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Re: Email Scam Alert

By: DueDillinger in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 30 Nov 11 5:32 AM | 38 view(s)
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Msg. 16362 of 21975
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I'll bet your cousin's email account is at Yahoo. The email system there is eminently hackable and from a brief perusal of similar tales it seems that Yahoo Mail is the common element.

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Email Scam Alert
By: lkorrow
in CONSTITUTION
Wed, 30 Nov 11 1:56 AM
Msg. 16361 of 21975

I got one that you won't believe (I didn't, lol).

It was from a family member's email address, but it was hijacked, it wasn't her. the country code was Cape Verde, Africa and if you replied, it went to a yahoo address. It said,

Hope you get this on time, I made a trip to Swansea, Wales and had my bag stolen from me with my passport and credit cards in it. The embassy is willing to help by letting me fly without my passport, I just have to pay for a ticket and settle Hotel bills. Unfortunately for me, I can't have access to funds without my credit card, I've made contact with my bank but they need more time to come up with a new one. I was thinking of asking you to lend me some quick funds that I can give back as soon as I get in. I really need to be on the next available flight.

Western Union transfer is the best option to send money to me. Let me know if you need my details(Full names/location) to make the transfer. You can reach me via email or the hotel's desk phone the numbers are, +447031804805 or +447031804806.

I await your response...

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Total bs, of course. I keyed the phone number into Google and got "New Email Scam." I did call my cousin and he said if anyone sent money they deserve to lose it. True! But someone did hijack their system somehow...


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