re Adversity brings out the worst in some of us

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: "Synthesis:Law and Technology Law and Technology" <synthesis.law.and.technology () gmail com>
> Date: April 17, 2010 6:43:07 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, mary.shaw () cs cmu edu
> Subject: Re: [IP] Adversity brings out the worst in some of us

> Dave,
>  
> This scam actually has nothing to do with the travel disruption or even the recent/current volcanic activitiy.  I got 
> one of these on March 25th of this year.  It's a mass-spamming of a victim's address book that occurs when someone's 
> password is inadvertently divulged.  The account that sent this to Mary surely sent out thousands, not just to the 
> group she belongs to.  There are reports of it from January as well and variants for Scotland and a few other places. 
>  It is such a popular scam  that the US Embassy in London has a web page devoted to the subject just for the scams 
> about the UK.
>  
> http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/scs/internet_scams_examples.html
>  
>  
> Dan
>
>
>  
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Dave Farber <dfarber () me com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () cs cmu edu>
> > Date: April 17, 2010 4:40:10 PM EDT
> > To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> > Subject: Adversity brings out the worst in some of us
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > The current travel disruptions rippling out of Europe are providing fertile ground for what I thought was a 
> > well-known scam.
> >
> > I received email this morning purporting to be from another member of a small professional group I belong to -- the 
> > mail was sent to the group.  It went,
> >
> > "I'm writing this with tears in my eyes ....I'm sorry for this odd
> > request because it might get to you too urgent but it's because of the
> > situation of things right now,We are stuck in london right now,we came
> > down here on vacation ,we were robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash
> > and cards and cell phone were stolen at GUN POINT, it's such a crazy
> > experience for us, we need help flying back home,I've been to the U.S
> > embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all
> > .... But the good thing is that we still have our passport,our flight
> > leaves today and I'm having problems settling the hotel bills...The
> > hotel manager won't let us leave until i settle the hotel bills,
> > please i need you to loan me some money, i will refund you as soon as
> > i'm back home tomorrow .....  I PROMISE"
> >
> >
> > Now, this is a group of people who would use better grammar, who would know that no one is flying out of London 
> > today, and so on.
> >
> > Funny thing is, it appears that a couple of people in the group fell for it, because they replied with supportive 
> > messages (the offending message had a reply-to of the whole group).
> >
> > So it looks like it would be timely to warn/remind the public at large of this scam.  Some of your readers have wide 
> > followings; if you think it appropriate, please forward.
> >
> > Mary
> Archives      
>
>
>
> -- 
> Dan Steinberg
>
> SYNTHESIS:Law & Technology
> 35, du Ravin phone: (613) 794-5356
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