I just got a legitimate phone call from Mark Gee who assures me he's at home and hasn't been mugged. He asked me to mention he's OK and please don't send money as he's gotten a lot of e-mail and phone calls. He did somehow wipe out his address book ( could be a side effect of the virus ) so can't respond himself.
Regards, Butch Fralia -----Original Message----- From: Fofo [mailto:gonza...@msu.edu] Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:30 PM To: Texas Cavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Fw: EMERGENCY I actually wonder if someone joins e-mail lists and gets a "feel" for some people, finds their activity, etc (looking for someone who doesn't post much). I got an e-mail from "Monica Ponce" saying that she's in the UK, was mugged at gun-point and now needs £1,750.00 -- more expensive than Mark's! And the e-mail was in Spanish (really bad Spanish, actually, probably a Babelfish translation). Monica doesn't post much on TexasCavers, but she does on Facebook, so there were no doubts about this e-mail being a scam as soon as I read it: "Espero que recibe en este tiempo? Lo sentimos, no me han informado acerca de mi viaje en el Reino Unido para un programa, estoy actualmente en Londres y estoy teniendo algunas dificultades aquí, porque me asaltaron a punta de pistola ... ni siquiera pueden escribir en dialecto nativo muy bien como todos los sistemas que aquí se ha configurado. ... The gerente del hotel no me deja salir hasta que pagar las cuentas del hotel ... Me gustaría que me ayude con un préstamo de £ 1,750.00" I felt like creating a dummy e-mail account and replying, reassuring of my willingness to "help" but peppering the e-mail with personal questions, just to see what happens and then posting the whole thing here, but that would need more time than I have now. - Fofo John Greer wrote, on 20/11/09 17:48: > Here we go again. This scam has been around for a while, going to > various lists, from various persons. I assume somebody hacks into master > distribution lists. > John Greer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* mark gee <mailto:markageetxca...@yahoo.com> > *To:* markageetxca...@yahoo.com <mailto:markageetxca...@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2009 6:24 PM > *Subject:* EMERGENCY > > Hope you get this on time ? Sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to > the United Kingdom, I'm presently in Scotland and am having some > difficulties here.I misplaced my bag on my way to the hotel where other > valuable things were kept including my passport. I will like you to > assist me with a loan of $1,750 to sort-out my hotel bills and to get > myself back home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me > with and I promise to Refund the money as soon as i return.let me know > if you can be of any assistance. > Please reply me A.S.A.P. > > Regards, > > > Gee > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
