Chet,
good to see that I am not alone and the only one who has received the message from him!
I have got it Friday last week, and have already informed John Wright on this.
John has fortunately advised me to not send him any money and stated that he wanted to inform Ross from the AWS Marketing as well.
As the fellow has written that he were sitting in the UK (defrauded by some Oil Company guys) and would need the money for a BTA (Basic Traveller Allowance) required from US Residents who want to leave the UK to get back to the US, I have asked a good friend of mine who is an Englishman and he told me that there is n o t h i n g required at all.
Best regards,
Stephan
Hi John,
How are you? I hope you are doing pretty well. I am Mark a 35 years old welder from Arkansas. I have been a member of the American Welding Society for 5 years now, since I started welding.
Actually I have been in the UK (United Kingdom) for the past 10 days now. This is because I was made to understand that I have secured a Job contract to work for an Oil servicing firm for a year here in UK with a big pay of 100,000 pounds annually. I applied for this Job contract in May and since then have been in constant communication with the people. After sometime they informed me that i have secured the job and will need to come to UK to finish every paper work with regards to the contract before i can start the job.They sent me an invitation which i used to get Visa at the Embassy. When i got here,i was picked up at the airport by three guys and checked me into a hotel. the next day,they told me that i will need to go to some offices to get some papers and sign some documents. Infact,they collected the total sum of $8,500 from me in the process. After 4 days,i did not see any of them again.I waited for one week in the hotel and nobody came.I had to inform the hotel management about it and they told me that i might have been just defrauded. I could not believe it.I had to pay the hotel another money to enable me stay for sometime and plan my way back to the states.
Infact yesterday i had to book my flight ticket to the United States. And i was told that i will need a BTA(Basic Travelling Allowance) before i can fly from Uk to another country. Honestly i have spent all the money i have and what is left for me now is just $700 and the BTA is $1,200.
Please,my friend i will like you to just help me out with $500 to complete the BTA and fly back to US.I don't know what to do since i have no folks.Moreover i was told that the BTA is just for travel security incase anything happens and it may not need to be spent.I promise to pay you back as soon as i get back to US.
I am writing to you because you once replied to my post and i belief we are friends.I have just 4 days for the ticket and Below is my flight Schedule:
THIS IS THE FLIGHT INFO:
Departure
From London (London Heathrow International Airport) to Amsterdam
(Schiphol)
Flight number KL 0588
Departure time 21:40 Mon 09 June, 2008
Arrival time 05:25 Tue 10 June, 2008
Class Economy Class
From Amsterdam (Schiphol) to Newyork
Flight number KL 6057
Departure time 14:20 Tue 10 June, 2008
Arrival time 17:00 Tue 10 June, 2008
Class Economy
Remarks Operated by Northwest Airlines
From Newyork to Arkansas
Flight number KL 6882
Departure time 19:40 Tue 10 June, 2008
Arrival time 22:30 Tue 10 June, 2008
Class Economy
Remarks Operated by Northwest Airlines
Price:
Passengers
1 adult.
Price
USD 1,529.44
Price Breakdown
Show price breakdown
Price Breakdown
Passenger Type Ticket price* Tax* No.
Total*
Adult(s) 1,110.00 419.44 1 1,529.44
* Prices are listed in USD.
USD 1,529.44
Passenger information:
Title
Mr.
First Name
MARK
Last Name
COLE
Phone daytime
0000000000
E-mail
World Perks (Northwest Airlines)
NW 0000000000
Kindly help me to get back.I am hoping to hear from you soonest.
Your friend,
Mark.
Did it look something like this? Or exactly like this with your name rather than mine?
ROSS!!