Thanx, Zack. I have not heard a peep since I posted my plea. I expect it is all moot now. But who knows? The 'net can be a strange realm.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote: > My initial thought is that the "travel agent" is themselves the > spammer/scammer and they're leading you on to a point where you'll agree > that $10 to go ahead and accept the ticket is a great deal since the rest > of it was already covered, then they'll get your account information and > take you for everything. > > I'd discontinue the conversation and check back with your card companies > that they did not actually see an attempt to pay for this ticket go through > them. With the cards reported, they shouldn't have authorized it, which > would just further go to prove I was right. > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Paul Slattery <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I received detailed booking information about airline tickets purchased >> for a trip to the Netherlands at Christmas. The sender was a Dutch travel >> agent. There was a second recipient with a Hotmail account and a name >> similar to mine. I wrote back to inform the agent of her error and >> received an immediate reply insisting that I had booked the ticket. Again, >> the Hotmail account was cc'd. >> >> I wrote back again, pointing out the error and tried to cc the Hotmail >> account. When I put that e-address into the CC address line, the address >> was automatically and immediately replaced with the ticket agent's >> address. I tried several times, to no avail. Oddly, I could (and did) >> insert that same Hotmail address into the text of the message with it not >> changing. >> >> Since I began this note an hour ago, I have had one more exchange with >> the travel agent. She sent me a copy of the ticket. (And what a ticket! >> London>Brisbane>HongKong>Dubai>Amsterdam) Booked for December, no >> indication of how is it being paid for. That email was from the travel >> agent, with a .nl origin. It was forwarded by the agent, writing in Dutch, >> and sent from the mysterious Hotmail address. (Now looking back, I see ALL >> the correspondence from the agent was from that same Hotmail address.) >> >> Anyone ever encounter this? Any idea what causes it? Any insight would >> be helpful. I am concerned because my wallet was stolen last week. I have >> reported cards and ID missing, but am concerned that cleverer minds than >> mine are creating work-arounds that will come back to haunt. I have >> informed to travel agent about the lost cards and ID. >> >> Sorry about all the tangential details. Not my intention to turn >> everyone into a Miss Marple, but I am really curious about how this is >> being done. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Beekeeper >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
