spam / con

joshhuntnm

I got this email today. There is something about it... I am not what, that sounds like the opening salvo of a con. Thoughts?

Hello,
My name is Carletta, I live in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I am presently
in London(UK) but will be moving back home soon and I'll be getting
married shortly after my arrival in the states to my Fiance Dave
Richard .We will need a wedding/party Photographer to help us in
making up our ceremony from the church to the hotel reception.We will
like to find out what your plans are for Friday, December 8th, 2017.
This is the date of our wedding so kindly let us know your
availability for this day. We'll take responsibility for your expenses
regarding our plans. We might not be able to meet you soon as planned
due to our unavailability in the states but we are willing to retain
the date, that's to make deposit for booking prior we to our arrival
to be sure we are interested in your service. Waiting to get your
response.

joshhuntnm

to answer my own question, i delete the first part of the email, then copied and pasted into google and found this and several similar articles. http://www.dreamweddingshawaii.com/email-scam-photography-inquiry/

David_S85

Wow! Good for you to check that email out. I'll bet they baited a whole bunch of photographers with that. My suggestion is to not respond at all. Thanks for posting this. If you're on other forums, probably best to post this email at other places too.

cosmicreality

That was smart of you to paste the email into Google. Scammers usually use boilerplates.