tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2492673579838139970..comments2024-03-19T08:07:56.418+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-62486028261916624752009-10-31T16:22:00.730+00:002009-10-31T16:22:00.730+00:00I would assume any email request for money to be a...I would assume any email request for money to be a scam-- anyone of my acquaintance who needed an emergency loan would call me. Someone in trouble in a foreign country would call her embassy before calling anyone back home, for that matter. What would bother me is the apparent amount of knowledge the scammer had-- perhaps he actually knows the person he's claiming to be in the message?<br />-- GretchenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-24178481979673840172009-10-31T13:33:44.593+00:002009-10-31T13:33:44.593+00:00I had the same thing happen, and there is a grandc...I had the same thing happen, and there is a grandchild one that my stepmother nearly fell for. Also quite plausible. Nephew was apparently on a fishing trip in Canada and arrested for overfishing. The western union counter person stopped her from sending the money until she had spoken to his father, as she had been warned about this. The scammer had a remarkable amount of information. Really scary.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-82818435679657174572009-10-31T10:13:16.744+00:002009-10-31T10:13:16.744+00:00That's rather a bit more clever than the scam ...That's rather a bit more clever than the scam e-mail I just received yesterday. The entire text reads:<br /><br />"You've won 891,934.00 pounds<br />Send Necessary information:name,age,country"<br /><br />I replied back that clearly they must already have my name if I'd been selected as a winner, and that all my other information is a matter of public record so I expected they'd already have that, as well, and they should send my winnings as cashier's check via certified, insured mail. Then I forwarded the complete e-mail with headers and IP addresses to an agency in the Dept of Homeland Security that handles such things.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-20605605438471069742009-10-31T09:38:55.222+00:002009-10-31T09:38:55.222+00:00I had the same sort of message, asking for money f...I had the same sort of message, asking for money for a family friend who was stranded in Nigeria while on a mission to help a children's orphanage. Since the e-mail came from a 90+ year old in Florida, I knew that it probably was a fake. He had inadvertently clicked on a spam message, and that was the result. One good tip: never use the "next message" button on your e-mail, because the next message might be a hoax. Always go back to the mail page and open from there.<br /><br />At least London seems more plausible than Nigeria. The scam artists are becoming more refined.<br /><br />Love the sweater!Cynthianoreply@blogger.com