Bombarded With Scams Today!! Cake Decorator Beware!
Decorating By aligotmatt Updated 12 Jan 2009 , 7:32am by Chef_Stef
They are re-wording! No more happy married life. Beware!
First one today:
Hello ,
I am Smith Bowen and i have a spouse Linda Bowen ( My wife to be )We are from Dallas,TX . I have tasted your cake before and it really nice ,I don't know ,if you will be available to bake my wedding cake .I need a nice strawberry cake, covered in fondant that can feed 300 people for my upcoming wedding ceremony in Toronto.
The wedding will come up on the 25st of JANUARY ,2009. I will want to be assure of your professionalism in handling this job to its best cos this is the important part of the party as you know.
However, I will want to know the cost price for the above describe cake and other necessary things if any,( I will make advance paymant ).
My wedding planner will sending an agent with refrigerated truck to pick the cake up at your location.. So you don't to bother about the shippment of the cake,Hope to hear from you soonest.
Note : My Mode Of Payment Is Credit Card.
Regard
Second one on the SAME day
Hello ,
I will like to make a 3 Tier cake which would serve 80 as a desert or 150 as a taster, for my Daughter upcoming wedding party.. this 3 Tier cake must be in Rich Chocolate Cake with Chocolate buttercream filling,covered in belgian chocolate curls.. the wedding will come up on the 25st of JANUARY 2009 I will want to be assure of your professionalism in handling this job to its best cos this is the important part of the party as you know...
However, i will want to know the cost price for the above describe cake and other necessary things if any...My wedding planner will come over to pick up the cake at your location.. So
you don't to bother about the shippment of the cake,
Hope to hear from you soonest..
Regard,
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I am not available for the 25st anyway...
Isn't it amazing that a couple from Texas will contact a baker in NC for a wedding in Toronto? 
On the good side of things, though, I've won 5 international lotteries this week alone! All I have to do is send them a copy of my drivers license AND a copy of my passport! Gosh darn, where's the nearest Kinko's!! 
I wrote both of them back and said, "I am not available for you date. Best wishes for your future scamming."
just for the record...I AM a natural blonde.
With that said, I do not understand the scam. What do they want? What are they asking for?
Sorry for my ignorance,but,I dont understand.
Thanks in advance for turning on the light for me 
Jess
They will pay a substantial amount over the cost of the wedding cake, either with a stolen credit card or bogus money order.
They will ask you to pay their "shipper" several hundred dollars cash.
Then, days, weeks, or months later when the credit card is disputed or the bank finds out the money order is bogus, you're on the hook for the whole thing. You've had a cake essentially stolen from you, plus the cash you gave the shipper.
oh dayummmmmmm
who on earth thinks these things up?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
thanks for explaining that craziness.
I got the same one about 2 weeks ago. I always send my standard reply.
"Thank you for your interest, however I require wedding cakes to be ordered at least 3 months prior to event, and I will not do a cake for a client until I meet them in person and discuss design and payment, further I alone will deliver wedding cake, I don't allow other's to pick them up, nor do I deliver outside of a 200 mile radius for a wedding cake."
never get a reply back...LOL!
I hate these people-I get these too! One time I said something back, and they started threatening me, calling me a scammer. WhatEVER! 
I read on another post that you shouldn't even reply to any of these, or any phishing scams. This may give them access to other information that you don't want them to have.
Just ignore them altogether.
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