This isn't only used on wedding photographers.  I just had two people try to scam me.  Beware!!  Read the whole article....multiple pieces of this fit the two that contacted me.

https://www.diyphotography.net/how-credit-card-scam-targeting-wedding-photographers-work-and-how-to-protect-yourself/

A long list of unmentionable names come to mind, the most mild being JERKS!  Thanks for sharing!

This is what I'm saying, Sandra.  :)  And you're very welcome.  I hope this helps stop others from being targeted.

A very similar scam has been doing the rounds for a couple of years now in the baking industry - substitute photography for 300 cupcakes or a 3 tiered cake - other than that the details are all similar.  If you are bored it is fun to string them along for a few days asking stupid questions until they figure out you are winding them up then they go away. 

I had one going completely nuts, he asked for prices of cupcakes, cakes and pastries for 200 people.  From that simple sentence I generated 10 questions for him to answer before I could possibly give him prices!  He only answered 2 of my questions and from those 2 answers I generated another half dozen questions.  HIs emails became shorter and shorter and mine became longer and more ridiculous :-D

HAHAHAHA!!   Mine wanted 300 cupcakes.  Another wanted 600   

A-holes!  

Best thing I learned from it is.....Paypal and Square must be pretty secure because they won't use those two pmt methods.