Mr. Cross first email looked like this:Hello,My Name is Mr Cross James Allen,I am looking for an experienced wedding planner who will handle my wedding and arrange the reception dinner for a group of people who will be attending the wedding ceremony.The wedding is expected to hold on the 22nd of November 2008 and 25 to 40 guests are expected to attend. As i do not know what the guests might choose for their meals and drinks, i will make a prepayment as initial deposit for this booking via credit card or check once availability is confirmed by you.All checks and balances will be made with you on 22nd September which is the final day of the booking, You are to arrange for a a venue for the wedding (its a catholic wedding), a place for the reception ,Videography, Music Entertainment,Photography,cake and flowers.If there is any these items that is beyond your capability, you let us know so that another company can handle it. Get back to me with your response as we don't have much time with us so that we can process our accommodation within the region more convenient for you and us.Pleas get back to me via my personal email which is crossjallen@rocketmail.comBest Regards,Mr Cross James Allen
then you need to look out for him asking you to forward money to his logistic
agent second email
Hello,I will like to apologize for not getting back to you sooner than now.Its nice of you to respond to my inquiry. It is the wish of my finance to get married in your area and I have to give in to her wish and due to the fact i do not have any one there, you will be responsible for all arrangements.I will be arriving with my Fiance 7 days before the wedding and i need you to also make arrangement for our accommodation.I will need you to book 2 double rooms for us for 7 nights and one honey moon suite for the night of the wedding.We have a budget of about $50,000 USD which includes payment for your fees,all the other vendors you will be working with and that of our logistic agent Aside us, i am also expecting 30 to 40 other guest from Uk, USA, Asia and Africa. I am working with a logistic agent that will take care of their arrival and accommodation arrangements.I need this wedding to be a memorable one and if possible an outdoor weeding with lots of flowers and beautiful colors. It is a catholic wedding.I need you to get back to me with a total estimate that will cover this arrangement so that i can make a deposit payment to enable you start arrangements as time is not on our side.I am at an oil rig in Iraq now and the only means of payment that will be possible for me from here will be via my Credit card. I hope this will not pose any problem to you.Get back to me as soon as you have the estimate so that we can start of all preparation for my wedding.I await your response . You can call me anytime on 01144-704-575-2007 (+44-704-575-2007).Mr. Cross J Allen01144-704-575-2007+44-704-575-2007
Just remember if he has a logistic agent we don't need to send money to them, they should already have that arranged. Then Mr. Allen must have forgot what he wanted and this was the email that got me to check for scammers.
Dear Chantay,I have been speaking to my sponsors. They have agreed to send a check. Our logistic agent is taking care of the travel arrangements of all my guest coming from various continent. When the checks get to you, you will take 20% as initial deposit and send the balance to my logistic agent whose information will be sent to you as soon as you have the funds. The first check you will be receiving will be for $70,000. After this, the next check you will receive will cover the balance for the wedding planning.Get back with the following information for the check.Name to be on the check Address where the check is to be sent Your mobile phone number.I await the information. My fiance Alice Anderson is in Cuba. i will have her contact you so that she can answer your questions.Cross Allen.
Maybe he forgot what his original cost was.
Then this was the email from Debbie:
Hello there! How are you doing? Hope you're enjoying a nice day!! My name is Debbie Velasco , from Enfield in middlesex UK (England ).I will be coming to Kansas City, MIssouri. after my shopping trip with my Husband to be (Richard Sparks) who's French by nature to start his new work in Kansas City. And just before then we will be getting married on the 29th of Novermber, 2008.We need a good wedding planner to take care of our wedding both reception and ceremony. We require the best for the best memories for we & our children in future and as a matter of fact we have budgeted 25,000$ for this special event. Also, the ceremony and reception event will be taking place in a location and we are expecting at most 50 guests on the day of our occassion because most of our families in Europe and in the United Kingdom will be present for the occassion. Also, we would like you to know the reception and ceremony will be taking place @ 1 location which the ceremony event would be in a garden location or outdoor while the reception takes place indoors, we are still about to make reservation though but we are making progress with that.Please let us know if you're able to help.Sincerely,Debbie & Richard
Again a scam team. I do believe a gentleman name Tim Frumy but his email spammed him, and again rocketmail.com
timmy_f@rocketmail.com
Hello,How do you do?i have a wedding on the 27th December and i will need your assistant as a wedding planning,i want you to help me look into everything needed for the wedding.I am having a budget of $65,000.I just want a mini-wedding.Will be able to help me plan it?As i am in offshore in Manchester City,UK and i need you to help me.You can give me a call +44 703 194 3191 or send me an email for quick reply Await to hear from you.Thanks Timothy Frumy.
So please be careful it's hard out there, keep your eyes open.
CRT from KC MO
