Donald Carson

Terrance –

Victim Location 59804

Type of a scam Credit Cards

I am a fishing outfitter in Montana and I got an email inquiry from what I thought was a potential customer. They identified themselves as being from outside the US. At first, the inquiry was similar to actual authentic inquiries that I have gotten from abroad in the past.

They claimed to be a group of four interested in booking 12 days worth of guided fishing trips. They asked specific questions about my services that I provide making the inquiry seem like a real legitimate potential booking.

When it came time for me to book their trip by taking a deposit they replied asking me to charge their credit card but then make a payment to their "travel agent" claiming that their travel agents credit card machine is not working.

This was the red flag for me that triggered me to report a potential scam.

I received this deposit request through email this morning. I was asked to agree to the these "payment terms" with them and then they would supply credit card information.

I have not responded since and have not received any credit card info from them. The only form of communication that I have had is through email.

18 thoughts on “Donald Carson”

  1. I received a similar inquiry for 7 days of our catamaran sail and snorkel excursions today that seemed phishy, so I’m glad this post was out there. A few things looked suspicious. The name on the email was Donald Walker, but the email address was [email protected] with another address cc’d ([email protected]) from Russia. Thanks to this post I am not going to reply and my guess is I’ll never hear from them again.

  2. Jadee Fernandes McGowan

    Just received an enquiry from the same email addresses and we are wedding planners based in South Africa. Thank you so much to this post we wont be responding and have further warned all our planners in south Africa to be aware.

  3. from this email: [email protected]

    Greetings,

    May this email find you well, I and my fiancee will be in your Country for our wedding. We require full concierge/planning for our wedding since we don’t have anyone already in your country so we hope you can handle this. My dad want the wedding to be a memorable one so I want you to take care of all the planning and booking arrangements for the wedding day within the budget of 80,000usd for 40 guests (venue, catering, Dj, decoration, photography, video etc).

    Please note that the above budget is for wedding day bookings and arrangements only as accommodation and other logistics arrangements of our international guests would be handled by our logistics agent. Kindly confirm if you have availability and confirm your planning fee so we can make deposit payment and send other information for the planning.

    Wedding date: 19th October 2022 but will arrive 1 month earlier with my fiancee to help finalize arrangements with you.
    Kindly provide below information in your reply:

    Availability:
    Full Planning fee:
    Types of credit card accepted:

    I await your prompt reply.

    Regards,

    Don

    1. Oh mon Dieu j’ai recu le meme email, depuis le 11 Janvier 2022 mais c’etais en anglais, pour une planification de mariage, sais la meme avec le meme nom .
      Le mar. 11 janv. 2022 à 11:20, Don Walker a écrit :
      11th January 2022

      Hello,

      May this email find you well, I and my fiancee will be in your Country for our wedding. We require full concierge/planning for our wedding since we don’t have anyone already in your country so we hope you can handle this. My dad want the wedding to be a memorable one so I want you to take care of all the planning and booking arrangements for the wedding day within the budget of 80,000usd for 40 guests (venue, catering, Dj, decoration, photography, video etc).

      Please note that the above budget is for wedding day bookings and arrangements only as accommodation and other logistics arrangements of our international guests would be handled by our logistics agent. Kindly confirm if you have availability and confirm your planning fee so we can make deposit payment and send other informations for the planning.

      Wedding date: 19th October 2022 but will arrive 1 month earlier with my fiancee to help finalize arrangements with you.
      Kindly provide below information in your reply:

      Availability:
      Full Planning fee:
      Types of credit card accepted:

      I await your prompt reply.

      Regards,

      Don

    2. 18th January 2022

      Deposit Arrangements:

      Hi,

      How are you doing today? This is perfect and I am glad its within our budget. We will schedule for zoom meeting when I am off from work so my fiancee can be part of it as I am presently working offshore (oil rig) and I will forward every other necessary information for this wedding planning to you later as I need to discuss all with my fiancee and get back to you but I will send my credit card details for a deposit of $2,000 to secure the booking with you, and I also wish to inform you that I have contacted a logistic agent over there whom will take care of our flight arrangements, accommodation and other logistics arrangements for our international guests.

