BEWARE E MAIL SCAMS FROM FRIENDS WHO AREN'T YOUR FRIENDS !

5/21/2013
Everyone beware of a scam, getting E Mails from a friend stating their stuck in Mexico or
Europe, they've been robbed, owe $2,500- in hotel bills, their flight leaves in 12 hours, I
heard of this in the past, the funny thing is it was from Ann.. I wish I knew how to paste it
in here ? So beware...........................Cheers Joe

5/21/2013
Here's the E Mail..

This message is coming to you with great depression due to my state of discomfort. I came down here to Distrito Federal, Mexico with my family for a short vacation but unfortunately, we were mugged and robbed at the park of the hotel where we stayed. All cash, credit cards and cell phones were stolen off us but we still have our lives and passports. We've been to the embassy and the police here and they have done the best they can. Our flight leaves in less than 12hrs from now but we are having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills which is US$2,500. I am contacting you to ask for a short loan which I will refund immediately I get my family back home safely. Let me know if you can help. Looking forward to positive response. Ann

Don't even click on these. View through your viewing panel. These may have viruses.
Beware

I just got the same email and knew it to be a fake--but still logged on here for the same purpose as Joe. I ignore all suspect emails. This is the dark side of social media.

Sorry guys, but all my mail and contacts disappeared from both my computer and my iphone a little while ago. Don't know what's up, but please send immediately to spam.

Ann, before I read these posts, I sent you a pm with the message as posted by Joe. Seems you have been hacked.

Other people have gotten these from "me." I now know why people hide their FB friends list. It is clear that the spammers are mining those lists.

I won't even list my hacker nightmares with Yahoo. People were sending me back ugly messages because they thought I had really sent them the spam emails. It was an ugly time.

No matter how careful - my son has my computers rigged with lots of firewalls - I still get stuff because I'm connected to the cell phone through google.

Everything is getting interconnected and they ask for phone numbers at every turn.

Dear Anne,

I got the same as Joe. Here is the message

It was from A. L. Joiner. I reported it as spam. Sorry you are having this trouble.

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Report this suspicious message Ignore, I trust this messageThis message is coming to you with great depression due to my state of discomfort. I came down here to Distrito Federal, Mexico with my family for a short vacation but unfortunately, we were mugged and robbed at the park of the hotel where we stayed. All cash, credit cards and cell phones were stolen off us but we still have our lives and passports.

We've been to the embassy and the police here and they have done the best they can. Our flight leaves in less than 12hrs from now but we are having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills which is US$2,500. I am contacting you to ask for a short loan which I will refund immediately I get my family back home safely. Let me know if you can help.

Looking forward to positive response.

Ann

......

Love,

Betty

I am offended, I didn't get one. Aw Phooey!
Why am I left out?

Oh well, I feel better now. I just got an email from PA offering me an agent. I don't even have a book with them anymore.

An agent, huh? That's a new one. I wonder how many $hundreds that'll cost - since a good agent charges nothing up front because he/she intends to sell the book and get paid a hefty percent of those millions of books sold.

Dear ALICE CROOKER,

Emily is getting ready for the Book Expo America
in New York City.
She wants to let people know about your book while she is
there. You
can now hire Emily as an agent for your book! She will
familiarize
herself with information about your book and will be eager to
answer
questions about it and recommend it to those in the industry

interested in the specific genre. We will also have information about

your book available for those interested to take with them. To have

Emily agent your book at the BEA please find the pricing below:

One
title agented: $89.00 Multiple Titles agented: please call for
discounted
pricing

If you are interested in this promotion please give me a call at

240.285.9569 or simply send me an email at
suzette@publishamerica.com. I look forward to hearing from
you soon.

Sincerely,
Suzette
Special Services Coordinator

I'd like to be a little bird for all those $89 books Emily is promoting....

Now Facebook won't allow me to post public comments--said I was reported as abusive.

Very strange

Are you sure it was you? LC said the hacker could have gotten in through Facebook.

Alice,

I don't want you to be left out. Please send a $2,500 check to me. I'm stranded, in, say, Barcelona and have spent all of my money on good food and good wine and now can't get back home. And oh, yeah, I lost my round trip ticket so I need to buy another as it is a very long swim back home, the water is too cold and I'm afraid of sharks. Please send the money fast because I'm hungry and thirsty.

alj wrote:

Are you sure it was you? LC said the hacker could have gotten in through Facebook.

This was a joke. I do not believe I was hacked through Facebook. It was most likely connected to the interface changes made by Yahoo Mail yesterday morning.