{"id":6332,"date":"2013-11-15T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/?p=6332"},"modified":"2017-07-12T21:14:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T21:14:04","slug":"bogus-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/bogus-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogus Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.53&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6333 alignnone\" title=\"Click to enlarge bogus email\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bogus-enquiry-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Bogus Emails<\/h1>\n<p>During October and November holiday home owners in Donegal and elsewhere have been receiving scam emails such as the one above. the scammers know that October &#8211; March are slack time for owners so target this period in particular. Often the requested rental is for one, two or even three weeks and all are variations of the <strong>same overpayment scam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Here is how it works<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>you receive a request for a two-week stay during off season<\/li>\n<li>they ask you to &#8220;calculate cost including tax&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>you reply with cost and availability (not advisable)<\/li>\n<li>enquirer agrees and offers to send eg \u20ac3,000 bank draft with request that you take your fee and forward balance to a &#8216;business associate&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>your bank contacts you 2 weeks later to notify that draft is bogus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to recognise advance fee frauds<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Typically, very large sums of money are tantalisingly dangled as a carrot<\/li>\n<li>As ever, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is..<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t let conmen trick you.<\/li>\n<li>Seemingly plausible (but often unverifiable) details like names and dates or elaborate technical descriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Often the initial contact includes a phone number or a request for your bank details (on the pretence that they are going to wire you some money but in reality so that they can rob your bank account).<\/li>\n<li>They may be addressed to the \u2018CEO\u2019, \u2018Managing Director\u2019 or other title rather than a named individual.<\/li>\n<li>Messages may be marked \u2018urgent\u2019 or \u2018confidential\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Spelling mistakes are common and may be included deliberately to make you feel superior or sympathetic.<\/li>\n<li>Many of these frauds originate from West Africa and they are often known as 419 scams after a section of the Nigerian legal code. However, they are growing in popularity around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to protect yourself<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop and think.<\/li>\n<li><strong>never<\/strong> accept overpayment<\/li>\n<li>Never pay anything up front.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t get involved in correspondence with fraudsters. (<strong>very important<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>If you get involved in a scam, don\u2019t let embarrassment prevent you from going to the gardai.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_slider include_categories=&#8221;1132&#8243; orderby=&#8221;rand&#8221; show_arrows=&#8221;on&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;on&#8221; show_more_button=&#8221;on&#8221; content_source=&#8221;off&#8221; use_manual_excerpt=&#8221;on&#8221; show_meta=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; show_image=&#8221;on&#8221; image_placement=&#8221;background&#8221; use_bg_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; bg_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.5)&#8221; use_text_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; remove_inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; auto=&#8221;off&#8221; auto_ignore_hover=&#8221;off&#8221; hide_content_on_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; hide_cta_on_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; show_image_video_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; meta_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;off&#8221; button_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; bottom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; top_padding_phone=&#8221;60px&#8221; bottom_padding_phone=&#8221;60px&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50&#8243; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;30&#8243; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; excerpt_length=&#8221;200&#8243; posts_number=&#8221;10&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.53&#8243; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bogus Emails received by holiday home owners by scammers who use the off season knowing that owners are anxious to fill an otherwise very quiet period. 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Often the requested rental is for one, two or even three weeks and all are variations of the <strong>same overpayment scam<\/strong>.\r\n\u00a0\r\n<h1>Here is how it works<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>you receive a request for a two-week stay during off season<\/li>\r\n\t<li>they ask you to \"calculate cost including tax\"<\/li>\r\n\t<li>you reply with cost and availability (not advisable)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>enquirer agrees and offers to send eg \u20ac3,000 bank draft with request that you take your fee and forward balance to a 'business associate'<\/li>\r\n\t<li>your bank contacts you 2 weeks later to notify that draft is bogus<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\u00a0\r\n<h1>How to recognise advance fee frauds<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Typically, very large sums of money are tantalisingly dangled as a carrot<\/li>\r\n\t<li>As ever, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is..<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Don\u2019t let conmen trick you.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Seemingly plausible (but often unverifiable) details like names and dates or elaborate technical descriptions.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Often the initial contact includes a phone number or a request for your bank details (on the pretence that they are going to wire you some money but in reality so that they can rob your bank account).<\/li>\r\n\t<li>They may be addressed to the \u2018CEO\u2019, \u2018Managing Director\u2019 or other title rather than a named individual.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Messages may be marked \u2018urgent\u2019 or \u2018confidential\u2019.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Spelling mistakes are common and may be included deliberately to make you feel superior or sympathetic.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Many of these frauds originate from West Africa and they are often known as 419 scams after a section of the Nigerian legal code. 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