After just posting, I went to my email for the 1st time today and found this:
"J.STEVE GUTHRIE SR
"I'm writing this with tears in my eye, my family and I came down here to Scotland for a short vacation and got mugged at the park of the hotel we stayed, all our cash, credit card and Cell Phone were stolen off us at GUN POINT but luckily for us we still have our passports with us but don't have enough money to sort the bills so we can get out of here.
We've been to the embassy and the police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight leaves soon but we're having problems settling the hotel bills, and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills, I'm freaked out at the moment and wondering if you could help us with a quick loan, I promise I'll refund it once we get back. Please write me so i can send you the info for the wire of the money to save me from the embarrassment of not being able to cover the bills.
I'm freaked out at the moment..
Steve"
Gmail provided this at the head of the email:
"Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information. Learn more"
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jwboothjw" <jw777@...> wrote:
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Peter M." <midnight1626@> wrote:
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> > Is having a good nose for cheating/scamming an important skill for a
> > progressive team manager?
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> I'm surprised also.
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> An ap friend once commented to me when we were walking thru a casino that he'd be excellent working in casino security, because he's spent so much time in casinos that he can spot many more scams than a security guard can.
> I agree and feel the same way about myself.
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> I'd offer 10-1 odds that Mickey has never been off this continent, unless he was in the Armed Forces.
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> But I'm not sure about that.
> I am sure that the email is a scam.
> Simply the fact that it has a different email address is more than enough proof.
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> In all of his posts, I've never read one wherein he mentions family in any way (I haven't read every one of them).
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