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Is this a scam???      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Decorating Business Author Message plbennett_8 Forum Addict Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 848 Location: Louisiana Birthday: Aug 24 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:15 am  I received this in an email this morning and something about it had large red flags waving in my mind... Hi, I will like you to bake me a chocolate or a strawberry cake of 5 tier that can serve approximately 250 guest or more, and I want the cake to be decorated with pink roses and the cake should be covered in fondant or butter cream and let there be an inscription be writing on one of the cake as (Happy Married Life) and i want you to pack them in different boxes after ready for pick up. And I want you to have the cake ready for pick-up on 20th of November 2009, 11 o clock A.M. So let me know if you can fill in the date, once i have your reply i will forward all the details and the picture sample of the cake i will like you to bake for me. I await your reply soon. Thanks and God bless. Alex. MnSnow Forum Addict Joined: Sep 16, 2007 Posts: 681 Birthday: Mar 14 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:23 am  Yep, it's a scam. Who puts "Happy Married Life" on a wedding cake? Barb1959 Regular Member Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 140 Location: Lanoka Harbor, NJ Birthday: Jan 06 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:25 am  Are you accustomed to getting orders in the mail? If you are unsure, obviously you would not do anything until you had a phone conversation with the person and a deposit in hand. If it is legit it seems that the customer is a very organized person and knows exactly what she wants. Good Luck healingforce1 Junior Member Joined: Jan 23, 2009 Posts: 36 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:37 am  Where did they get your information? Seems like they left out alot of important information in the email. I don't think it's legit. If it is, money up front!! Colleen cfao Regular Member Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Posts: 156 Location: massachusetts Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:41 am  This is an old scam, they never change the flavors or what they need written on the cake. If you contact them for payment, they will send you a check for 2-3 thousand dollars, they ask you to send the overage back to them. You cash the check, send them good $$$, you find out 10 days later check was no good, they are gone, you need to pay the $$$ back to the bank. TNTFundraiser Forum Addict Joined: May 14, 2009 Posts: 539 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Birthday: Mar 21 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:35 am  The wording is very close to what other cc'ers have posted as scams - including the "Happy married life" definitely a scam. Just tell them you are booked if you have the itch to answer. If not, just ignore it - emails get "lost" all the time! minicuppie Frequent Member Joined: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 282 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:50 am  Big time...I got that one about 5 years ago. leah_s Forum SuperStar! Joined: Jun 19, 2007 Posts: 5752 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:59 am  That one's been going around for years. Do not respond. Sweet_Guys Frequent Member Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 471 Location: Winter Garden, FL Birthday: Feb 20 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:12 am  Get this: We received an actual check in the mail when we posted on Craigs list . com to sell our personal table and chairs. Both the bank and the police department said that they couldn't do anything because "no crime had been comitted yet". Here I take a phony check with a return address and neither agency would do anything. Yup, it's a scam. Paul minicuppie Frequent Member Joined: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 282 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:23 am  Cash it and hold onto the funds. Crime committed. G_Cakes Forum Addict Joined: Feb 22, 2009 Posts: 510 Location: in the kitchen...where else? Birthday: Oct 02 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:46 am  Now there have been ton's of threads posted for just this topic but I must say that I am partial to this one....and Miss Lizzy was my former user name... It's a scam but feel free to copy and paste the reply in the thread to suit your particular client LOL http://cakecentral.com/modules.....53#6419753 costumeczar Forum SuperStar! Joined: Oct 18, 2007 Posts: 2595 Location: Henrico VA Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:18 am  When these guys write to me, I just type in "suck it, scammer" and hit reply. I used to get more elaborate, but I don't have the time now! Carson Forum Addict Joined: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 614 Location: Canada Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:24 am  Rule of thumb...if you have to ask if its a scam then it usually is. cownsj Frequent Member Joined: Feb 26, 2008 Posts: 229 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:39 am  I use hotmail, and they have a place where you can flag an email as a phishing scam for them to investigate it. plbennett_8 Forum Addict Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 848 Location: Louisiana Birthday: Aug 24 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:54 pm  Thanks all... I thought I remembered this going around about a year ago... 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