Holiday / hotel scam?

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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:07 pm

This is what I received in response to my mass insult email:

Quote:

Thank you for Contacting Malindi Breeze Point Hotel - Marketing
department. Your Mail is important and we will get back to you in the
shortest time possible.
...........................................................................

The perfect place to combine your holiday and Business with a full
integration in everyday life.

--
*Vincent O' Ndeda **
Marketing Manager
Malindi Breeze Point Hotel
**+254 723 62 09 01*

Front Office: +254 20 2683766
+254 734 519575

Website: www.malindiresidence.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MalindiBreezePointHotel

The sender claims to be "Malindi Breezepoint Hotel" <[email protected]> so I can't verify the originating IP address.

I am newbie here and can't definitely say if the website or the Facebook account are fake. Could somebody with more experience please verify if this is a scam or just bad marketing?

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:07 pm

Site is real up since 2009, but the scammer is known http://www.baiterbase.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=27049&sid=c17094b240344c7f2c4513cfc3ebc38a

Phone and address seem fine too.

Just a scammer abusing someones website Rolling Eyes

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 24 Aug 2012 Posts: 1

bill2 wrote:

Site is real up since 2009, but the scammer is known http://www.baiterbase.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=27049&sid=c17094b240344c7f2c4513cfc3ebc38a

Phone and address seem fine too.

Just a scammer abusing someones website Rolling Eyes

I am a little confused about this... So are you saying that the scammer was able to access this website? or is the spammer affiliated with them?

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:24 am

^^No he is saying scammers often reference a legitimate business to add credibility to the scam.

In the case above though, it appears to be just spam.