This type of scam has happened to other ladies as well.  I'm sure folks are smart enough to realize it is a scam.  On second thought.....

Either that, or she really has run into some troubles in the Phillipines and needs me to wire her $$$$s. My bet is on the former.

Her initials are AD if you have not yet received the email. PM me if you want more, but there really is not a lot more to it. Subject is "Help & a favor," and I was looking forward to giving it my best shot.

Happy holidays indeed.

Of course, I recently received an email from another lady with a very cryptic subject line, no message and an attachment. I do not open attachments in mysterious emails, so I sent her my concerns and after a brief exchange, she convinced me it was her and the attachment was an almost innocent announcement of an upcoming tour. I was wrong and it was true, except the tour which she cancelled. So I may not be the best one to determine whether someone's email has been hacked, but I feel pretty comfortable about this new one.

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Who was in trouble in Spain and was reaching out for cash. I said I would be more than happy to help if she called me and gave me the details,  including her real name and where she was staying.  She responded that I was being rude in her time of need.  I then told "her" that I had expanded the header of the email and saw the IP address and routing of the mail server was originating in Nigeria.

She never responded back.

This one used undisclosed recipients, at least the one I received did, unlike most of the others. She's not even around for the rest of the year so don't believe it.

Similar thing happened to me on ebay just before the 9/11 attacks. I kept playing them for more information and leading them to believe I was getting ready to wire cash. I kept the entire email thread from about two weeks of communications and forwarded the whole thing to the FBI. Turned out to be two terror cells operating out of Madrid and Munich. Lesson learned.

Personally, I haven't received the email, but I am familiar with the scam.

It's not necessary to hack the account *IF* the instructions are to call, or contact by something other than email.  It's somewhat less than trivial to fake or forge the sender's email address.  I demonstrated this a few years ago with nothing more than a Telnet client, the project manager got an email  from [email protected].

Having said all that, be careful, and keep your tinfoil hat tight.

They probably forged her email addy. Same thing happened to another provider I know and her email account is still intact. I didn't know it was so easy to forge an email address but it's happening pretty often. At least this one didn't expose anyone else's addresses.

I was about ready to put together a team and go extract her. Whew...glad to hear it was a hoax.

I've received that con email several times from various people. It's a common hoax

I finally saw it around 5pm.....I know and like AD... would help her in a pinch if needed...however I know for a fact she is town through her BFF who I was to see today, but went home ill.
AD is well and safe.

Just wanted to say as soon as your check clears, I will mail you your deed to the Michigan Avenue bridge.

It was nice doing business with you.