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I got an email from a close friend, he had been held up in London at gun point, effects stolen, needed money wired to get him home
my first email back was "why are you in London on a one way ticket?" since even with effects stolen you can get your ticket re-issued
my next email informed him he could possibly get the embassy to get him home, give me the police report information and I will contact the embassy
and my final email was to get a number for me to call him
all his answers were suspicious but I did not want to abandon a good friend and maybe he just couldn’t converse over the tubes
bottom line, my friends yahoo account was cracked and all his email contacts got this email requesting money be wired
beware, most scams exploit the greed we all have, this scam exploited our good will and sentiment
the greed scams are worthless against me and my kind but these good will scams are very effective against people like myself
beware
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More ‘beware’.
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Sheesh, it seems as though the Congress doesn’t want us to know whats really going on. I think that calls for a ‘beware’.
Thanks for the warning, perris. That is a new scam to me also. I’m glad to hear that your friend didn’t get stranded.
How did they know your friends name?
If they had cracked his email, it would be very easy to know his name. Of course a lot of people are going to know that immediately that said friend is not in London (they just saw him yesterday). But they scammers might be able to reel in one or two “marks” who don’t keep good contact, and they are up tens of thousands of dollars very quickly. Then they skip town for new prey.