I am posting this under an alias because I do not want to get caught up in it.  I do, however, feel it is something hobbyists and providers alike should be aware of.  

If you receive and email that says "Hey Babe Good Morning, How you doing ? Babe I need a favor from you, It's something I know you can help me out with . I await your email.", DO NOT CORRESPOND WITH IT!.  The email may appear to be coming from the address of a provider you know, but if you look closer, the return address is most likely different - an outlook address.  I know of two providers this has happened to so far, and a third who's email was caught up in it too.  All three of these providers were using yahoo.  Recipients who did reply and correspond with these emails were asked for money.  A story, such as a family member with a life threatening illness, was used to ask for money.  I do know of one case where an details were sent for moneygram or western union.  The info given was of a woman in New York - a real existing person.  

At least one of these provider's email was actually hacked - her address was not spoofed.  If you get an email like this, please try to alert the provider whose address is being used by other means - another email, phone number, etc.  If your email gets hacked, I would highly recommend switching to gmail as it is more secure than yahoo.

If you see this, please spread the word. Thank you!

this has been an ongoing scam for years!!

first it was the Nigerians that started this shit... now others have come up with different kinds of scams and this type of email is one of them.

do you realize that you're already caught up in it because you posted in detail on how this shit works. looks like you become a donkey in this scam and didn't realize or were not smart enough to recognize a scam. you're so embarrassed about this that you had to post this under an alias.

looks like you need to take up Internet Scams 101 to learn more about this kind of stuff.

f.y.i., this kind of scam is not limited to hobbyists and providers. people of all kinds get hit with these scams.
 

The next question is Why are you such an Ahole.

are you attempting to rack up more posts to get into the top 10 posters in this board?

...of why I used an alias.  

No, I was not caught up in this.  This did not happen to me.  I am a provider who also has a degree and years of experience in CIS. This was brought to my attention by other providers who reached out to me for help because of my knowledge in the area.  Personally, I am well aware of the many scams, not only on the internet, but also via phone, snail mail and even in person.  They happen all over the world to every demographic.  However, this particular one IS targeting the escort/hobbyist community. I am well aware and cautious but not everyone is as savvy.  Hence, the post attempting to raise awareness and spare some kind hearted, well meaning gents the financial loss and embarrassment.  As well the reputation of some unsuspecting provider whose email is being used.

So no darling, I am not a donkey, but you clearly are an a**.  And, FYI, you obviously need to take up Being a Decent Person 101.

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I avoid any and every one/thing/eimail asking for favors.

the hackers are inserting their email address into the email account for All incoming messages to be forwarded to the hacker's account...so a simple password change is not good enough.  Everyone using yahoo should make sure their incoming messages are not being forwarded to protect us all.

Someone was kind enough to warn the community.  No need to be a jerk.  Silence is Golden.

Exactly!  This is more than the usual scam, yahoo accounts are actually being hacked.  As far as I know, this is happening with yahoo specifically.  And the return addresses are all outlook, which is in the hotmail/microsoft family. Victims of this also need to make sure they change the contact email and password on any accounts they have used that yahoo address with.  Since the hacker has access to your email, they may have been able to retrieve some of your passwords.

Personally, I stopped using yahoo a decade or more ago.  I'd urge anyone still using yahoo to switch to gmail.  You don't need to fear losing contact with people, etc.  Simply forward your old yahoo account to your new gmail account.  You can also set up an autoresponder from yahoo to let anyone emailing that address that you have switched. Nothing on the internet is 100% secure but gmail is safer than yahoo

almost daily. I read them sometimes because they can be pretty hilarious. I enjoy the misspellings and the names of the banks esp. Oh… the world bank of help a brother out eh?

Sounds like some Americans are following suit. I have a buddy from school who's now a famous actor, and so when I got an email from him saying he was stuck in London with no money because he got robbed or some ish I laughed so hard.

No emails asking for money ever. Anybody I'd send money too IRL has my phone number and the class to speak not text for help.

Emails from spoofed hobbyist email names. The return address is not of the hobbyist only the name is.