Wedding Enquiry

[yorks5stringer]

Just had these two emails today:


Hello,
My weeding is on the 26th of March and I would love the band to play. Get back to me if there is availability.

Thanks
James L******


to which I replied tell me more....

Hello,
I am currently not in the country. I want to hire your band
for our wedding on the 26th of March 2010 and will be having nothing
less than 100 guest. The band would play for about 6 hours, from
12:00PM to 6:00PM. My Fiance loves Jazz, R&B and soul Music so we will
like some good Jazz or Soul Music. Please, get back to me with the
cost. Like I said earlier I am currently not in the country, I am
currently at work in an oil rig so the only means of payment is my
Credit card. I hope you do have a POS machine for credit cards charges
as regards payment. Please get back to me on the costs.

Regards
James L******

I think I'll get back to him quoting £5000 ( I know, too cheap) and see how he reacts.. to me it is definitely a scam.

Edited January 25, 2010 by yorks5stringer

[chris_b]

It's a scam. I've not seen this one for a couple of years but it's not real.

[yorks5stringer]

Yes, but we're not the 'Real Thing' either....!

As he has my email address anyway I'll post his response

[phil.i.stein]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='724414' date='Jan 25 2010, 07:25 PM']Just had these two emails today:


Hello,
My weeding is on the 26th of March and I would love the band to play. Get back to me if there is availability.

Thanks
James L******


to which I replied tell me more....

Hello,
I am currently not in the country. I want to hire your band
for our wedding on the 26th of March 2010 and will be having nothing
less than 100 guest. The band would play for about 6 hours, from
12:00PM to 6:00PM. My Fiance loves Jazz, R&B and soul Music so we will
like some good Jazz or Soul Music. Please, get back to me with the
cost. Like I said earlier I am currently not in the country, I am
currently at work in an oil rig so the only means of payment is my
Credit card. I hope you do have a POS machine for credit cards charges
as regards payment. Please get back to me on the costs.

Regards
James L******

I think I'll get back to him quoting £5000 ( I know, too cheap) and see how he reacts.. to me it is definitely a scam.[/quote]
sounds dodgy, offer to take a cheque or bank order as deposit. i'm sure that there must be a way of transferral without sending your own bank details out..

[Pete Academy]

Scam.

[Pete Academy]

Looking at that opening line, are you sure it's not Alan Titschmarsh wanting you to play at a gardening event?

Edited January 25, 2010 by Pete Academy

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

James Last? 6 HOURS ?? That's some setlist

[thepurpleblob]

Well you never know.... ask for the venue and the contact at the venue to confirm arrangements

[chris_b]

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='724506' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:21 PM']....Well you never know.... ask for the venue and the contact at the venue to confirm arrangements....[/quote]
You do know. IT'S A SCAM! Believe me!

[jezzaboy]

Souns like a scam. A couple of months ago I was selling a bass on gumtree and got an e mail from someone saying that they were in Canada working but wanted to buy the bass for someone in Scotland. They wanted me to send em a paypal bill of some kind. Told em to fluck off.

I reported them to Gumtree and they agreed. Scamming ba**ards!!

Jez

[Delberthot]

you do have a credit card machine, don't you?





We did actually have someone try to pay us by credit card at the end of a wedding - yeah, wait while I pull a card machine out my ass ya idiot.

[thepurpleblob]

Yeh.... I was selling a car recently and I got all this nonsense about sending me a cheque for 5 grand over the price and then I had to make a bank transfer to the shipping agents. I'm like fine... but you do know I'll be waiting until the bank had told me the cheque has completely cleared. Never heard from them again... funnily enough.

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='724525' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:34 PM']Souns like a scam. A couple of months ago I was selling a bass on gumtree and got an e mail from someone saying that they were in Canada working but wanted to buy the bass for someone in Scotland. They wanted me to send em a paypal bill of some kind. Told em to fluck off.

I reported them to Gumtree and they agreed. Scamming ba**ards!!

Jez[/quote]

Yep...tell em to fluck off. That'll teach em.

[TheFortyFives]

Hi there, just signed up to the forum to let you know that this is a scam. I've had identical emails sent to me over the past couple of days. Might be worth letting everyone else on the forum know about this, and likewise, any other musicians you know to prevent them from getting ripped off by this "James Langdon" fellow.

