[GH85Carrera]

One scammer or at least the same scam tried more than once is with our company. We do aerial photography for a living. We don't need practice, or do it just for fun, only for money.

An email shows up and it is always a Gmail account. The buyer claims to need aerial photography of a site and he never has his name, business name, phone number, address, or any information except the email address. He wants us to fly a lot of photos from 300 feet, and photos all over a location and it would take a drone operator all day to do it, if not two days.

He claims he can't talk on the phone due to the fact he is in the hospital recovering from Covid. He wants to pay with a credit card. Of course the card is likely a stolen number, or even if it is legit, he can get his money back from the credit card company.

The first one that tried it, I told him I had to talk to him to be sure we do what he needs or we will not fly it. He vanished. We talk to all of our clients, except long term clients that have the same needs, they know what to order, and we know what to do. Often I would have to type two pages of information that I can convey is minutes of talking. There are many variables, and almost infinite choices.

The second one I just told him we don't use a drone we have a manned aircraft, and his project it too small for us. If he was legit, we could shoot the project easily, but it is pointless to waste time with scammers.