Ok, got it folks. Please no more emails regarding the money laundering post. it's a confirmed scam. thanks though. * Regards, Tom Adams, Director/Owner Reelife Productions <http://www.ReelifeProductions.com> - using technology to educate, entertain & enlighten since 1996 Folktography by Tom <http://www.folktographybytom.com>- high quality photography and photo products Reelife Facebook Page <http://www.facebook.com/reelife> Reelife's Youtube Channel <http://www.youtube.com/reelife> Folktography's Facebook Page <http://www.facebook.com/folkography> <http://www.facebook.com/folkography> Tom's LinkedIn Page <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomadams2> Tom's "Links Directory <http://web.me.com/ReelifeProductions>" 413.575.9707 • Williamsburg, MA * On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all you tech savvy independent business owners, here's a good one > for you: > > I've been in an email correspondence with a "prospective client" who > 'supposedly' is coming to the US on vacation with his fellow > off-shore-Iraq-oil-rig workers...but wait it gets better.. > > I hate to be so skeptical and would love for this to be a legitimate > mini-documentary of a tigh-knit co-workers vacation... and crazy to think > that people go through such a bother to do these scams (this is about the > 4th email I've had with him) BUT I don''t want to go any further down this > path if it's a scam... let me know what you think and any suggestions you > might have. I've already responded by saying I can only accept the $ that > is due to me and can't act as a go-between with the translator..... ugh, > never a dull moment over here at Reelife World hdqrters :) and please, if > this is all too much just hit delete :) > > here's the latest email (edited with :"X's"): > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks for your reply and assistance so far in booking the Videography > services for us, I am glad to tell you that we have concluded all payments > arrangements and will be making a deposit payment of $X as a part payment > for your services to secure the bookings. I'm also making all necessary > arrangements to ensure that all members involved enjoy and have a stress > free vacation as some members are Asians and might have problem with > language. So i have been in contact with a linguistics firm in South Korea > whom will provide us with language translator through out our stay. > > As soon as i get the response of this email from you, i will send over the > credit card details for the payment. When making the charges, you have to > make the total charges for your deposit as stated above and that of the > translator. When discussing the payment arrangements with my group we > concluded that only your studio will handle the credit card details and the > translator does not have credit card facilities to even make the charges as > he is a private Asian firm. I would have loved to make a bank transfer to > them but as you know we don't have such facilities here as we are presently > still at work (offshore work in Iraq -oil rig-). This will help most as i > wouldn't want two parties to handle the details for some reasons, please > confirm that only you will have access to the credit cards when sent. > > Once you receive the credit card details, you will have to process $X plus > the credit card processing fees for deposit of your services and that of > the translator. Once the full amount has been cleared and deposited into > your business account, you are required to keep the total amount of $X for > deposit of your services, then i will request for a business bank account > from the linguistics firm where you will transfer the balance of $X for > them to secure the bookings for the translators. > > Once all arrangements are concluded and payments received, I will be in > further contact with more details in regards to the logistics activities > when we are in your country, flight bookings, time and other needed > details. moreover I will need you to send us your following information for > records: > > (1) YOUR FULL NAME: > (2) ADDRESS: > (3) PREFERRED PHONE NO: > > Note that all taxes that will be attracted in this transaction will be > payed by us, I requires prompt response and expect an expert service during > our stay. > > Kind Regards, > X > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- > > * > Regards, > Tom Adams, Director/Owner > Reelife Productions <http://www.ReelifeProductions.com> - using > technology to educate, entertain & enlighten since 1996 > Folktography by Tom <http://www.folktographybytom.com>- high quality > photography and photo products > > Reelife Facebook Page <http://www.facebook.com/reelife> > > Reelife's Youtube Channel <http://www.youtube.com/reelife> > > Folktography's Facebook Page <http://www.facebook.com/folkography> > > <http://www.facebook.com/folkography> > > Tom's LinkedIn Page <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomadams2> > > Tom's "Links Directory <http://web.me.com/ReelifeProductions>" > 413.575.9707 • Williamsburg, MA > * > > > -- * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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