Scott K wrote: > Generally you should always contact people by phone for any such "Help > Me!" online contact scam. Or at least contact their family to make > sure they're actually out of town or in prison.
I didn't have Michael's phone number, which is why I asked here. I managed to reach him by phone through his company, though. The scam handily took that into consideration, though, by saying his cell phone had been stolen. I asked the scammer for the phone number at least, but no reply to that... :) > My parent's neighbors got a call that claimed to be one of their > grandchildren in prison. I don't know why the call wasn't to their > parents of course, but the money was almost sent. It wouldn't hurt to > warn your grandparents to trust no one online and verify with other > parties. Absolutely. In some cases, it might not hurt to have a pre-arranged family pass phrase that can be used to help in identification in case of emergencies. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
