I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.

My email got hacked.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Feb 8, 3:22*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>
> My email got hacked.
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. *Cooking does.

Ok to send me money, though.

In article om>,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>
> My email got hacked.

As I said, I was trying to figure out how to say, "You're screwed;
you'll just have to stay there." :-)

--
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Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On 2/8/2011 5:22 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>
> My email got hacked.

Does that mean you will refund the $8,000,000.00 I just sent to your
London address?

George Shirley wrote:
> On 2/8/2011 5:22 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>>
>> My email got hacked.
>
> Does that mean you will refund the $8,000,000.00 I just sent to your
> London address?

I'll send you MY address.

On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:22:51 -0600, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>
> My email got hacked.

Change your password if it was hacked. More likely, it was picked off
usenet or from some other place that asked you for your email address.
One of the many reasons to only use secure sites when making web
purchases.

If it's any consolation, one of my friends AIM account and address
book is being used by a spammer.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On 2/8/2011 8:03 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:22:51 -0600, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>>
>> My email got hacked.
>
> Change your password if it was hacked. More likely, it was picked off
> usenet or from some other place that asked you for your email address.
> One of the many reasons to only use secure sites when making web
> purchases.
>
> If it's any consolation, one of my friends AIM account and address
> book is being used by a spammer.
>

I have changed my password. I doubt it was from Usenet, but what's done
is done.

In the "making lemonade" department, I got calls from people I haven't
heard from in a long time. It's nice to know that if I were truly
stranded in London, there are good friends out there.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On 2/8/2011 9:40 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> In the "making lemonade" department, I got calls from people I haven't
> heard from in a long time. It's nice to know that if I were truly
> stranded in London, there are good friends out there.

The yahoo email of someone I used to work with was hacked by the very
same attack and I doubted she was in London, but for a few minutes I had
second thoughts. However, the way the email was worded was very much
unlike her. People can impersonate an email address, but they can
rarely imitate someone's style.

On 2/8/2011 8:48 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 2/8/2011 9:40 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> In the "making lemonade" department, I got calls from people I haven't
>> heard from in a long time. It's nice to know that if I were truly
>> stranded in London, there are good friends out there.
>
> The yahoo email of someone I used to work with was hacked by the very
> same attack and I doubted she was in London, but for a few minutes I had
> second thoughts. However, the way the email was worded was very much
> unlike her. People can impersonate an email address, but they can rarely
> imitate someone's style.
>
That was exactly what my friends thought. They knew it didn't "sound"
like me and there was no sig line at the bottom.

If it doesn't come from way-the-heck-south Texas, it's not from me.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Cheryl wrote:
>
> On 2/8/2011 9:40 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> >
> > In the "making lemonade" department, I got calls from people I haven't
> > heard from in a long time. It's nice to know that if I were truly
> > stranded in London, there are good friends out there.
>
> The yahoo email of someone I used to work with was hacked by the very
> same attack and I doubted she was in London, but for a few minutes I had
> second thoughts. However, the way the email was worded was very much
> unlike her. People can impersonate an email address, but they can
> rarely imitate someone's style.

Got the same distress message supposedly from a Beijing Chinese friend
of mine. Because she does travel to London from time to time, emailed
her to check. Offered some advice (such as contacting her embassy etc.
Would have put her in touch with my London colleagues if the problem
actually existed. She apologised to me, of all things. The English in
the fake message was much worse than hers, which was the first red flag.

On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:40:16 -0600, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

> In the "making lemonade" department, I got calls from people I haven't
> heard from in a long time. It's nice to know that if I were truly
> stranded in London, there are good friends out there.

That's nice!

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Janet wrote:

> I am safe in Texas. I am *NOT* in London. Do not send money.
>
> My email got hacked.

Have you seen this?

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/...-mail-scammer/

"It comes from reader James Veitch, a London-based theater writer and
director, who sent me the transcripts of a back-and-forth he had with "a not
terribly clever e-mail scammer." It's a long shot, he said, but he thought
"it might be good for publication." He's not kidding. I LOL'ed, I ROFL'ed, I
LMAO'ed."


Bob