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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1--297520257 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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 --Apple-Mail-1--297520257 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> 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".=A0</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=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>P.S. =A0Gayle 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=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>=A0<br><div><div>On = 8-Apr-11, at 12:38 PM, Gayle MacLean wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><table = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td = valign=3D"top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, = clean, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span = class=3D"yiv1325684756Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 1.2em; = outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; = 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=3D"line-height: 1.2em; = outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; = ">=A0=A0=A0=A0 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=3D"line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: = initial; outline-color: initial; ">=A0=A0=A0 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=3D"line-height: = 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: = initial; "><br style=3D"line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; = outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Thanks!</span><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: = 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; = outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span = class=3D"yiv1325684756Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 1.2em; = outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; = font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br style=3D"line-height: = 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: = initial; "></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; = padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: = 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: = initial; "><span class=3D"yiv1325684756Apple-style-span" = style=3D"line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: = initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial, helvetica, = sans-serif; = ">Gayle</span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><b= r></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--297520257--
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