does this look like a wedding scam?

12/21/2004 10:09:26 PM · #1

Im aware of the format of the old wedding photography scams, but this letter looks a bit different yet so vague and full of typo's that im curious if anyone else has received something similar?

My wedding Has been schedule for 15th of febuary 2005 at Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains,325 West Eighth St.Cincinnati Ohio 45202,i will want you to come and cover the ceremony,i am expecting 300 to 350 peoples,can you give me the total cost of 6hours shoots in my weddimg,and let me know if you aare going to make it my day.I have seen a little of your work on the net and i'm impressed.Mind you i am going to take care of the flight ticket and accomodation,so it should not be included in the expenses.Waiting for
your Response..............

TLL061

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

12/21/2004 10:10:58 PM · #2

TELL THE TO SHOW YOU THE MONEY !!

12/21/2004 10:11:17 PM · #3

Originally posted by grigrigirl:

I would say "yes" unless they are wanting us both to do the wedding. :)

Edit: because I received the same e-mail

Message edited by author 2004-12-21 22:11:51.

TLL061

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

12/21/2004 10:11:34 PM · #4

No doe no show

saintnicholas_25

Sony DSC-P73

12/21/2004 10:12:13 PM · #5

it be all right as long as they pay u in cash - make sure they send you the cash via mail or hand it to you - long before the wedding

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/21/2004 10:12:35 PM · #6

thanks..thats what i figured....DELETE! ;)

loz1

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

12/21/2004 10:13:07 PM · #7

Call the Churh and ask them to confirm it for you. I am sure if you explained your concern they would be more than happy to confirm if this person has really booked a wedding there.

TLL061

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

12/21/2004 10:13:46 PM · #8

If I had extra money , I would love you to come to ny and shoot my sons birthday

Message edited by author 2004-12-21 22:14:18.

saintnicholas_25

Sony DSC-P73

12/21/2004 10:16:39 PM · #9

Originally posted by cbeller:

Originally posted by grigrigirl:
Im aware of the format of the old wedding photography scams, but this letter looks a bit different yet so vague and full of typo's that im curious if anyone else has received something similar?

My wedding Has been schedule for 15th of febuary 2005 at Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains,325 West Eighth St.Cincinnati Ohio 45202,i will want you to come and cover the ceremony,i am expecting 300 to 350 peoples,can you give me the total cost of 6hours shoots in my weddimg,and let me know if you aare going to make it my day.I have seen a little of your work on the net and i'm impressed.Mind you i am going to take care of the flight ticket and accomodation,so it should not be included in the expenses.Waiting for
your Response..............

I would say "yes" unless they are wanting us both to do the wedding. :)

Edit: because I received the same e-mail

both ov u have nice portrait pics in your profile so I could see why someone would hire both ov u for a wedding but scams are hard to pick and cash is the best form of payment or gold :) (gold being less traceable)

Message edited by author 2004-12-21 22:17:12.

12/21/2004 10:19:54 PM · #10

cbeller.... did you ever reply to the email? If so, what happened?

TLL061... aww shucks (blushing)

santa...perhaps i will reply just out of curiousity and see where it goes. Also compare notes with cbeller

heida

Canon EOS-5D

12/21/2004 10:24:02 PM · #11

I have never heard of wedding scams
How are they?

12/21/2004 10:24:16 PM · #12

Originally posted by grigrigirl:

Nope because I got one very similar a couple days later from the same "referral site" that I do not recall ever visiting. I believe the other one was from someone in England that was going to get married in Florida or something like that.

Maybe I'm missing out on a good thing, but it seems like a scam to me.

12/21/2004 10:28:00 PM · #13

seems scammy to me too. Ive seen the one from england and it is a very long letter...almost always the same. I suppose it wouldnt hurt to reply and just play along to see whats up. The ridiculous thing is that Im sure there are many great photogs in their area...which is what makes me question this completely. WHY ME?

Heida...the scam is something about they send you more money than what you are charging and then they ask for a return of the extra funds. Im not sure exactly. There are also the nigerian based scams where they are wanting to buy prints for their shops and then pull off the same overpayment thing...im guessing. Im a bit clueless really and have luckily not fallen to prey to any of this. I'll reply to this one and let you know how fishy it gets. ;)

12/21/2004 10:32:41 PM · #14

Originally posted by grigrigirl:

That was my thinking exactly, but you are a MUCH better photographer than me, so I could see why someone would want you. :-)

Be careful replying as they could just be trying to gather information for spamming and such too.

What referral service did your's come through? I went back through my e-mail and I deleted all of mine. I think I'll recognize the site, if you still have it.

12/21/2004 10:37:20 PM · #15

mine does not appear to have linked through a referral service. I have no idea really. It also is not an email via my website contact. And it is not my general junk mail email. I have myself linked to a variety of free wedding sites and I honestly do not know which ones list my direct photography email address. My reply was very vague and just enough to see if they respond. ;)

12/21/2004 10:39:44 PM · #16

I'm curious to hear what you get back, if anything. I'll mark this thread.

12/21/2004 10:47:11 PM · #17

cool. And for my wedding photography being better than yours...WHATEVA! I looked through your pricing scale. Are you including high res CDs of processed images with the smaller packages? Are you batch processing? Im curious because i find myself completely backlogged for jobs that need to be processed. I can only do so many weddings and still have the time to process. And all of this will put a total cap on the amount of money I can make with it. Im in a quandry and a shifting of ideas about how to move forward with it all. Wondering what your method is and how it is working for you. Is your wife the second photog? Perhaps I should be PM'ing you. Sorry for all the questions.

12/21/2004 10:50:25 PM · #18

I'll PM you with my e-mail addy...well shoot, you were at my site. ;)

Message edited by author 2004-12-21 22:59:50.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/21/2004 10:53:43 PM · #19

got a response already!

Hello julia,
Get back to me with your details that i will like to send you the check immediately,my Wedding is coming up on the 15th of febuary 2005,will like to tell you that my wedding is taken place in Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains,325 West Eighth St.Cincinnati Ohio 45202.........

Full name:
Address:
State:
Country:
Zipcode:
Cell phone:

Thanks for getting back to me.................

I hope i will like to prefer the $....,kindly get back to me with your full details that i will like to send you a check Drawn from us funds............
Jones............

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

12/21/2004 10:55:40 PM · #20

Scam. Run.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

12/21/2004 10:57:29 PM · #21

looks it to me..thanks mav

faidoi

Pentax K10D

12/21/2004 10:58:24 PM · #22

Same types of scams on craigslist too.

saintnicholas_25

Sony DSC-P73

12/21/2004 10:59:00 PM · #23

Originally posted by mavrik:

Scam. Run.

totally agree - like I said only accept cash, diamonds or gold :p