One of my email accounts was hacked and reworked to have all reply mail from the spam to be sent to the account techniquest64@yahoo.com - of course they are hoping to have you arrange to transfer money. Don't do it.
Here is the message the was sent out. I am posting this so that if someone gets this and does a google search on any part of the email they might find this warning.
I have heard of this in many variations, so I am hoping word has gotten around an nobody is harmed by this internet scam. I hope all are suspicious if there is a different reply to address than the address from which the email was sent (the hacked account). I suppose the hacker is counting on a short window of time to get someone to bite on the scam before they are discovered.
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Date: Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Subject: Sad News.........................
Subject: Sad News.........................
To:
From: Peter Kleeman
Reply-To: techniquest64@yahoo.com
| Hello, This message may be coming to you as a surprise but I need your help.Few days back we made an unannounced vacation trip to Manila Philippines.Everything was going fine until last night when we were mugged on our way back to the hotel.They Stole all our cash,credit cards and cellphone but thank God we still have our lives and passport.Another shocking is that the hotel manager has been unhelpful to us for reasons i don't know. I'm writing you from a local library cybercafe..I've reported to the police and after writing down some statements that's the last i had from them.i contacted the consulate and all i keep hearing is they will get back to me. i need your help ..I need you to help me out with a loan to settle my bills here so we can get back home, our return flight leaves soon. I'll refund the money as soon as i get back. All i need is $1,850 ..Let me know if you can get me the money then I tell you how to get it to me. I'm freaked out at the moment |
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