A quick follow-up to my Something Strange This Way Comes post:
I think I know who my scammer is.
A while back I got an odd response to my Craigslist ad for wedding photography from a "John Christian" looking to book me. Immediately, I flagged the guy as a fraud, but I played along just in case my Spidey-senses were on the fritz.
Today I got this email from John:
Hello,
My firm accountant company contacted me that the check as been
sent to you via UPS courier service and you will get the check package
today here is the package tracking number
(1Z01E9W00149757646 ).
There was a little mistake which I guess we can
handle with understanding. My firm accountant handling the monetary
aspect make some misinterpretation while sending the check. According
to the instruction i gave him, he was suppose to have send you a
check for your deposit but in the process he made a mistake by adding
the wedding D.J money to the check they sent to you and am sure we
could both handle this issue amicably.You should get the check cashed
immediately and deduct the amount for your deposit and please kindly
help in sending the remaining fund to the D.J Via Western Union
Money Transfer so that the D.J will be able to get my wedding date booked down.
Below is the D.J information that you will send the fund to.
Receivers Name..............Alton A Aguon
ADDRESS........2616 byrd rd
CITY................Las Vegas
STATE.............NV
ZIP CODE.........89120
Also I want you to ignore any note attached to the package cos it was
mistakenly attached to it.
As soon as you send the western union you should kindly get back to me
with the below information so that the D.J will be able to get his
money and as soon as possible.
kindly get back to me with the below information as soon as you send
the money so that I will be able to forward it to the D.J
Sender's Name.........
Sender's Address......
Amount sent............
MTCN (10 Digit Money Transfer Pin Number)
I will be waiting for the above Western Union details
looking forward to hear from you soonest.
I'll be forwarding this to the AGs office, along with the other stuff. I'm sure nothing will come of it, but it's nice to know the guy is out the cost of the UPS overnight letter.