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LATEST UPDATE:
Aug 24,
2009
Scammer
"Mike Ellis" up to tricks again ..
or is
"he" just another name for the same 'gang'
... Brazillian B&B proprietor wrote...
Hello.
I have received various emails (as I confirmed
their reservation) from the ´newly ordained Greek priests´ below.....asking for
accommodation in our B&B in the Amazon.
I did send them my details (name, phone, address), so, I would like to know what
do they do with this information, and what I should do now.
We used to have a B&B in Manaus, Amazon - Brazil. As I explained below to
´him´, we closed down a couple of yrs ago. But I always try to accommodate
whoever writes to this email requesting a place to stay in Manaus, finding them
safe, clean, and pleasant accommodation, besides other travel services (on this
last case, renting a van with driver and a boat tour thru the amazon).
This is really sad. and I only found out by accident. I had copied and pasted
the names of the priests to send to the other guest house to make the
reservations, when accidentally, I pasted the info in the Google search
slot....and hit enter just because it was already there!!!
Well, I would like to prevent others from going thru the same thing, so here are
the emails sent to our B&B Amazonas:
Kind regards,
Scammer gives address as Mike Mr Ellis
<mrellis_mk600@yahoo.com.hk>
Editor: Thanks for your
help to others Tania. You ask about information you have given this
creep -- it may well be a group involved of course. The last time we heard
this name, it was to someone in NZ -- I don't think that giving address is
in anyway likely to be of interest to him/them -- they are 'scammers' not
thieves. You may well receive
similar scams under different names. In each case we suggest your
Google the name and/or check on our site. I don't think anyone gets 'caught'
twice - you will be 'awake' to the possibilities. In the Farmstay we
run in New Zealand, we always ask for home phone number including the
Country -- using SKYPE if we have any doubts. And we do not run
our email address as text - always as a pictorial image which "Rogue Search
Engines" can't read.
Anyone else with useful ideas?
Email correspondence shows below -
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From: Mike Mr Ellis
<mrellis_mk600@yahoo.com.hk>
Subject: PAYMENT UPDATE
To: "Bed&Breakfast Amazonas"
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 3:53 AM
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Good day,
Thanks for your reply. I am glad to tell you that cost and
conditions are acceptable by the delegates and as such willing to
make a deposit payment immediately. Due to there acceptance and
willingness to stay in your facility, I have concluded payment with
them also.
A credit card detail would be sent to you when I receive your
confirmatory mail so that you would charge, a part payment of 50%
deposit as agreed/authorized by the delegates. This is to enable you
secure the rooms for the period of time they would want to stay in
your facility.
Furthermore, I have been instructed to pay for your accommodation,
car hiring, other necessary travel arrangements and provision of a
language translator whom would be able to translate every language
word to them because they are Greeks. I have arranged this with a
linguist who is willing to undertake these responsibilities on there
behalf... He would be with them throughout the stay with you. He
would also hire a coaster bus for there movement in and around your
city.
Sequel to this, once you receive the credit card details, you would
be authorized to charge a total of $7850 from plus your 50% for your
services and send the balance of $7850 to the translator to enable
her take care of some of our other travel logistics and also hire a
Costar bus for them to easy their movement on time.
You are advised to charge the credit card because the instructor do
not have a credit card charging facility to put through these charge
on the credit card. His account does not support it.
Owing to this,pls confirm this directives and provide me with your
(1) YOUR FULL NAME:
(2) ADDRESS:
(3) PHONE NUMBERS:
I also hope the stay of the delegates will be made comfortable.
Here are the name of the delegates;
1. Rev Fr.Fred ZDZISLAW
2. Rev Fr.Barnabas Zetzsche
3. Rev Fr.Karl-Heinz Bartel
4. Rev.Fr..Helga Schubbe
5. Rev.Fr..Joe Roth
6. Rev..Fr.Steve de Graeve
Please send their rooms allocation as soon as possible..
Kind Regards
Mr Ellis Mike
--- 2009,Bed&Breakfast Amazonas <>
: Bed&Breakfast Amazonas <
Re: BOOKING/ENQUIRY
:
mrellis_mk600@yahoo.com.hk
2009-8-18-2:08
Hello Mr. Ellis
unfortunately, due to my father´s health problems, we had to
resume our B&B activities.
I am living in Sao Paulo now, but I have asked my mother, who
lives in Manaus, to check with a different place. I know they
are clean, in a good location, and not expensive. Also, I
think they charge R$140/for a double room/day, and R$170 for a
triple room/day. In dollars would be more or less $65 and $80
- breakfast and internet included. She will return with a
confirmation about the price and availability this afternoon.
Would you consider 2 triple rooms or do you prefer 3 doubles?
About the transfer from airport to guest house, do you prefer
to catch a taxi, or 2 private cars? The second option (with my
family) would be US$25/each car. I am not sure how much the
taxi would cost, but I think it would be about US$20/per car.
I hope I could help a little. Feel free to ask anything else.
Regards,
Tania
--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Ellis Mike <ellismk4077@msn.com>
wrote:
From: Ellis Mike <ellismk4077@msn.com>
Subject: BOOKING/ENQUIRY
To:
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 8:16 AM
Hello,
I want to make a reservation in your facility for Six (6)
newly ordained priest from Greece will be visiting your
country for a seven(7)days religious program in the month
of October 2009.
Arrival Date :10th October.2009
Departure Date:17th October.2009
Number of guest:6
Number of rooms:3
Kindly confirm availability and get back to me with cost
so we can pay a deposit so that the rooms will be reserved
for them,am waiting for your swift response.
Regards
Mr Mike Ellis
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EDITOR: We have printed this as it fits typical SCAMMER emails -- should
this NOT be the case, we will correct and run a prime story.
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