So apparantley my friends email account was hacked.....this was what the person who emailed sent me:
"I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,I and my family came down here to London,United Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately we got mugged at the park of the hotel where we stayed,all cash,wallet,credit card and cell were stolen off us,but luckily for us we still have our passport back in our hotel room.
We've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight is leaving in few hours from now but we're having problems settling our hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills,We're freak out at the moment."
MY RESPONCE:
"How much do you need and where do I send it?"
HACKERS RESPONCE:
"Glad you replied back, We have nothing left on us right now but we're lucky to have our passports with us, it would have been worst if they had made away with our passports.Our return flight is leaving in the next few hours from now as i earlier told you and we don't want miss it,all we owe the hotel is just 2,850.00 Euro to settle our bills at the hotel and get a cab to the Airport including feeding,but we'll appreciate whatsoever you can afford to loan us right now.Once the bills have been taken care of then we will quickly catch our return flight back home safely.You can have it wired to my name via Western union b'cos I'll have to show my passport as an ID to pick it up here and Western Union is 3blocks away from the hotel where we're staying. I promise to refund back as soon as we made it home safely.Here's my info below...
Name..xxxxxxxx
Location...101, ALBERT CARR GARDENS
STREATHAM, LONDON SW16 3HE
UNITED KINGDOM
Once you're done with it, kindly get back with the MTCN confirmation number including sender's first and last name and amount you sent,so our mind can be at rest.
We owe you a lot.
Reply ASAP.
Thank You."
"I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,I and my family came down here to London,United Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately we got mugged at the park of the hotel where we stayed,all cash,wallet,credit card and cell were stolen off us,but luckily for us we still have our passport back in our hotel room.
We've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight is leaving in few hours from now but we're having problems settling our hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills,We're freak out at the moment."
MY RESPONCE:
"How much do you need and where do I send it?"
HACKERS RESPONCE:
"Glad you replied back, We have nothing left on us right now but we're lucky to have our passports with us, it would have been worst if they had made away with our passports.Our return flight is leaving in the next few hours from now as i earlier told you and we don't want miss it,all we owe the hotel is just 2,850.00 Euro to settle our bills at the hotel and get a cab to the Airport including feeding,but we'll appreciate whatsoever you can afford to loan us right now.Once the bills have been taken care of then we will quickly catch our return flight back home safely.You can have it wired to my name via Western union b'cos I'll have to show my passport as an ID to pick it up here and Western Union is 3blocks away from the hotel where we're staying. I promise to refund back as soon as we made it home safely.Here's my info below...
Name..xxxxxxxx
Location...101, ALBERT CARR GARDENS
STREATHAM, LONDON SW16 3HE
UNITED KINGDOM
Once you're done with it, kindly get back with the MTCN confirmation number including sender's first and last name and amount you sent,so our mind can be at rest.
We owe you a lot.
Reply ASAP.
Thank You."
