Scam E-mail

I've heard about the phone calls that are similar but not emails. Not surprising though. If these people turned their very active imaginations and energy to legitimate work they'd be loaded! Thanks for the warning.

I wonder how they got my hairdresser's name so it would be someone I knew! The cyber world is a scary place!!!

On 11/26/2014 Fortune said:

I wonder how they got my hairdresser's name so it would be someone I knew! The cyber world is a scary place!!!

Scary is right. I never imagined they had a name when I read your post.

Did you pay via credit or debit? If so, they may have hacked into that account. Even so, would that have given them a name?

Someone hijacked my hotmail account several years ago and used it to send similar emails to everyone in my address book. Unfortunately for the scammer, I only had a handful of people in my address book, and one of them was my own other account, so I got the scammy email from "myself".

Your poor hairdresser has lost her email account. I had a really hard time getting it back, Microsoft's "help" people were unsympathetic.

This hoax is old enough that it has a name:

It's called the "Stranded Traveler" scam.

It's been around for years, and you can do an internet search to read about it.

The hoaxer gets access to your friend's contact list, either in their email or social media (usually Facebook), and that's how they know the email addresses and the reason her name is listed as the sender.

Good to have a heads up for those who have never heard of it. Thanks, Fortune!

Thanks for sharing. My pastor/spiritual leader got their facebook/email hacked and a blanket e-mail was sent out to all the members pleading for money as he was stuck in the Philippines. He was home sleeping in.

One of many articles:

Stranded Traveler Appeal Scams

link goes to: http://www.spamlaws.com/traveler-appeal-scams.html

They're getting more creative, aren't they?

On 11/26/2014 dooBdoo said:

One of many articles:

Stranded Traveler Appeal Scams

link goes to: http://www.spamlaws.com/traveler-appeal-scams.html

Thanks, dooBdoo!! As usual, you provide such helpful info!!!