Scammers

[strayrider]

My wife received an email today from one of her friends who is apparently stranded in London after being robbed. this friend is asking that my wife send her $3500 so she can get home. Funny thing is, my wife called this friend on the phone and she is not in London. She is here in Ohio. Anyway, this email "friend" wants the cash sent to an address on Globe Rd., Stephey Green, London. I looked it up on Google maps and it appears to be a mixture of row houses and apartments. It is actually fairly close to Hackney where our friend who works for Scotland Yard lives. Anyone in London familiar with this area? -stray-

[Publius]

Anyway, this email "friend" wants the cash sent to an address on Globe Rd., Stephey Green, London. I looked it up on Google maps and it appears to be a mixture of row houses and apartments. It is actually fairly close to Hackney where our friend who works for Scotland Yard lives. Anyone in London familiar with this area? -stray- Yeah!! Get some Brit HPotDers together to go give the culprits what-for!!

[SRP76]

The Romero Posse, keepin' shit straight.

[Danny]

The Romero Posse, keepin' shit straight. just as long as we dont start going round dressed and acting like ICP.

[SBEADER]

Gotta love internet larceny ...

[SymphonicX]

I grew up in East London so know Hackney, Walthamstow, Wood Green etc very well... lot of dodgy people there, no doubt this is one end of a fraud ring, probably an empty house where they collect fraudulent money or dish out emails like this one...

[Chic Freak]

Hackney sucks. It's a crappy area.

[Tricky]

Aye dont go calling round, no doubt some massive Nigerian or Somali will answer the door! they usually operate those scams!

[AcesandEights]

just as long as we dont start going round dressed and acting like ICP. Nope, just acting like Philly SWAT will suffice

[slickwilly13]

Maybe you should set them up on a date with the local police or at least have fun with them.

[krakenslayer]

Your wife's friend's email account must be hacked to shit.If she's not done so already, she should change her email password and all her other passwords for different sites, because if they have got into her email account it's ridiculously easy to get all her other passwords, including internet banking, etc.

[strayrider]

Aye dont go calling round, no doubt some massive Nigerian or Somali will answer the door! they usually operate those scams! Based on the lousy syntax and grammar, that's what I figured too; however, my wife said that it is "racist" to think such things. She believes that it is some naughty British schoolboy sending the emails. Your wife's friend's email account must be hacked to shit.If she's not done so already, she should change her email password and all her other passwords for different sites, because if they have got into her email account it's ridiculously easy to get all her other passwords, including internet banking, etc. She already has Yahoo! working on the case. What I think happened is that someone got a hold of a list of Yahoo! email usernames and passwords and are sending this scam out via their contact lists. They are probably doing it in alphabetical order seeing as how her initials are A. A.. She is one of the "band mothers" (HS Marching Band) and thus far everyone on her contact list has received a similar email. Right now I'm showing my wife how to send this "friend" on a wild goose chase--like telling them that she has wired the cash to a Western Union office in Hammersmith, for example. -stray-

[kortick]

thats good stray I would have responded saying that I was in jail in london myself and come visit me. 'once my lawyer proves i didnt rape all those kids and steal that prosthetic leg we can both leave' yeah say ' i sent the money. u didnt get it?'

[AcesandEights]

Right now I'm showing my wife how to send this "friend" on a wild goose chase--like telling them that she has wired the cash to a Western Union office in Hammersmith, for example. Ooh! Updates would be appreciated!

[krakenslayer]

Based on the lousy syntax and grammar, that's what I figured too; however, my wife said that it is "racist" to think such things. She believes that it is some naughty British schoolboy sending the emails. I don't think it's racist to say that scammer gangs usually have Nigerian connections, because even the Nigerian authorities admit it's a massive problem there. It's like saying Mob crimes often have Italian connections - it's true. Sure, not ALL internet scammers are Nigerian, but usually British and American internet crime gangs are built around the use of trojans to gain access to financial accounts, whereas the African gangs tend to use blanket-spamming. It's just the way those gangs are organised, it's not a racial thing. She already has Yahoo! working on the case. What I think happened is that someone got a hold of a list of Yahoo! email usernames and passwords and are sending this scam out via their contact lists. They are probably doing it in alphabetical order seeing as how her initials are A. A.. She is one of the "band mothers" (HS Marching Band) and thus far everyone on her contact list has received a similar email. Right now I'm showing my wife how to send this "friend" on a wild goose chase--like telling them that she has wired the cash to a Western Union office in Hammersmith, for example. -stray- Haha, you ever check out that Scambaiter site?