- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. - I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our trip, because it was impromptu. we had to be in Philippines for a Tour...The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we lodged in after we went for sight seeing. The wallet contains all the valuables we have. Now, our passport is in custody of the hotel management pending when we make payment. I am sorry if i am inconveniencing you, but i have only very few people to turn to now. i will be indeed very grateful if i can get a short term loan from you ($2,650). this will enable me sort our hotel bills and get my sorry self back home. I will really appreciate whatever you can afford in assisting me with. I promise to refund it in full as soon as I return. let me know if you can be of any assistance. Please, let me know soonest. Thanks so much Barb --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Fraud! Scam! Total BS! On 5/29/2014 6:41 AM, Barbara Tomita wrote: > > I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our > trip, because it was impromptu. we had to be in Philippines for a > Tour..The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we > misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we > lodged in after we went for sight seeing. The wallet contains all the > valuables we have. Now, our passport is in custody of the hotel > management pending when we make payment. > > I am sorry if i am inconveniencing you, but i have only very few > people to turn to now. i will be indeed very grateful if i can get a > short term loan from you ($2,650). this will enable me sort our hotel > bills and get my sorry self back home. I will really appreciate > whatever you can afford in assisting me with. I promise to refund it > in full as soon as I return. let me know if you can be of any > assistance. Please, let me know soonest. > > Thanks so much > Barb > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Robert, On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > Fraud! Scam! Total BS! Indeed. By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some good paddling? :) -- Melissa *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
We are have great weather for may...lots of sun so I have had so good times out upon the sea. thanks Bob On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! > Indeed. > > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some > good paddling? :) > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
So is this the Tomita Scam Paddlewise Graybeard Catchup Encounter Group? I'm in. Cool and showery here, recovering from a bout of dental dreariness, but enjoying Becky's account of her FIRST visit to Yosemite ... probably one of the few sexagenarians in the US who can make that claim. Also enjoying the convoluted track three guys in their early sixties are making through the Broughtons, as part of a long planned Inside Passage jaunt. Their site here. Really should check out the comments each night. http://paddlingfanatics.jimdo.com/where-we-are-on-the-coast/ Hope you find that passport, Barbarascammersan. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR -------- Original message -------- From Robert Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> Date: 05/29/2014 12:03 PM (GMT-08:00) To Melissa Reese <melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net>,Paddlewise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Subject Re: [Paddlewise] Sad News.......................Barbara Tomita We are have great weather for may...lots of sun so I have had so good times out upon the sea. thanks Bob On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! > Indeed. > > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some > good paddling? :) > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I told Barb, that's what she gets for using AOL! She says a large group of AOLers got hacked and now she can't receive any mail! I was thinking that gee, I just had coffee with her a couple days ago and she didn't mention a trip to the Philippines! Thanks for sharing that link, I'll have to keep tabs on them. Mark Mark Sanders www.SandMarks.net On 5/29/2014 12:58 PM, Dave Kruger wrote: > So is this the Tomita Scam Paddlewise Graybeard Catchup Encounter Group? > > I'm in. Cool and showery here, recovering from a bout of dental > dreariness, but enjoying Becky's account of her FIRST visit to > Yosemite ... probably one of the few sexagenarians in the US who can > make that claim. > > Also enjoying the convoluted track three guys in their early sixties > are making through the Broughtons, as part of a long planned Inside > Passage jaunt. Their site here. Really should check out the comments > each night. > > http://paddlingfanatics.jimdo.com/where-we-are-on-the-coast/ > > Hope you find that passport, Barbarascammersan. > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From Robert Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> > Date: 05/29/2014 12:03 PM (GMT-08:00) > To Melissa Reese <melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net>,Paddlewise > <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > Subject Re: [Paddlewise] Sad News.......................Barbara Tomita > > > We are have great weather for may...lots of sun so I have had so good > times out upon the sea. > > thanks > > Bob > > > On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > > > >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! > > Indeed. > > > > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some > > good paddling? :) > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I received a similar e-mail once, stating that an informal acquantaince had been mugged while on vacation in London, with the mugger getting all the money, id, passport, etc., and now the hotel was holding my friend for ransom. The main problem was that my friend wasn't even in England, but more like Southern California. It was a fairly convincing story, and might have had a fair chance of working, except that I'm so cheap. Brad On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net> wrote: > > I told Barb, that's what she gets for using AOL! She says a large group of > AOLers got hacked and now she can't receive any mail! > I was thinking that gee, I just had coffee with her a couple days ago and > she didn't mention a trip to the Philippines! > > Thanks for sharing that link, I'll have to keep tabs on them. > > Mark > > Mark Sanderswww.SandMarks.net > > On 5/29/2014 12:58 PM, Dave Kruger wrote: > > So is this the Tomita Scam Paddlewise Graybeard Catchup Encounter Group? > > I'm in. Cool and showery here, recovering from a bout of dental > dreariness, but enjoying Becky's account of her FIRST visit to Yosemite ... > probably one of the few sexagenarians in the US who can make that claim. > > Also enjoying the convoluted track three guys in their early sixties are > making through the Broughtons, as part of a long planned Inside Passage > jaunt. Their site here. Really should check out the comments each night. > > > http://paddlingfanatics.jimdo.com/where-we-are-on-the-coast/ > > Hope you find that passport, Barbarascammersan. > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From Robert Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> > Date: 05/29/2014 12:03 PM (GMT-08:00) > To Melissa Reese <melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net> > <melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net>,Paddlewise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > Subject Re: [Paddlewise] Sad News.......................Barbara Tomita > > > We are have great weather for may...lots of sun so I have had so good > times out upon the sea. > > thanks > > Bob > > > On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > > > >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! > > Indeed. > > > > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some > > good paddling? :) > > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I have a friend, an eighty five year old native minister, who got scammed by "the mugged in London story". It involved a mutual friend who is one of the kindest ladies you would ever meet. sadly my friend was scammed for a couple thousand dollars. I think his next sermon was titled "Getting your due on Judgment Day!" stay wise Bob On 5/29/2014 3:39 PM, Bradford Crain wrote: > I received a similar e-mail once, stating that an informal > acquantaince had been mugged while > on vacation in London, with the mugger getting all the money, id, > passport, etc., and now the hotel > was holding my friend for ransom. The main problem was that my friend > wasn't even in England, > but more like Southern California. It was a fairly convincing story, > and might have had a fair chance > of working, except that I'm so cheap. > > Brad > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Mark Sanders > <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net <mailto:marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>> wrote: > > > I told Barb, that's what she gets for using AOL! She says a large > group of AOLers got hacked and now she can't receive any mail! > I was thinking that gee, I just had coffee with her a couple days > ago and she didn't mention a trip to the Philippines! > > Thanks for sharing that link, I'll have to keep tabs on them. > > Mark > > Mark Sanders > www.SandMarks.net <http://www.SandMarks.net> > > On 5/29/2014 12:58 PM, Dave Kruger wrote: >> So is this the Tomita Scam Paddlewise Graybeard Catchup Encounter >> Group? >> >> I'm in. Cool and showery here, recovering from a bout of dental >> dreariness, but enjoying Becky's account of her FIRST visit to >> Yosemite ... probably one of the few sexagenarians in the US who >> can make that claim. >> >> Also enjoying the convoluted track three guys in their early >> sixties are making through the Broughtons, as part of a long >> planned Inside Passage jaunt. Their site here. Really should >> check out the comments each night. >> >> http://paddlingfanatics.jimdo.com/where-we-are-on-the-coast/ >> >> Hope you find that passport, Barbarascammersan. >> >> -- >> Dave Kruger >> Astoria, OR >> >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From Robert Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> >> <mailto:revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> >> Date: 05/29/2014 12:03 PM (GMT-08:00) >> To Melissa Reese <melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net> >> <mailto:melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net>,Paddlewise >> <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> <mailto:paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> >> Subject Re: [Paddlewise] Sad News.......................Barbara >> Tomita >> >> >> We are have great weather for may...lots of sun so I have had so >> good >> times out upon the sea. >> >> thanks >> >> Bob >> >> >> On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: >> > Hi Robert, >> > >> > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: >> > >> >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! >> > Indeed. >> > >> > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? >> Enjoying some >> > good paddling? :) >> > >> >> *************************************************************************** >> PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions >> expressed >> here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire >> responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the >> author. >> Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net >> <mailto:PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net> >> Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net >> <mailto:PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net> >> Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >> *************************************************************************** >> > > > > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 01:21:08PM -0700, Mark Sanders wrote: > I told Barb, that's what she gets for using AOL! Point of order: AOL is not the worst freemail provider out there, although it *has* degradedly markedly since they laid off their entire senior postmaster team a few years ago. That "honor" belongs jointly to Yahoo and Hotmail, who I award an "F" grade simply because no lower one is available. Gmail is marginally better but seems insistent on making "improvements" that are not any such thing but actually thinly-veiled attempts to pry loose more user data. If you're serious about email, do NOT use a freemail provider. Either set up your own domain and mailserver, or if you don't have the technical skills for that, use a paid service run by competent people. I think highly of Panix, Sonic, Hushmail, and Fastmail. (Disclosure: I'm a Panix customer, albeit for hosting, not email.) None of that insulates you from scams like the above, of course: if you have a weak password or if your desktop/laptop/tablet/phone is compromised, then you're screwed no matter who hosts your email. But it does insulate you from the persistent, systemic incompetence of freemail providers *and* it offers marginal privacy improvement. ---rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
That is the most well-written and lucid scam-mail I've ever seen. Generally they are couched in weird English with give-away phraseology. Something like "get my sorry self back" is colloquially correct. "Although some might use "ass" in place of "self". Scary stuff! Glad her "sorry self" is not in the Phil. being held ransome by a hotel proprietor. BTW: if this does happen to you, the U.S. Consul General (at the Embassy) will help. Craig On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: > So is this the Tomita Scam Paddlewise Graybeard Catchup Encounter Group? > > I'm in. Cool and showery here, recovering from a bout of dental > dreariness, but enjoying Becky's account of her FIRST visit to Yosemite ... > probably one of the few sexagenarians in the US who can make that claim. > > Also enjoying the convoluted track three guys in their early sixties are > making through the Broughtons, as part of a long planned Inside Passage > jaunt. Their site here. Really should check out the comments each night. > > > http://paddlingfanatics.jimdo.com/where-we-are-on-the-coast/ > > Hope you find that passport, Barbarascammersan. > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From Robert Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> > Date: 05/29/2014 12:03 PM (GMT-08:00) > To Melissa Reese <melissa_at_willkayakforfood.net>,Paddlewise < > paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > Subject Re: [Paddlewise] Sad News.......................Barbara Tomita > > > We are have great weather for may...lots of sun so I have had so good > times out upon the sea. > > thanks > > Bob > > > On 5/29/2014 10:37 AM, Melissa Reese wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 9:45:10 AM PST, you wrote: > > > >> Fraud! Scam! Total BS! > > Indeed. > > > > By the way -- how are you doing up in beautiful Alaska? Enjoying some > > good paddling? :) > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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