Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mrs Nicholls on August 29, 2006, 08:02:15 pm
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i got sent this via the wonderful tuch local, is it real do you think??
Dear Cleaner, I am Mr Mack Gloves, the Director of Clean-It Services Consultancy based in London, United Kingdom One of my clients has requested your service for the below Janitoring Service General Property Cleaning which includes : NORMAL Bristish PENTHOUSE OF 1,500 SQ FT ALL HOUSE WINDOWS CLEANING, (2)BEDROOM CLEANING (2)BATHROOM CLEANING A LIVING ROOM CLEANING OVEN CLEANING FRIDGE CLEANING (The house is just out of construction) Am contacting you for the above service based on the statistics in your profile. Our client will is relocating finally from the United Kingdom to the United states comes Sep 6th cos He just purchased the property in the states and He will be like you to do the janitorial service of the property before He moves in on the said date , so I will like you to let me know your charges so that I can get back to Him with the details so that He can make payment in advance before He embarks on his travelling. If you are interested, we are expecting your immediate response. Keep fit and God bless you. Yours faithfully Mack Gloves Director Spectrum Service Consultancy
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Lisa
Somebody else posted something very similar recently - its a scam!
Mick
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Cant find them listed anywhere lisa :(
keep fit and god bless you....yuk ;D
chris
www.scsf.co.uk
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makes you want to puke doesn't it, sounds so american :P
;D
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we have exactly the same via touch local, its a scam
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hehe ;D
i responded and quoted a ridiculus amount £2000+vat type silly amount.
this is what they just sent me.......
Thanks for the response once again, I have sent the said amount and my consultancy fee to Him as well via email and He has agreed to this and He will be sending the payment to you asap and He said in His email to me that He will require the below details so that He can issue a certified cashier cheque drawn from a well reputable bank in the states
NAME ON CHEQUE
FULL ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE
HOME PHONE
MOBILE PHONE
I will like you sending me the details as soon as possible so that I can inturn forward it to Him so that our payment can be arranged and mailed to you soonest
Thanks
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It would help the "credibilaty" of a scam if the scammer could string a few words of english in the right order.
For me that's the give away
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OH its nice to see mr gloves spelling and grammer have improved!!! its a scam dont respond. :o
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I've had this twice, so have responded (not too politely) asking him to stop sending me this cr*p.
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It would help the "credibilaty" of a scam if the scammer could string a few words of english in the right order.
For me that's the give away
The other giveaway is when they mention say "God bless you" or mention their "Lord". It seems to be a feature of the 419 type scams. This letter is just the beginning. If you follow through with this, the scammer will come across some "problem" next and require your bank details so they can pay you directly. Another slant is that they will send you a cheque for more than the agreed amount and ask for change. Several weeks later it will transpire that the cheque was drawn on a "stolen" account. Even though the amount will have been credited to your account, you will be out of pocket. There are probably other angles on these scams too.
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It's something to do with cheque clearance times, thet send you a cheque for say £3000 for a £2000 job (a ghost job) You bank the forieghn cheque in you english bank, the cheque clears aftwe 3/4 days by which time the scammer has contacted you saying his idiot secretaey has made a mistake can you send him the £1000 overpayment back via some sort of electronic transfer like western union i think where the collector of cash ia anonymouse.
Forighn cheques show as cleared after 3/4 days as our bank system assumes as cheque hasn't bounced because your bank hasn't got it back via first class mail (hence 3/4 clearance time). youv'e given pratty £1000 cash and two weeks later your bank want £3000 back off you cos his cheque bounced.
I think thats almost right!
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Hi Lisa,
I also got this email and told them it would cost £500.00 knowing full well it was a scam just to see what happened and I got a cheque from Mr Gloves for 2,000.00.
As soon as I got it I took it to the police and surprise surprise they said there was nothing the police could do.
Mr Gloves then sent me this email:
Hi I got confirmation today that you have received the money so I will like you to go to a nearest western union location , find here below with the list of western union outlets nearest to your location .
You can go to any of your choice to send me the remaining money once you
have deducted your funds for the service (500) and you will be left with
(1500) so you send me the money today and let me have the details once you
have sent it to me.
You will deduct 120 from the (1380) and there will be left with (1380)
so you send me 1380 via western union money transfer to my detailed information
below .
Use 120 as the money transfer charge
name MR MACK GLOVES..........................1380
address 25 CEDARS PLACE LOWER BROUGHTON
SALFORD MANCHESTER M7 1NJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Once you have sent the money via western union you will be provided with
a Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) and this is a 10 digit Numbers and
also you include your name and address as it was written on the western union money transfer sender's form list gievn to you at the outlet , so that I
can be able to receive the money here in the United kingdom so pls endeavour to let me have the details on my email so that I can have a detail copy as well.
cheers.
So I sent him a very nasty email and have not heard from him since.
Diane