      I will make deposit payment to you and also to our logistics agent over there. You are to make the charges for the logistic agent because he has no credit card facility, and I can’t disclose my credit card details to more than one person as the whole funds for this booking and other logistics has been credited into the credit card.

      So, you are to run a total amount of $8,500 from my credit card, this Include $2,000 for your deposit and $6,500 for the logistic agent over there for our Flight tickets and travel Logistics, then once the whole fund is cleared in your account, you will keep $2,000 as my initial payment and transfer $6,500 to the logistic agent. His details shall be sent to you as soon as you confirm the funds in your account

      NB: Please kindly confirm that the arrangement is OK with you so we can proceed with the booking properly. I would also need you to prepare all invoices and contracts in my name.

      Regards,

      Don.

  4. I just received this………I was suspicious when it said YOUR COUNTRY?

    4th March 2022

    Greetings,

    I will be on vacation in your country for 10 days with a group of six and in line with our plans we want to book your services for 7 days for touring purposes. So the booking is for 7 adults, 6 hours per day. Please let me know if you can handle this as we hope to make this vacation memorable.

    Date: 20th June to 27th June 2022
    Please let me have the quote in the below format:

    Price per hour:
    Price per 6 hours a day:
    Total cost for 7 days:
    Types of credit card accepted:

    I await your prompt reply.

    Thanks.

    Don

    1. I received the exact email and already thought it was suspicious, thank you for posting. Now I won’t anwer them

  5. 27th March 2022

    Itinerary Deposit:

    Attn: Johanna,

    Thanks for your email, option #2 is fine. I will send my credit card details for a deposit of $3,000 to secure the booking, and I also wish to inform you that I have contacted a logistic agent who will take care of our flight arrangements from here and other logistics arrangements over there too. He will also handle flight logistics on our behalf, but unfortunately the agent has no facility to run charges from a credit card.

    You are to make the charges for the logistic agent because he has no credit card facility, and I can’t disclose my credit card details to more than one person as the whole funds for this booking and other logistics has been credited into the credit card.

    So, you are to run a total amount of $9,500 from my credit card, this Include $3,000 for your deposit and $6,500 for the logistic agent over there for our Flight tickets and travel Logistics, then once the whole fund is cleared in your account, you will keep $3,000 as my initial payment and transfer $6,500 to the logistic agent. His details shall be sent to you as soon as you confirm the funds in your account

    NB: Please kindly confirm that the arrangement is OK with you so we can proceed with the booking properly. I would also need you to prepare all invoices and contracts in my name.

    Regards,

    Don.

  6. I’ve got the SAME e-mail! I’ll copy past what he sent me.

    This is his e-mail : [email protected]

    05th April 2022

    Hello,

    Hope you are having a good day? I will be on vacation in your country for 10 days with a group of six and in line with our plans we want to book your services for 7 days for touring purposes. So the booking is for 7 adults, 6 hours per day. Please let me know if you can handle this as we hope to make this vacation memorable.

    Date: 4th July to 14th July 2022
    Kindly provide the quote in the below format:

    Price per hour:
    Price per 6 hours a day:
    Total cost for 7 days:
    Types of credit card accepted:

    I await your prompt reply.

    Thanks,

    Don.

  7. Don Walker
    06:39 (há 2 horas)
    para don.walker

    Hi;

    Good morning, my vacation in your country would be for 10 days with 6 people from my office and we are making plans to book your services for 7 days for touring purposes. The booking is for 7 people (adults), 6 hours per day. Please let me know if you can handle this and we hope to make this vacation an enjoyable one.

    Date: 6th October to 16th October 2022
    Kindly provide the quote or details below:

    Cost per hour:
    Cost for 6 hours a day:
    Total cost for 7 days:
    Types of credit card/s accepted:

    I await your prompt response.

    Thanks,

    Don.

  8. Hello

    May this email find you well, I will be on vacation and tour in your country for ten (20) days with a group of seven and in line with our plans we want to book for accommodation in your place. The booking is for seven adults, kindly confirm availability.

