Had a text message come in from this number to find out if I do event planning> advised I do and they said they'd e-mail me. They sent this email:

Thank you for your timely response Due to my Busy Schedule I want an
event planner in regards of  my coming 10th wedlock anniversary which
is coming up in December 10th 2016 here and i don’t want

the party to be held at my house, am having a lot of stress regarding
this event and i want you to please cater for this event for me and i
also do believe that you will do me a lovely party and thrill my

guest to the best of your ability.

*Getting us a venue
*Make proper arrangement for flowers and decor
*Photography service
*Food and drinks for the guest as i do not know what the guests might
choose for their meals and drinks, I will have to live that for you
but it shouldn't be more than my budget.
*I'd prefer a DJ and would like R&B and Jazz music.
*Event color : white and purple
*Budget : 14k

I want you to be rest assured that all the payments will go through
you as my party coordinator/event planner to all vendors and you can
get all the necessary arrangement done for my event as i am

officially out of town and i work 24/7 in a ship but will be in town 5
days prior to my wedding anniversary. My party time 3pm to 7pm,
Expected guest is about 40 to 50 also how much do you charge for this

type of event deposit or full payment will be made asap with my credit
card once availability for venue is confirmed by you. I believe you
can bring a level of service that surpasses anything we’ve seen

before.

I await to read back from you.

Clearly a scam. If you google this same message it comes up repeatedly. I told them I only accept payments via Paypal so we'll see what they say.

Glad that you recognized it as a probable scam.
Unfortunately, scammers also pretend to use PayPal for payments!
For one version, take a look at scam #17, described here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html

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I received the exact same text and follow up email here in Virginia Beach.  Was quite sure it was once of these scams that go around but wanted to do a quick search before blowing him off.  Thanks for posting yours.