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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_bKPiwfD8VVNwF/O716gteg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT If anyone has any doubts that this is a scam, there was an email from Gayle on NatureNS yesterday a.m., when she reported looking for the snapping turtle in Dartmouth. She is not stranded in England! Lois Codling On 08/04/2011 1:21 PM, Ulli wrote: > Before people get all concerned. > In case someone hasn't figured it out or seen it before: This is the > latest fashion of pishing emails. > Not sure how they harvest email addresses of the recipients and > identities of the "person in distress". > If one responds to this request the next message will ask for a money > transfer via Western Union. > > Ulli > > P.S. Gayle has done nothing wrong, likely another users computer > somewhere in the world had been hacked or virused and the information > came from this machines email addressbook. > > > > > > On 8-Apr-11, at 12:38 PM, Gayle MacLean wrote: > >> How are you doing? I hope this email reaches you on time, I had a >> trip to the United Kingdom but unfortunately for me I lost my bag at >> the airport, I only got to realize this on my way to the hotel where >> I lodged and this has caused me so much thereby making me stranded. >> Presently my things are held down by the hotel management due to >> my inability to pay the hotel bills which I currently owe, they even >> had to restrict my access to the hotel facilities until outstanding >> bills are cleared and I don't have a dime on me anymore, I had to >> walk down to the city library in order to send you this email. >> I need you to kindly assist me with the loan of (2,750 pounds) so >> I can settle the hotel bills and make arrangement to return back >> home, please let me know how much you can assist me with soonest. I'm >> urging you to let this be between us because I'm so ashamed about the >> whole thing. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Gayle >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3559 - Release Date: 04/08/11 > --Boundary_(ID_bKPiwfD8VVNwF/O716gteg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> If anyone has any doubts that this is a scam, there was an email from Gayle on NatureNS yesterday a.m., when she reported looking for the snapping turtle in Dartmouth. She is not stranded in England!<br> <br> Lois Codling<br> <br> On 08/04/2011 1:21 PM, Ulli wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:F0090D94-EB28-447D-8AFB-E643CF036EC5@dal.ca" type="cite"> Before people get all concerned. <div>In case someone hasn't figured it out or seen it before: This is the latest fashion of pishing emails.</div> <div>Not sure how they harvest email addresses of the recipients and identities of the "person in distress". </div> <div>If one responds to this request the next message will ask for a money transfer via Western Union.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Ulli</div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div> <div>P.S. Gayle has done nothing wrong, likely another users computer somewhere in the world had been hacked or virused and the information came from this machines email addressbook.</div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div> <div> <br> <div> <div>On 8-Apr-11, at 12:38 PM, Gayle MacLean wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span class="yiv1325684756Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How are you doing? I hope this email reaches you on time, I had a trip to the United Kingdom but unfortunately for me I lost my bag at the airport, I only got to realize this on my way to the hotel where I lodged and this has caused me so much thereby making me stranded.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"> Presently my things are held down by the hotel management due to my inability to pay the hotel bills which I currently owe, they even had to restrict my access to the hotel facilities until outstanding bills are cleared and I don't have a dime on me anymore, I had to walk down to the city library in order to send you this email.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"> I need you to kindly assist me with the loan of (2,750 pounds) so I can settle the hotel bills and make arrangement to return back home, please let me know how much you can assist me with soonest. I'm urging you to let this be between us because I'm so ashamed about the whole thing.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"> <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"> Thanks!</span> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"><span class="yiv1325684756Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;"><span class="yiv1325684756Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Gayle</span></div> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"> <p class="avgcert" color="#000000" align="left">No virus found in this message.<br> Checked by AVG - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br> Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3559 - Release Date: 04/08/11</p> </blockquote> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_bKPiwfD8VVNwF/O716gteg)--
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