Phishing Scams still fooling some folks

People, stop falling for internet email phishing scams!!! If you think someone is stranded and needs money, call their job (at the very least, you can email at their work address) and ask to speak to them, you'll be surprised to find out they never left the country!!

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From: Real Person's name withheld
To: Real Person's name withheld
Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 12:23:16 PM
Subject: Re: It's Urgent, Please Respond.

Am sorry for bothering you with my financial issue. I have contacted my family and I haven't heard from them for 2 days now. Please can you ask someone close to you to send the funds to me? You can email me the senders name and MTCN number as soon as the transfer is complete. Let me know so that I can forward my information to you.


Thanks

Real Person's name withheld



From: Real Person's name withheld
To: Real Person's name withheld
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: It's Urgent, Please Respond.

[Real Person's name withheld],



Right now I am feeling very sick. If somone from your family can come

and get the money from me I will keep it so that they can do the transfer etc.

Girl I have,t been to work for the week and today I came out very sick and weak.

Let me know asap so taht I can get the money






From: Real Person's name withheld
To: Real Person's name withheld
Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 11:08:23 AM
Subject: Re: It's Urgent, Please Respond.

Hi [Real Person's name withheld]



Am glad you replied. Please can you lend me $1,600 to add up with what I have, in order to get a ticket home and pay bills over here? You can send funds via western union money transfer to me. Let me know if you need my information to send funds.



Thanks
Real Person's name withheld





From: Real Person's name withheld
To: Real Person's name withheld
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: It's Urgent, Please Respond.

[Real Person's name withheld],



Sorry to hear of your problem. I was not at work on Thursday. Was sick from

chemo so I only got your mail a few minutes ago. What ticket you would want.

From where to where. Let me know asap so that I can see how best I can help





[Real Person's name withheld]



From: Real Person's name withheld
To: Real Person's name & email withheld
Sent: Thu, May 19, 2011 8:25:34 PM

Subject: It's Urgent, Please Respond.

It’s me, [Real Person's name withheld ]. I don't mean to inconvenience you right now, I made a trip to Scotland and I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards. I know this may sound odd but it all happened very fast. I need to get a new passport and a ticket, but I'm short of funds. Please, can you lend me some funds to get a ticket? I will pay you back.

Please respond as soon as you get this message, so I can forward you my details to send funds to me, OR you can drop a message via the hotel's desk phone if you can. The number is, +447045733705.

I await your response
[Real Person's name withheld]