Clearly the Eric Rosenfeld alias is the popular one now for scammers to use, but that should change constantly. Consider this post a public service. Coincidentally, both people who were targeted knew each other and shared the emails with each other and noticed that some of the same wording was in each one, even though they were supposedly sent by different people.
For the full post, read the extended entry. The email exchange of the scam is below, in reverse order. Note that personal details of the recipient are omitted. From: Dennis johnson [mailto: dr. I am buying furniture from a furniture company Debbie Furnitures and they should have contacted you as regards my order by now. They will embark on the delivery of our furniture on receipt of the money,though they will be in contact with you to schedule a delivery time and date that will be convenient for you to accept the delivery.
Please we do apologise for any inconvenience that this arrangement may cause you,but we will will really appreciate it if you can help us to settle our furniture concerns so that the furniture will be delivered before our arrival in your place,and this will make us to settle in comfortably when we arrive,you can understand that transiting cross atlantic is not always easy. Please do let me know if you have heard from Mrs. Debbie T the sales manager of the furniture company and do let us know the position of things with you as we are in the process of booking our seats on a flight to the states.
Once again,we apologise for any stress this issue may cause you,we are looking up to you to help us out. I will appreciate a response from you on receipt of this email.
My name is ββ-. I am a [profession]. Our address is ββ. Phone is ββ. I will send you the pictures you asked for and the room measurements later this evening. The bedroom will only need a bed. The closets and cabinets are all built in so that no other furniture is needed. I think you will get a better idea from the pictures. Thanks for your mail,i appreciate your wanting to help us in our situation.
