Just recieved this,thought it might actually be real,as was signed off by name i know well.



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 +447031804806.

I await your response....

petermac33 said...

Just recieved this,thought it might actually be real,as was signed off by name i know well.



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 +447031804806.

I await your response....

you thought it might be from a name you know well , written in the way it is ?

*facepalm*

Hey, there's a Western Union right near me. Give me the money and I'll send it for you. It's the least I could do.

petermac33 said...

Just recieved this,thought it might actually be real,as was signed off by name i know well.

Who!!! Like Maggie Thatcher????

Peter, as the others haven't spelled it out (I think), this is a common trick where they hack into someone's email account, and send the same email to everyone in that person's address book.

It always says that they are stuck, and need money via something like Western Union.

Not really surprisingly, I think this catches out a lot of people who just want to help out, but it is definitely a scam.

Hey, could you help me out though? I am stuck here in Sydney and I urgently need a way to go somewhere there is wind! Somewhere warm would be nice, but I would cope if it wasn't. Can you wire me a couple of grand until pay day?

cisco said...
Someone told us way back that the way to prevent your contacts or address book from being hi-jacked is to create a non send able address in your contacts such as YYYYY@yahoo.com.

It seems to be working for us.

Has anybody else here got such a thing in place???

Any idea how would this work? It would be no different to someone on your list changing email addresses and your list going stale... thereby achieving the same thing?

Just having one bad email address wouldnt stop the rest going out?
(Curious in case I missed something in mailing technology)

PeterHazael said...

Do embassies let you fly without your passport?

Does Western Union let you collect funds without any identification?

Pete, you better write back and ask them about this. Pronto.

PeterHazael said...

Do embassies let you fly without your passport?

Yes they can, but its not real easy.

doggie said...

PeterHazael said...

Do embassies let you fly without your passport?

Yes they can, but its not real easy.

apparently is easier to travel by boat without a passport ,as long
as you don't tell anybody with authority