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Across the Fence:  Odd email - anyone else??  |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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 Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 1:02:57 PM
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Hi Ladies. I got home this afternoon and found this message on my business email, supposedly from a fellow Farmgirl. Did anyone else get it or has someone coopted her email? It read:
"I hope you get this on time, i know you might not believe this but i want you to
know this is for real and i need your urgent assistance and i hope you will not let
me down. I don't really mean to inconvenience you right now. This had to come in a
hurry and it has left me in a devastating state, I made a trip to London.
Unfortunately for me i was mugged on my way back to the hotel where i lodged along
with my cell phone, my credit card and since then i have been without money. At the
moment my passport has been seized by the hotel management pending the time payment
is made. So i have limited access to emails for now. I urgently need your financial
assistance. I need about 2,050 British pound sterling or any amount you can lend me
to sort-out the bills, so i can make arrangements and return back. I'm in a panic
now. I know this may sound odd but it all happened very fast. I have no access to my
account. I've been to the embassy and the Police here they're not helping issues at
all. Please, can you lend me some funds? I'll be willing to pay you as soon as I get
home. I have nothing left on me right now and I am lucky to have my life.
Please respond as soon as you get this message."
I am not sure how to take this or what to do.
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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doll58maker
True Blue Farmgirl
2259 Posts
G
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 3:55:11 PM
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| This is a scam. this is also why you should NEVER put yours or anybody else's personal info on this forum. I see people putting their private emails, addresses and phone numbers or put someone elses--this is not a private chat room, ladies...anybody can read this |
Edited by - doll58maker on Nov 20 2012 9:22:09 PM |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 4:45:04 PM
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Alee just informed us about this. Scam it is!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 5:05:11 PM
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Glenda, I got it from a farm girl whose computer must have been hacked. None of my personal info is on Mary Jane's site. It's just that at one time, I had sent this FG a little gift and she me and so we had exchanged email addresses privately. This was on my business address. Poor her. I think that she is gonna have a real bugger of a time getting her computer fixed.
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 7:46:40 PM
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Put me in the skeptical catagory, too. Anything can be found on the internet. I've read where scammers use personal/business emails to come across as friends who are in a tight, and us being nice folk, want to help the poor soul. It's always a little off-balance, like we don't quite KNOW who this person is, but it seems so familiar, that we fall for helping with money...and never see it again.
Just the sound/tone of the email sounds scammy to me. Sounds like someone who was brought up british. Like using the word "lodging" and 'time payment'. 2050GBP is $3204.14. That's a lot of moolah...
My website:
http://twohorseswalkingdesigns.com
http://antlersantiqueswindchimes.weebly.com
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AnnieinIdaho
True Blue Farmgirl
437 Posts
Annie
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 9:45:04 PM
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Yes, it is a scam. I got the same message from a third cousin who lives in Wisconsin and it was sent to everyone in his e-mail address book. He really does travel to obscure places in the world with doctors without borders and other causes with orphanages in Tibet, so it seemed real, but I called his home and so did most others who received it and it was truly a scam. He had to call all his contacts quickly as possible and was horrified at how many people received the e-mail from his hacked e-mail address book.
Annie
"The turnings of life seldom show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing." Edith Wharton, 1913 from 'The Custom of the Country'. |
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rubyleesmom
Zapped Profile
190 Posts
Colina
Homosassa
Fl
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2012 : 04:36:09 AM
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| We got that same email when inquiring about something on auto trader about 3 years ago. |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2047 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2012 : 05:29:49 AM
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Her computer might not even be hacked, it might just be that the hackers are "spoofing" using her email address. This happens a lot on AOL accounts for some reason. Both my daughter and a friend were up-to-date on virus software on their PC's but someone was using their email address to send out advertisements for Viagra...
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blogs at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com (farming) http://brightmeadowknits.blogspot.com (knitting) or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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AnnieinIdaho
True Blue Farmgirl
437 Posts
Annie
ID
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2012 : 11:16:16 AM
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Hi Brenda,
But then how does it go to all the e-mail addresses in the e-mail address book if they are spoofing? We had someone we knew whose e-mail was sending us viagra e-mails, but it was using her entire address book to send it out to those people.
Annie
"The turnings of life seldom show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing." Edith Wharton, 1913 from 'The Custom of the Country'. |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2012 : 09:35:09 AM
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That was me I guess. Also my whole yahoo stuff is gone. No more email no yahoo front page. They say I don't exist. so I do have a new email address I will update my profile. This whole process is a pain in the patoot. So if you got a send money email please disregard. unless of course if you want to send me money i am at home.LOL MB
http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2012 : 10:01:02 AM
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I am having trouble with one of my yahoo emails too. Fortunately, it's not a big deal. Only an email addy to get info on things which interest me. I've changed all important addy's to other accounts.
Like Mary Beth said, if you get something from me, wanting money, it's not me. However, if you'd like to send money anyway, I'm here!! :-) HA!
My website:
http://twohorseswalkingdesigns.com
http://antlersantiqueswindchimes.weebly.com
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2012 : 7:19:28 PM
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| This is common on Yahoo accounts. It's called "hijacking." I think it's [retty random, and certainly not the fault of the person whose account was hijacked. This happened to me one time. Apparently the "fix" or preventive medicine is to change your password. |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17479 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17479 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2012 : 10:39:53 PM
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It's a scam,,, I received this same email about 3 years ago...from a MJF gal~pal... I called her work office & she said she had been inundated w/emails from friends to check on her...
Just delete it.....
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
8073 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
8073 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2012 : 2:54:05 PM
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This is a big scam and I have heard of a lot of these lately and some of the people have lost a lot or money with this.Be really careful and alert...
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2012 : 12:08:49 PM
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Wow. Interesting to read this thread. I am on pinterest too, and use a hotmail account. Good to know and thanks for letting all of us be aware.
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2012 : 2:54:19 PM
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| Sisters, always check snopes.com when you receive something odd like this. Nine times out of ten, they'll have it listed. |
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