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Originally Posted by
Ecstatic Events
I deal with any enquiry with the utmost professionalism. The operator in question has my price now so they can undercut as much as they like. Pretty sad really... 2 were definite fakes,
I found and ran a program off the internet that divulges the IP address of the sender.
Asking for a number is a little hard when they specifically state they want to discuss the "imaginary" booking over email -
I've peeked in on this thread but had decided not to post... untl now!
Originally Posted by
Jiggles
What kind of email client do you use?
Callum, in post #2, gave away the obvious clue. If your email client can read full email headers then it could have told you the originating IP address whether it had come from a web-based email or otherwise. A free email client such as Thunderbird would have given you all the info you needed to decided if they had come from the same place / email account.
As for the comment about dynamic IP addressing, this system doesn't totally stop you from being identified.
Dazzy D
Lightning Disco & Entertainment
Born to make you party!
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Name and Shame them Mike. Do it via PM if you like so that the rest of us in the area know what or who to look out for.
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Just thought I'd add to this thread seeing as I am up at silly o'clock in the morning. Typical, big Uplighting job to do today and I can't sleep....
Anyway, I am pretty positive that I have received a 'suspect' enquiry too!!
It came yesterday enquiring about a booking for next year. There wasn't enough information in the email so I requested additional information so that I could provide them with an accurate quotation.
The reply I received was slightly confusing (but half expected - call it a 'hunch', judging on events over the past day or two), because it said "We will no longer be requiring your services" (I hadn't even provided a quote at the time).
I then got another email after asking a question which was so full of absolute, blatant rubbish that it seems pretty obvious to me that it's a fake enquiry and someone trying to be funny. As I said, you have to treat it as a proper enquiry and even if it's full of blatant lies, still remain calm.
It's come from a Google Mail account and there is a mobile number there too so I may give them a call at some point but I don't know if I fancy wasting my time.
There are a number of other ways you can find out if it's someone mucking about and I am as close to 100% positive that (a) It's a definite fake and (b) I know who has sent it. I won't divulge why I am that positive and how I went about finding out.
Very silly though and the person obviously has time to waste, isn't busy enough or both.
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You can easily hide/mask your IP should you want to sound out your competition via email. It's really not difficult.
IMO people should concentrate on their own business. Market research, yes - but fake enquiries are often very easy to spot and tedious. A big NO.
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Well, what can I say?
I wanted to prove to myself that this was a bit suspect (although I guessed straight away but you have to be careful don't you), so after a bit of Columbo type investigation, the last thing I decided to do was to bite the bullet and call the number and surprise, surprise...."This number is not recognised".
Some people eh!!?
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And I'd tell you too Mark
I don't think this is about prices etc. It's someone mucking about I suspect.
I've sussed it anyway now so I won't say anymore.
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