alternate title: What do you think? Should I send her the money?
This lovely email just hit my inbox. The sender is kdubois1@gmail.com, which I’m sure is a totally legitimate email address belong to a real, live person. Because gosh, gmail wouldn’t let spammers get an email address, right? Here’s her urgent plea:
Hello,
I am in a hurry writing you this mail. I traveled to UK wales for an urgent function and i got mugged at a gun point. It was a terrible experience. All cash and credit cards were stolen away from me. I reported to the police they asked me to wait for 2 weeks to carry out investigations. I am totally freaked out here.
Right now, my return flight leaves 24hours from now. I am only telling you this because i do not want you to panic at all. just keep it the way have told you till i return back home.
I am seriously having problems in settling my hotel bills which i have to clear before i can leave the hotel to avoid further embarrassment and to get a taxi down to the airport. Just wondering if you could loan me 2000Pounds to settle my bills and to get a taxi down to the airport. I promise to pay back when i return back home today.
Please you can help me send the money to my name and my present location because i am only left with my passport to pick up the money.
Name: Kate DuBois
Address: Colwyn Bay, Clwyd LL28 4EP UK
Do let me know if you will be going to the western union outlet right now to send the money to my name and my present location and please dont forget to get back to me with the transfer details which is the senders information and the MTCN number.
I await your urgent response.
Thanks so much and sorry to bother you.
Good heavens, that does sound important, doesn’t it? She couldn’t even remember that I live in the UNITED STATES and my money is called DOLLARS. She’s obviously so frazzled she forgot that little detail in her otherwise perfect email.
Just how long has this vacation been, this vacation to UK WALES, that her hotel bill is almost 2000 pounds, which I think is like, a LOT of dollars.
You know I had to Google it.
2000 British Pounds Sterling is equal to 3188.6000 Dollars. Wow, me and this Kate DuBois must be best friends for her to think I just have that much money lying around and her safety is of my utmost concern.
But wait! If her “return flight leaves 24hours from now”, how can she “promise to pay back when i return back home today”? She won’t be home until tomorrow! I know there’s a time zone difference and all, but she can’t come back in time to repay this debt. Can she?
Best of luck, “Kate”. Unfortunately, I suspect that someone in the millions of people you sent this email to will be gullible enough to think that yes, maybe they do know you, and gee whiz, they’d better send you that money right away.
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It’s actually worse than spam most of the time, any of the one’s I’ve seen like this have been from people who have my email in their address book and their account has been compromised. And it’s not just gmail. Sneakier and sneakier.
I got the same email from my daughter. BUT she was in the UK at the time. Luckily I had just spoken to her and knew she was not in dire straits. Those Nigerians got hold of her email and contact list. Good eye!
I can advice you not to deal with this swindler – I think that all the projects which ask you to pay first are just swindlers who are hunting for our money!
I agree with you Anna.
Her email looks and sounds real! Didn’t you for a second wondered who is Kate and maybe you know her and you are her last chance? I think I would’ve have thought a little
It does not look like spam at all. Great that there was a difference in currency, otherwise it would have been a mess. Anyway, its good to be aware of such misleading spam mails sent around.
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Got the same exact email last night too
Word for word. I’m in dire straits — can you send me $3000 LOL
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A friend of ours had this happen to them recently, too. Someone from Nigeria got their email address via Facebook.
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LOL this is quite an entertaining post. Thanks for a good laugh! I’m following you back!
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Needed to update one thing. If you still have that mail in your inbox, please update the post with the mail header. If any expert is looking into this post, he might get a deeper insight on who is doing this.
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Why don’t I get spam that good! You would think everyone would know to ignore them (or post them on the net for everyone to enjoy!) now so I can’t imagine the spammers ever make any money any more.
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Luckily I had just spoken to her and knew she was not in dire straits. Those Nigerians got hold of her email and contact list.
It does not attending like spam at all. Great that there was a aberration in currency, contrarily it would accept been a mess. Anyway, its acceptable to be acquainted of such ambiguous spam mails beatific around.