Scam number 2

As discussed earlier here is another example of a scam email.

Subject: Booking request
From: Dr Greenhill
Reply-To: murrieen_greenhill28yes@yahoo.ie
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:59:52 -0600

Dear Manager,

I am Dr Murrieen Greenhill of university of public health and epidemiology birmingham uk.We have a program in your country and will be sending delegates to your hotel.Please ,kindly provide accommodation for 6guest from the 4th of Jan.to the 12th of Jan 2008 and forward a comprehensive bill for the period so that a credit card will be issued to you for the booking.

Thanks and God bless you.

Dr Greenhill

TELL:+44-702-402-345-8

E-MAIL:murrieen_greenhill28@yahoo.ie, murrieen_greenhill28hotmail.com

Some easy ways to spot it:

• Google Search - put in the name Dr Murrieen Greenhill - check the result here - you will notice the only results are for scam alerts.
• The "God bless you." - of course it may be legit but the telltale signs start to add up.
• The email address it came to - this is a generic email address
• The booking request didn't use our booking system.
• The request about credit cards.
• Yahoo email address.
  

As you can see it is the presence of more than one item which means you know it is a scam and not real.