

I want to have the grand total cost for reservation and I also want you to confirm if its possible to make advance payment via credit card to properly secure the reservation ...

Awaiting your swift response,

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

THIRD EMAIL (after hotel response, which I shall skip):

Hello ,

I want to secure this booking as soon as possible and want you to confirm if what I outlined below will be possible and get back to me.

I want to send my card details to you and want you to charge the total amount of £5888.00+ bank charges from my card.

Deduct the total deposit of £888.00 needed to secure booking of the boat and then help me send £5000 through bank wire transfer to my travel agent who is charged with the task of booking our flight to and fro .


I need you to confirm if this arrangement will be OK by you and get back to me.

Thanks
James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

Note: at this point it has become pretty obvious that this is a scam, especially since we had something similar about 2 years back. Don't fall for it!

The phone number (which is a phony number) matches, but what is the email address? Check both From and Reply-To headers.

[AlanJones]

New Email Address

From: [email protected]
Tel. No.: +447042099660

Hello ,

I want to secure this booking as soon as possible and want you to
confirm if what I outlined below will be possible and get back to me.

I want to send my card details to you and want you to charge the total
amount of £6800 + bank charges from my card.

Deduct the total deposit of £1800 needed to secure booking
of the boat and then help me send £5000 through bank
wire transfer to my travel agent who is charged with the task of
booking our flight to and fro .


I need you to confirm if this arrangement will be OK by you and get back to me.

Thanks
James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

[AlanJones]

Another new email address.

From: James Pearson - [email protected]
Tel. No.: +447042099660

Hello ,

Do you have boat available for booking from 24.April.2017
-30.April.2017 .The number of guests to expect is 6 people.

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

From James Pearson [email protected]
Reply TO [email protected]

Hello ,

Do you have boat available for booking from 24.April.2017 -30.April.2017 .The number of guests to expect is 6 people.

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

He is still actively looking for victims -

James Pearson [email protected]

Hello ,

Do you have boat available for booking from 24th. May - 28th. May (5
days) 2017 .The number of guests to expect is 6 people.

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660

Same email address as my previous post -just a new date.

Hello ,

Do you have boat available for booking from 24.October.2017
-30.October.2017 .The number of guests to expect is 6 people.

Get back to me if you have opening for reservation during my stated date.

James Pearson
Glasgow
Scotland
+447042099660