| Fake email from known friend asking for money | JF_DC | 7/21/11 7:12 AM | This morning my spouse and I received the same email from a friend's gmail account, saying they had their money and credit cards stolen in London. It contained bad syntax (the giveaway) but was otherwise very deceptive, providing a hotel phone number |
| Re: Fake email from known friend asking for money | IMAW | 7/29/11 3:12 AM | Hi, I've just got exactly the same email but stating that the secretary of my sailing club has been mugged in Spain again sent "via yahoo". Spoke to Strathclyde police, they aren't interested as I actually didn't pay out any money. I've changed all s |
| Re: Fake email from known friend asking for money | Sachin Indijem | 8/12/11 9:49 AM | Thank you for this notice! This notice altered me to a fraud from a very similar e-mail sent to my account. I believed it for a while - I responded and then the hacker responded as well. I realized it was a scam checking out the number and finding th |
| Re: Fake email from known friend asking for money | equanelle | 8/29/11 1:50 AM | Just got one of the same - using the name and email address of a known friend. My sincere regrets for this sudden request,i have been involved in a robbery during my trip to Madrid,Spain.I got mugged and all my belongings including mobile phone and |