Royalty or What?

[spinner 0]

Here's an obviously spoof e-mail I received today - unless, of course, this is the Royal Family incognito and he means Buckingham Palace!

 

 

 

Am Jerry Douglas, I reside in Buckingham london,

my sons birthday is coming up on the

20th of december 2005, He is going to be 18years old

then

and i need you to handle the Entertainment part of the

party as the DJ,the party will last for 3-4 hours , so

I want you to tell me how much it will cost you to

Entertain my sons Birthday. call me so we can discuss.

07031949393.

Thanks

 

 

The telephone number doesn't exist and Buckingham, of course, is not exactly London. I can't see the point of this.

 

 

 

[FDDJ 0]

That's funny, I came home to this email today:

 

Hello,

I am making enquiry for a dj, I reside in london, My Daughter birthday is coming up on the 21st of January,2006, She's 18 years old and I would want you to take care of the Entertainment aspect of the party as the DJ,the party will last for 5 long hours from 2pm to 6pm , I want you to get back to me with the cost of you coming down to my place and how much it will cost for you to perform there.This is My Full Adddress is 84 KENSINGTON HIGH STREET LONDON , W8 4SG.

Hope to read from you soon.

 

Best Regards,

Jim Scott.

07031929974

 

84 Kensington High Road is a hairdressers! An 18 year olds party finishing at 6 PM?

 

http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/wallbash.gif

 

Just ignore it, I did.

[Andy Westcott 0]

I'm struggling to see any point in sending an e-mail like this.

Why might someone do it?

[danno 0]

QUOTE (Andy Westcott @ Nov 18 2005, 06:22 PM)

I'm struggling to see any point in sending an e-mail like this. Why might someone do it?

To have you over as you arrive? http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/bash.gif

[wizard 0]

Yup.............. I got that one too

 

Just replied saying I was busy......... Which I am. But it was obviously a spoof anyway.

[mikeee 0]

Add me to the list as well.

 

070*****

 

is this not one of those "personel" numbers that can cost an arm and a leg??

[YourBigEvent 0]

Me too...

 

Hello,

I am making enquiry for a dj, I reside in london,

My Daughter birthday is coming up on the 21st of

January,2006, She's 18 years old and I would want you

to take care of the Entertainment aspect of the party

as the DJ,the party will last for 4 long hours from

2pm to 6pm , I want you to get back to me with the

cost of you coming down to my place and how much it

will cost for you to perform there.This is My Full

Adddress is 84 KENSINGTON HIGH STREET LONDON , W8 4SG.

Hope to read from you soon.

 

Best Regards,

Jim Scott.

07031929974.

 

 

[chrismk 0]

This happens when you flash your e-mail all over the place, its more likely to be some clever kid who has got himself a premium rate phone number and just sends the same message to everyone, BT by the way now checks these numbers daily to prevent fraud as they are now accountable for any phone fraud

[Andy Westcott 0]

Silly me - I see it now. Do an automated google search for disco, and e-mail the same message to every website where an e-mail address can be found.

 

Replies are charged mega-premium rate.

 

Guys, you can hide your e-mail addresses from these automated e-mail harvesting programs by using a simple bit of JavaScript. If anyone's interested, ask and I'll send you the code for you to modify to suit your own address.

 

And if you incorporate a NOSCRIPT tag containing a non machine readable address such as "ANDYWESTCOTTPUBLIC at TICALI dot co dot uk", those with JavaScript disabled can still find a way to contact you.

 

I do it on my personal site, and don't get any spam. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html//emoticons/smile.gif

[DiscoStudio 0]

Any number starting with 070:cense: are "personal" numbers and are either used as fax-to-email or follow me numbers.

 

They can cost from 12p/min to 30p/min.

 

Don't ever call them because there is also a 5p connection fee and the carrier charges your operator, so upto 35p for the first minute.

 

Calls from mobiles could be horendously expensive.