An interesting little exchange here. The point at which alarm bells would have really started to clang for me is when Richard Conolly (who probably looks more like Ezequiel Bichi — have a look at his passport and ask yourself “Is that an Irish American?”) asked the poor travel company to take €11,000 from his credit card then transfer €7,000 to some Turkish bank. Mind you, I’d have been suspicious from the first semi-literate “I will be making the payment with my credit card only. hope this is okay for you.” and anyone who signs off as Mr. Richard Conolly is beyond the pale.

In case there’s any doubt, the intended victim here was Vitalina Le Feuvre at RS Events. Lucky for her, she seems to have escaped.

De : GLOBAL Star Travel [mailto:infoglobalstar@yahoo.co.uk]
Envoyé : vendredi 6 juillet 2012 13:45
À : Vitalina RS Events
Objet : BOOKING @ VILLA LUTECE PORT ROYAL ****

Hello,

Thank you for all the details. Make the booking from VILLA LUTECE PORT ROYAL ****

I will like to book 2 double rooms and 2 single rooms for the period of our stay. Please I will need confirmation with the total cost form 10th – 20th August 2012 including breakfast and taxes so that reservation can be made immediately.

Let me know the total cost.

I will be making the payment with my credit card only. hope this is okay for you.

Thank you very much

Kind Regards,

Mr. Richard Conolly

GLOBAL Star Travel
Empire Way, Wembley,
London, HA9 0DH
Phone: +447024046938
+447024052952

— On Fri, 6/7/12, Vitalina RS Events <vitalina@rs-events.travel> wrote:
From: Vitalina RS Events <vitalina@rs-events.travel>
Subject: RE: BOOKING @ VILLA LUTECE PORT ROYAL ****
To: “‘GLOBAL Star Travel'” <infoglobalstar@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Friday, 6 July, 2012, 17:06

Dear M. Conolly,

I have the great pleasure to confirm your reservation at the hotel VILLA LUTECE PORT ROYAL.

You will find enclosed your proforma-invoice.

With my very best regards

De : GLOBAL Star Travel [mailto:infoglobalstar@yahoo.co.uk]
Envoyé : samedi 7 juillet 2012 12:46
À : Vitalina RS Events
Objet : Payment For The Reservation

Good Morning

Thanks for your kind response regarding our reservation at your place. We have concluded today and considered your cost and decided that the guest will stay at your place, I will make the full payment of 4,555.32 euros as you because we wants to make sure that every thing will be in place before the arrival date and also to avoid any form of disappointment.

The guest Names/Identification will reach you before the arrival date. Moreover, we also made an arrangement with a logistic Consultant firm who will take care of the guest flight arrangements from here down to your country and other transportation / Logistic requirements the guest will need during their stay at your place.

We will pay the logistic firm for this service they are going to render to the guest. In order not to share my Credit Card information with a third party, I want only you to handle my Credit Card information as we will be staying in your place. Meaning all the charges will be made through your POS Charging Machine including that of the Transport/logistic firm payment.

So once you receive my credit card details, you are required to charge the total amount of 11,555.32 euros from my credit card, then take the cost of your full payment of 4,555.32 euros for the reservation and transfer the balance of 7000 euros to the Transport/logistic firm for them to start their logistic traveling arrangement for the guest as soon as possible to avoid any delay which may lead to cancellation of this reservation in the future.

Please confirm this if it is okay by you, and then provide me with below details for our office records.

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Your Full Address
(3) Phone Numbers
(4) Credit Card Types Which You Accept For Payment.
(5) How long will it take for money to clear in your account after processing.

Please remember that the integrity of our Company is involved, I also hope the stay of the guests will be made comfortable? I will be sending you the Credit Card information for reservation to be made as soon you confirm this ok by you.

Please be advised that we are ready to pay for all expenses and fees you will incurred as a result of the entire amount to be charged.

Thank you for your help.

Mr. Richard Conolly

GLOBAL Star Travel
Empire Way, Wembley,
London, HA9 0DH
Phone: +447024046938
+447024052952

On Sat, 7/7/12, Vitalina RS Events <vitalina@rs-events.travel> wrote:
From: Vitalina RS Events <vitalina@rs-events.travel>
Subject: RE: Payment For The Reservation
To: “‘GLOBAL Star Travel'” <infoglobalstar@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Saturday, 7 July, 2012, 13:02

Dear M. Conolly,

To pay your Transport Logistic Consultant Firm, I need their information as follow:

– Full Name
– Full Address
– Phone Numbers
– Bank details for bank transfer

– VAT code

– Their invoice

Awaiting for your reply,

Good Morning Vitalina
Fine the details below as you requested from us. Kindly give us the requested details we have asked from you in our last mail for our office record.

Then let me know if you are in your office right now and ready to process the payment so that I can send you the credit card details for you to process on time.

Name… Heritage Logistic Company
– Full Address 34 High East Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1HA
– Phone Numbers .. +447 024 017 914
– VAT code; GB469 6171 09

– Bank details for bank transfer:

UNITED KINGDOM BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:

BANK NAME: SECURE TRUST BANK
ACCOUNT NAME: EZEQUIEL BICHI
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 01283812
IBAN: GB21BARC20078233479536
SORT CODE: 235451

===========================

TURKISH BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:

ERTRAND MENDOUGA
BANK NAME: TEB BANK OF TURKEY
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2387560
SWIFT CODE: TEBUTRIS
IBAN: TR440003200000000002387560

Their invoice, They will issue you with an invoice the moment they receive their payment. This is their company rules.

Thank you for your help so far.

Mr. Richard Conolly

GLOBAL Star Travel
Empire Way, Wembley,
London, HA9 0DH
Phone: +447024046938
+447024052952

>

De : GLOBAL Star Travel [mailto:infoglobalstar@yahoo.co.uk]
Envoyé : mardi 10 juillet 2012 18:07
À : Vitalina RS Events
Objet : Requested Copies / Card Details…

Good Afternoon Vitalina

Fine in attached the requested copies,

Charge this card in a bit of 2,000 euros per charge. Meaning you will charge 2,000 euros x 5 and another 2,370.82 euros to get the total amount of 12,370.82 euros needed.

CARD TYPE: VISA
CARD NUMBER: 4800 1203 1494 3093
EXPIRE DATE: 12 / 2013
CVV: 096
Name: RICHARD CONOLLY

I will wait for charging slip once you are done with the charging.

Please get back to me as soon as you can.

Regards,

Kind Regards,

Mr. Richard Conolly

GLOBAL Star Travel
Empire Way, Wembley,
London, HA9 0DH
Phone: +447024046938
+447024052952

From: vitalina@rs-events.travel

Subject: TR: Requested Copies / Card Details…

Date: 11 July 2012 09:53:56 GMT+01:00

To: infoglobalstar@yahoo.co.uk

Cc: vexposito@parisinfo.com, info@internet-signalement.gouv.fr, ddpp@paris.gouv.fr, marie.w@azurbluetravel.fr, sophiev@msfonline.net, seacrest@jerseymail.co.uk, contact@ppsolutions.ca, mats@saltatours.co.ukand 3 more…

I have just received a call from my bank: as per their contact with French Tourism Government, THE PASSPORT AND THE CREDIT CARD ARE FALSE PAPERS, SO I STOP IMMEDIATELY ALL THE REQUESTS REGARDING YOUR BOOKING.

Hooray!!

This post is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.