I'm going to be rich!!!

[janikphoto]

I just got this email from a "potential" client. It will be such a great job!


Greetings!
My name is Joe and my wife's name is Pamela, we live and work as wine producers in Malaysia and will be relocating to the State of Texas, USA on the 12th of January,2010.

I came across your contact information on asmp.org and I hereby write to request if you will be available to offer 4hours of photographic services for the celebration of our 5th Wedding Anniversary on our arrival to the States. Myself,my wife,my lovely daughter-Debbie and about 12 family members and friends will be present.

Could you please provide answers to these questions if you are interested in this offer

1)Will you be available to provide this service on any date between January 15th and 20th? if so which exact date will you have time so as to include this in our plan?
2)What is your address location in Texas so as to estimate how close you are to us ?

Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on my phone no :01160173305450

Regards,
Joe Collins Akins
Winery Headquarters
92 Jalan Keranji,
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

I know we've all received these spam emails a hundred times before, but it still cracks me up that these people are trying to scam photogs...

[Bruce M. Morris]

Beside the scam issues, I wonder just what kind of wine you get from a Tropical Rainforest?? At least they should make it believable!!

[T. Adam Martin]

Got the same email at my studio address. *DELETE*

[Steelsun]

Seems to be making the rounds too:
PPA photographers: SCAM alert - FM Forums
Winery Scam E-mail - PPA Today

[craigdavisphoto]

Gee I got one said they were moving to Massachusetts on the same day....will they ever stop....

haha,

Hope you all have a great Christmas and successful 2010!

Craig

[L Stegall]

And miss out on that mighty fine Malaysian whine? C'mon......at least it is a new variation on a very old theme.

[craigdavisphoto]

that and the fact that he was sending it from yahoo in the UK....lol

oh that Malaysian wine is a great delicacy searched for the world over....so hard to find.....

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by Bruce M. Morris

Beside the scam issues, I wonder just what kind of wine you get from a Tropical Rainforest??

Well, in the tropics of East Texas, I knew an old boy who produced a mighty fine pinecone wine...It went down well with an Everclear chaser, although I did find his cabbage cider to be slightly less bitter......Ben

[kimberley]

i got an email just like that except they were wanting 5 sessions including a baptism...weird...

[lleyva]

So where is the scam?... I take it that it is not true but what are they actually scamming from you?

[kimberley]

you call the number listed thats where the scam starts

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Jeeze you guys have never heard of "Monkey Butt Wine"? Made from coconuts that have been used by monkeys to wipe their butt first then it is processed through a special distillation processes that uses old WWII tank radiators and then it is aged in the rainforest for at least 6 hours in old canoes. They produce just 100 cases a day for export!

I wonder if any fools ever fall for these?

[lleyva]

Oh, so you call that phone number and they charge you crazy fees to your phone bill. Something like the 800 #'s.

[kenw]

Originally Posted by DEMDeepEllumMusic

Jeeze you guys have never heard of "Monkey Butt Wine"? Made from coconuts that have been used by monkeys to wipe their butt first then it is processed through a special distillation processes that uses old WWII tank radiators and then it is aged in the rainforest for at least 6 hours in old canoes. They produce just 100 cases a day for export!

and according to stovall, it goes great with dung-roasted monkey brain casserole.

[Gil Williams]

Yes! I'm an ASMP'er in Lakeland, Fla., and just got the same message, and my first thought was what kind of cheap wine are they making in Malaysia????
Thanks for the post and fyi you guys were the only thing that came up when I googled "Joe Collins Akins"…
Gil Williams