This is a well known scam. It's been around a while. Variations which have proven dangerous include a story line where someone's grandchild, nephew or similarly vulnerable personage has supposedly been arrested by some outlaw state or gang and the person contacting the relative was walking by the jail when a note dropped out of a high window pleading for bail, luckily including minimal contact information. (This way, they don't have to explain why they can't describe the person.) Grandparents have been known to send thousands of dollars to strangers through Western Union, frightened to death that their relative is abandoned/sick/in jail. It's always an emergency where time is of the essence - car accident, medical emergency (they won't operate on that burst appendix until the money's been paid), a small war has broken out, kidnapping, etc. There's always a reason for FAST action, too fast to take time to check out the story.
> > > On 8/15/12 3:41 AM, ISADORA KARCHER wrote: > > Hello , > > This message is coming to you in a state of discomfort, i am on vacation > with my family in England, United Kingdom, since a week now but, > unfortunately for us as we're returning from the city mall to the hotel > where we are staying before, we got mugged by some unknown gun men and they > took our personal stuffs from us including cash and phones. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
