Urgent help!

[Boatboy24]

I got this email this morning. Gotta love scammers. At least the English wasn't a total hack job. Email him if you can help.

From "Michael Anderson" ([email protected])

Subject: URGENT HELP....Michael Anderson

Hi,

I am in Istanbul, Turkey at the moment. I am here for a short Vacation trip and I just had my bag stolen from me and personal effects. I have been trying to sort things out with the necessary authorities and I need some assistance from you.

Let me know if you can help.

Michael Anderson

 

[sour_grapes]

It's from an AOL account, so it is probably totally legitimate!

 

[ceeaton]

I got one the other week from Andy Michaels in Pakistan. He was pick pocketed in the airport and needed money to get a copy of his passport FedEx'd.

 

[Boatboy24]

Hmmm. Andy Michaels.

Michael Anderson.

I'm starting to think that there just might be something fishy going on here.

 

[Steve_M]

Hey,
At least it wasn't John Smith!

Steve

 

[Natrix]

You don't have any empathy for people in need !

 

[BernardSmith]

You don't have any empathy for people in need !

I am sure that they do. The trouble is that those people are not really in need... they are much more in want... ::

 

[GreginND]

I was once stuck in Madrid with no cash, broken internet at the hotel, no phone and a debit card that I discovered wasn't authorized to use outside of the country. I wandered around until I found a weak free wifi signal and shot an email off to my bank describing my situation. They promptly called my wife to say my account was being scammed! She thought I was mugged and left dead on the side of the road or something.

 

[vacuumpumpman]

I had these emails also and called the person as they did not even leave town.
Be careful of these scams !

 

[Floandgary]

I am sure that they do. The trouble is that those people are not really in need... they are much more in want... ::

Agree for sure. Human nature dictates "lending a helping hand". However that hand has been bitten too many times and we've been jaded by misappropriation on so many levels

 

[Natrix]

You don't have any empathy for people in need !

I am sure that they do. The trouble is that those people are not really in need... they are much more in want... ::

That was sarcasm.

 

[BernardSmith]

That was sarcasm.

People have so much trouble with irony, don't they?