Andy
The Forty Fives
www.thefortyfives.co.uk

[OldGit]

It happens regularly. We've had a few down the years.
Not even worth your time to play games with them.

Edited January 25, 2010 by OldGit

[OldGit]

[quote name='TheFortyFives' post='724548' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:54 PM']Hi there, just signed up to the forum to let you know that this is a scam. I've had identical emails sent to me over the past couple of days. Might be worth letting everyone else on the forum know about this, and likewise, any other musicians you know to prevent them from getting ripped off by this "James Langdon" fellow.

Andy
The Forty Fives
www.thefortyfives.co.uk[/quote]


That's right neighbourly of you. : Welcome to the community.

[phil.i.stein]

[quote name='TheFortyFives' post='724548' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:54 PM']Hi there, just signed up to the forum to let you know that this is a scam. I've had identical emails sent to me over the past couple of days. Might be worth letting everyone else on the forum know about this, and likewise, any other musicians you know to prevent them from getting ripped off by this "James Langdon" fellow.

Andy
The Forty Fives
www.thefortyfives.co.uk[/quote]
Nicely, hopefully a MOD might see this and find an appropriate place for warnings like this..

[Paul_C]

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='724530' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:37 PM']Yeh.... I was selling a car recently and I got all this nonsense about sending me a cheque for 5 grand over the price and then I had to make a bank transfer to the shipping agents. I'm like fine... but you do know I'll be waiting until the bank had told me the cheque has completely cleared. Never heard from them again... funnily enough.[/quote]

bear in mind that a cheque can bounce ages after it has been declared "cleared"

(I'm sure you had no intention of actually banking a cheque, but just so you know)

[TheFortyFives]

[quote name='OldGit' post='724601' date='Jan 25 2010, 09:36 PM']That's right neighbourly of you. : Welcome to the community.[/quote]

Thanks mate, glad to be here. Incidently, I do play bass (Hofner violin, yamaha bb1100s), but keyboards mainly.

[thumperbob 2002]

Dont waste your time over this.

I am in financial services and I am amazed how rational, serious people have the wool pulled over their eyes so easily. One client to the tune of £100K- with a boiler room scam. Main reasons fear and greed.

They come to me hoping that I can get their money back- no chance.

The old adage is right- if it sounds to good to be true.....etc

There was a message on this topic saying wait until the bank has confirmed its in your account- this is not always true- it takes a bank sometimes 14 days to find out a cheque has bounced- up til then the bank will say its cleared. Its this process that most of the scams use.

Bob

[thepurpleblob]

[quote name='Paul_C' post='724624' date='Jan 25 2010, 10:08 PM']bear in mind that a cheque can bounce ages after it has been declared "cleared"

(I'm sure you had no intention of actually banking a cheque, but just so you know)[/quote]

Yes... exactly my point. Ultimately it's very scummy of the banks... "your cheque has cleared. Oh, changed our minds... your problem!!"

These scammers are relying on people not knowing this, of course.

[dave_bass5]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='724414' date='Jan 25 2010, 07:25 PM']Hello,
My weeding is on the 26th of March and I would love the band to play.[/quote]

Sounds like its just some bloke wanting the band to supply a bit of background music while he does the gardening lol.

Scam.

[yorks5stringer]

Having taken the advice of this forum 'never to undersell oneself for a Wedding', my quote of £5000 has not provoked a response from James Langdon as yet.
I'm almost disappointed......

[Sarah5string]

I'm intruiged as to how people know this is a scam? Not something I've come across before. Other than obviously credit card payment, how could it be a scam without them actually having anything physically from the OP?

[dave_bass5]

I would say yes, its the credit card bit. The email seems to make a point of only being able to pay by CC.

Im sure ive seen something like this before, ages ago but cant remember how it pans out.

Im pretty sure the OP would be out of pocket if he goes along with it.
It could well be something where the guy pays too much, then asks for the extra back but it goes to a different (his real) account. then it turns out the original card was stolen so the OP is then liable to repay the whole amount back to the credit card company.

Just a guess. I think it was called the Nigerian scam. Im sure there are plenty of others.

It could also just be a wind up by one of his mates or just a crank email.

Edited January 26, 2010 by dave_bass5