Beauport Bob Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I just rec'd this. Any comments? It does not read "American". Hello, How are you doing? I'm sorry for not informing you about my short traveling to Scotland for a Seminar. It was something urgent and i didn't even inform anyone about this traveling. Right now i need your help because my wallet got lost on my way to the hotel I lodged in, Inside the wallet was my phone, cards, diary, including my return ticket and other vital documents. I have reported the case to the police but i am worried and stranded here. I find it very difficult to say this but i need an urgent loan of 1500 British pounds for me to sort out my hotel bills and get myself back home. if you can do me this favor I will always show gratitude throughout my lifetime. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with and I promise to refund the money as soon as I return home, Please let me know if you can help me out, I will be glad to read from you soon. Warm regards -- Talk soon, ~Heidi Heidi Karasch Black Swan Cooperage, LLC PO Box 217 54473 State Hwy 34 Osage, MN 56570 blackswancooperage@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Forester Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 That's a scam. Someone is using the Karash's info. I've heard of this one before. Do you know Russ and his daughter Heidi? I think that a scam artist got hold of the ADI resource list and will be sending out a bunch of these to ADI members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich phillips Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Funny, I just received a letter like this saying that my cousin was stranded in London. I got concerned only to call her and she was in New York, just fine. Can you say scam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEwing Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Delete it - This is a scam that's been around for a number of years. They take the information of Facebook and other social sites. Disregard and delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxol Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I just rec'd this. Any comments? It does not read "American". Hello, How are you doing? I'm sorry for not informing you about my short traveling to Scotland for a Seminar. It was something urgent and i didn't even inform anyone about this traveling. Right now i need your help because my wallet got lost on my way to the hotel I lodged in, Inside the wallet was my phone, cards, diary, including my return ticket and other vital documents. I have reported the case to the police but i am worried and stranded here. I find it very difficult to say this but i need an urgent loan of 1500 British pounds for me to sort out my hotel bills and get myself back home. if you can do me this favor I will always show gratitude throughout my lifetime. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with and I promise to refund the money as soon as I return home, Please let me know if you can help me out, I will be glad to read from you soon. Warm regards -- Talk soon, ~Heidi Heidi Karasch Black Swan Cooperage, LLC PO Box 217 54473 State Hwy 34 Osage, MN 56570 blackswancooperage@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauport Bob Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Yes, Jonathan, I do know the Karash family. Also, I was hoping to using this to get to them ASAP. There was a recent posing about these scams. I should have re read my post and written it to be more of an alarm than a question. Cheers, BR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdery Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The scammers get access to the victim's email address book and send the plea to everyone in it. The one I got was more convincing than this one. (But, no, I didn't fall for it.) They also prevent the victim from accessing their email account themselves, so they can't respond to inquiries or wave people off. It's a pretty effective scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Swan Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Hi Folks, As much as I wouldn't mind a trip there I am not stuck in Scotland nor am I in need of 1500pounds to get home!!!--my email blackswancooperage@gmail.com has been spammed! I apologize for the message, it has caused major headaches for me today! I don't think that it will have any effect to the ADI resource list, but if you happen to use gmail, there has been a fake "gmail support" email going around that I think was the downfall of my own gmail account. My new email is heidi@blackswanbarrels.com or you can reach me @320-266-5981 I apologize again for the wacky email! ~Heidi Black Swan Cooperage, LLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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