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posted by Carolyn_Moe on September 17, 2013 at 9:27 AM | link to this | reply

I've gotten lots of them on my old email. Now that I have changed emails I don't get them. And that is unfortunately not the first time I have hear of someone being such a lowlife as to use another person's ID! What's so hard about getting a job or opening your company that doesn't operate on the CROOK principles!

posted by Annicita on September 15, 2013 at 12:49 PM | link to this | reply

How sad. Someone who would do such is so broken they can't know what good really is.

posted by Justi on September 15, 2013 at 12:02 PM | link to this | reply

adnohr warned me too and I believe that POor Cricket was horrified and frightened.

posted by Kabu on September 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM | link to this | reply

I get one of these from time to time and I wish then well and direct them to the American embassy.

posted by UtahJay on September 14, 2013 at 9:22 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks for telling us about this...Fortunately, I have not seen anything in my e-mail.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on September 14, 2013 at 6:12 PM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

Thanks for the heads-up old chap.

posted by WileyJohn on September 14, 2013 at 4:32 PM | link to this | reply

One of the first clues is the slightly off use of English.

How often does someone choose the word 'refund' rather than 'repay' under these circumstances?

I've gotten a couple of these from friends' hacked accounts.

posted by Ciel on September 14, 2013 at 3:59 PM | link to this | reply

Poor girl has to change all her passwords and probably her email addresses too now. A nuisance altogether for her...and her friends.

posted by adnohr on September 14, 2013 at 3:28 PM | link to this | reply

Thank goodness for your suspicious mind - and your generous heart, Naut.

And thank you for clueing us in on this scam. I'm happy Cricket's okay, and hope the phisherman gets hooked and hoisted by his own petard (whatever that is).