Email help: Ok, so i just recieved and email from a “Freind” and i’m wondering if it could be a scam.

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Ok, so i just recieved and email from a “Freind” and i’m wondering if it could be a scam.

I’m just wondering if anyone has hear of this type thing before. Here is the email:

Hello,
This had to come in a hurry and it has left me in a devastating state.I’m in some terrible situation and I’m really going to need your urgent help.Some days ago,unannounced,I came to visit a resort center in South Glamorgan UK,England…but I got mugged by some hoodlums and lost all my cash,credit cards,I’m financially stranded right now and my return flight leaves in few hours time but i need some money to clear some bills,I didn’t bring my cellphone along since I did not get to roam them before coming over.So all I can do now is pay cash and get out of here quickly.I do not want to make a scene of this which is why I did not call my house,this is embarrassing enough.I was wondering if you could loan me some cash,will def refund it to you as soon as i arrive home just need to clear my Hotel bills and get the next plane home,As soon as i get home i will refund it immediately.Write me so i can let you know how to send it.
Thanks….************

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1 month, 3 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

Somebody in a dire state, requiring your sympathy and, more importantly, you money quickly. Sounds like a scam to me. Ask them to ring you through a pay phone if you want to make sure and confirm it is them, but I would be very suspicious of the situation.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

yea its pretty obviously a scam, unless you know the name the fellow left behind, if you do, attempt contact with him/her and his/her family before ANYTHING
do not respond to it

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

It’s a scam. This letter has been going around to anybody with an email address.

Don’t fall for it.

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (20 minutes after post)

whatever you do don’t do it! :p

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Anonymous #
1 month, 3 weeks ago (23 minutes after post)

no it’s not - i really need that money :)

- your friend

zacharris1 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (25 minutes after post)

Thanks alot, i know the woman who sent it…it didn’t sound like her, i called her husband just to be sure, and i’m waiting for him to call me back. Thanks all.

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (41 minutes after post)

SCAM

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 1 week ago (2 weeks, 1 day after post)

I am so glad I found this post–I received this email today from a friend. What’s weird is that they had opened a hotmail account in my friend’s name and signed off with his first name. it sort of made sense as I am one of his only friends that lives in the UK, but I was still suspicious, so pulled him up on my facebook account (where we’re friends) and wrote him from there, saying I’d gotten an email but it was suspicious, so write back directly through Facebook if it really is him. I then got another reply on Facebook from ‘him’ (his photo, his Facebook account that he’s had for ages) saying “Oh no…l know this sounds weird and you wouldn’t believe me…Yes, am really stucked out here in the UK and it’s so devastating at the moment.l wish l could cal but l don’t have access to phone at the moment , I really need your help to get myself out of this mess. The hotel management has been kind to let have an access to a library to get across to anybody to help me since my luggages was also taken away.Hope to hear from you soon…..I don’t really have much time i’m in a Local Library right now please get us out of here…(his name)”
But the spelling and grammar made me suspicious so I wrote back and said, “If this is you, answer these three questions” and gave questions that he should know the answer to (the name of my college roommate, etc). Of course he didn’t write back, and now his Facebook account has been deleted.
So presumably what happened was: they broke into his Facebook account, looked up names and emails of friends, created a hotmail account using his last name, and emailed me. I’m very skeptical but must admit this one had almost going for a minute…

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