    Date: 9th October to 19th October 2022
    Room Type: 7 Single rooms or 4 double rooms

    Kindly provide the quote as requested below:

    Available rooms:
    Price per room available:
    Total cost for 20 days:
    Types of credit card accepted:

    I await your prompt response.

    Thanks,

    Don.

  9. I share the same email, and his reply:

    Hello

    Good morning, Hope this email meet you well. I will be on vacation in your country for 10 days with a group of 7 people from my office and we are making plans to book your services for 7 days for touring purposes. The booking is for 7 people (adults), 6 hours per day. Please let me know if you can handle this as we hope to make this vacation a memorable one.

    Date: 8th October to 18th October 2022
    Kindly provide the quote or details below:

    Cost per hour:
    Cost for 6 hours a day:
    Total cost for 7 days:
    Types of credit card/s accepted:

    I await your prompt response.

    Thanks,

    Don.

    Reply………………………………………..

    Thanks for your email, we are already making hotel arrangements in Bogota, We don’t have particular itinerary for this booking, Please propose activities for us during our stay within the budget of $20,000usd. Note: the activities can be less than 7 days, it just has to be within 7 days so just let us know the number of days suitable.

  10. I’m in Colombia and got the same email today. Seemed pretty normal until the second message asking to charge the deposit for his “logistic agent” as well. He signed as Don, but the email I got the message from is [email protected] with a copy to [email protected]

    *****Message 1*****
    Hello,

    Good morning, Hope this email meet you well. I will be on vacation in your country for 10 days with a group of 7 people from my office and we are making plans to book your services for 7 days for touring purposes. The booking is for 7 people (adults), 6 hours per day. Please let me know if you can handle this as we hope to make this vacation a memorable one.

    Date: 9th October to 19th October 2022
    Kindly provide the quote or details below:

    Cost per hour:
    Cost for 6 hours a day:
    Total cost for 7 days:
    Types of credit card/s accepted:

    I await your quick response.

    Thanks,

    Don.

    *****Message 2*****
    Hello,

    I appreciate your quick response, I am excited to let you know that I have discussed with my group and your offer is accepted and i will send you the full itinerary to help you calculate the total cost. I will send my credit card details for a deposit payment of $2,000 USD to secure our booking with you. I also wish to inform you that I have contacted a logistic agent who is taking care of our flight arrangements, translators and other local logistics arrangements over there but unfortunately the agent has no facility to run charges from a credit card.

    The logistic agent doesn’t have credit card machine so you would have to process your deposit and their own from my card and I don’t want to disclose my credit card details to more than one person as the whole funds for this booking and other logistics has been credited into the credit card.

    You will process a total amount of $8,500 USD or its equivalent in your local currency plus processing fees from my credit card, this includes $2,000 USD for your deposit and $6,500 USD for the logistic agent over there for our Flight tickets and travel Logistics, so once the whole money is deposited into your business account, you will keep $2,000 USD as my initial payment and transfer $6,500 USD to our logistic agent. His details shall be sent to you as soon as you receive the payment from me.

    NB: Kindly confirm that you understand the above arrangement so we can proceed with the booking properly. Any invoice or contract should also be prepared in my name.

    Awaits your email and look forward to meeting you in person soon.

    Regards,

    Don.

  11. Hi…the same Tour Inquiry:

    Hello;;

    Good morning, Hope this email find you well. I will be on vacation in Colombia for 10 days with a group of 7 people from my office and we are making arrangements to book your services for touring purposes. The booking is for 7 people adults with age range 27 -34. Please let me know if you can handle this as we hope to make this vacation a memorable one.

    Date: 19th October to 29th October 2022
    Kindly provide the quote or details below:

    Cost per day:
    Total cost for 10 days:
    Types of credit card accepted:

    I await your prompt response.

    Thanks,

    Don.

  12. Turkia VIagens

    Bom dia!!!
    Recebemos email desse dom walker nos mesmos termos. te mando o pagamento total, vc retém o seu valor e envia o restante para meu agente de viagem aí em Goiânia.
    Desconfiamos logo da facilidade em fechar o negócio.

    Espero que ninguém tenha caído nesse golpe!!

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