Don't send money...
unless you really want to.
So I've been taken by an email scammer who accessed my yahoo mail.
Now everyone on that contact list got a lovely (grammatically incorrect) email from me in which I ask for thousands of dollars.
Apparently I'm in the UK.
Ummm...never been there...would love to go...would probably have liked it more in the UK yesterday than where I was...
Now, the tricky part is my yahoo contact list (which includes everyone I ever gave my private blog password to, sorry blogger friends) and all my saved emails have been wiped out so if you only email me through yahoo and not through bell then I have no idea what your email address is so I can't even apologize in person (on line that is).
So, I'm off to change passwords all over the net.
It sucks.
I've learned a very valuable lesson.
And about the money? Don't send any.
I'm 3!
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7 comments:
Yeah I got that message, for some reason I didn't think it was you for a second...
I heard about that scam, apparently it works enough to have become quite popular.
That's what you get for trying to be nice. Hunh.
Hey, my "word verification" for this post is "ritesize", which is obviously a response to the previous post...
lol I figured if you really needed the cash you would call. lol
I adore your blog! I'm a Canadian moving back home to start my adoption (hopefully from Vietnam) so it was great to find another single adopter from Canada adopting from Vietnam!
Your son is adorable. So sorry to hear about the trouble you went through at the hospital and your spam situation. I had my identity stollen (and money from my acct) last year and as I said to my bank if these people used their brain and skill to do good, they'd probably be quite clever :0)
HA! I got that message and didn't put two and two together until I read your post. The lousy spelling, vocab and grammar however, were a dead give away as to the email being a dud.
Crazy what people will do and hope to get away with! It was apparently, such an embarrassing circumstance that it shouldn't be discussed with anyone. Just send some $24,000 to the UK to bail the poor soul out. Yeah, right. ;-)
i got the message too. sorry they got you. buggers!
Okay, I have to admit I did a double take when I got the email...I thought, hey, I know her...and then didn't really think twice until I read this. What a PITA.
Too late, I already sent you a cheque.
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