We have a very small restaurant in Newport, Oregon (USA) and had recently received a number of email requests (for reservations for a group of 10) from a "Dr. James Turner" from the UK.
After several attemps to confirm information (deposit and menu selections) with Dr. Turner, we decided to do a little research of our own.
I spent a good deal of time searching before I decided to enter the phone number Dr. Turner used in his emails....+337024062538 on Google. Fortunately this "link" appeared and after reading your posting...I realized we'd been a victim of a scam as well.
Many thanks for posting your experience online. It was just the confirmation we needed. Thankfully, only time and energy was spent instead of product and lost wages.
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