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 | Relative in trouble scam My mother-in-law received two emails from her niece, saying she was attacked in Africa, needed $3,300 and not to tell anyone. Following are the original emails in French, and the Google translations:
Comment vas tu ?ou es tu en se moment ?? Je suis dans une situation très difficile j'aurai besoin de ton aide. C'est très sérieux. S'il te plais contacte moi discrètement par mail !!!! Je suis dans des difficultés telles que je ne saurai que faire sans ton soutien et apport.
Je reste dans l'attente urgente de te lire.
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Excuse-moi de tinquiéter mais là je suis vraiment dans une grosse merde et j'aimerais t'en faire part de ma mésaventure que je subis en ce moment mais en toute discrétion s'il te plait car je n'aime pas les commérages je te fais vraiment confiance pour ça; jai dû partir sans prévenir en Afrique précisément en côte d'ivoire ou je me trouve en ce moment, notamment à Abidjan dans une grosse merde et j'ai besoin de ton aide assez rapidement, dès réception si possible; Je te contacte car je sais que tu peux m'aider et que tu es capable de respecter ma parole. J'y suis venue en vue de régler une affaire importante et très urgente que je ne voudrais pas renoncer ici avec une amie(Élise) ...mais je promets t'expliquer dans tous les détails dès que je serais rentrée tu es mon seul espoir cela me gêne énormément de te le demander mais c'est une urgence, il se trouve que nous nous sommes faits sauvagement agresser ce matin à 500 mètres de la sortie de lhôtel où nous séjournons par 2 hommes armés qui a mon avis ont été envoyé par ces personnes que je devais rencontrer. Le pire c'est que nous avons été dépouillée de la majeure partie de nos affaires à savoir (argent, téléphone, argent en liquide, carte de crédit etc.) Jai été stupide et idiot depuis le début de cette affaire qui m'a entraînée dans ce merdier par conséquent promet moi de garder la discrétion sur ma mésaventure pour éviter dêtre le sujet de moquerie et dhumiliation de mes proches, raison pour laquelle je ne peux communiquer que par mail car n'ayant plus rien... Nous avons été brutalisé et je me sens faible car j'ai été blessé à la tête après l'attaque, j'ai des égratignures un peu partout sur le corps. Ce qui me tracasse le plus, cest que je suis à court de liquidité et Élise a reçu des coups de couteaux à l'abdomen. Elle est à l'hôpital mais n'a pas encore reçu de soins adéquats. Aussi je dois régler les frais d'hôtel, faire une radiographie et Élise doit subir une intervention dès que possible au risque de perdre la vie...C'est moi qui l'ai entraînée dans cette aventure et je me sens mal et malheureux rien qu'à y penser... En plus la situation Socio-politique étant délétère, je ne veux pas passer plus de jours ici. Je ten prie, Je sollicite donc ton aide pour un prêt à hauteur de 2700 ou de ce que tu pourras afin de pouvoir me sortir de cette situation qui me prend la tête et rentrer. How are you? Or are you by now? I'm in a very difficult situation I will need your help. This is very serious. Please, do contact me discreetly by mail!! I'm in such trouble that I know what to do without your support and contribution.
I am still awaiting urgent you read.
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Sorry to worry but now I'm really in a big shit and I'd love to share my misfortune that I suffered at this time but discreetly please do because I do not like gossip I really trust you for that; I had to leave without warning in Africa precisely in Ivory Coast where I am right now, especially in Abidjan in a big shit and I need your help fast enough, upon receipt, if possible, I contacted you because I know you can help me and you are able to respect my word. I came here to address a very urgent and important matter that I would not give up here with a girlfriend (Elise) ... but I promise you explain all the details as soon as I return you are my only hope it bothers me a lot to ask you but it's an emergency, it turns out that we made brutally attacked this morning at 500 meters from the exit of the hotel where we stay for two gunmen who I think have been sent by these people I was meeting. The worst is that we have been stripped of most of our business ie (money, phone, money in cash, credit card etc..) I was stupid and silly since the beginning of this case that m ' was dragged into this mess therefore promises to keep me on my mishap the discretion to avoid being the subject of ridicule and humiliation of my family, why I can communicate only by mail because having nothing. .. We have been brutalized and I feel weak because I was wounded in the head after the attack, I have scratches all over the body. What bothers me most is that I'm running out of liquidity and Elise received stab wounds to the abdomen. She is in hospital but has not yet received adequate care. I must also pay the hotel expenses, make an X-ray and Elise should have surgery as soon as possible or risk losing life ... It is I who dragged into this adventure and I feel bad and unhappy Just thinking about ... In addition to the socio-political situation is harmful, I do not want to spend more days here. I beg you, therefore I ask your help for a loan of up to 2700 or what you will be able to get out of this situation that gives me headaches and back. I knew right away that it was a scam, but my mother-in-law was ready to withdraw funds from her retirement account and send them to Africa. It was only after I searched for the first several words in the French message and found three identical messages posted online (even with the same girlfriend's name) that she started to believe me it was a scam. Apparently, her niece's email account was hacked, and messages were sent to several people.
I'm posting this here so that anyone else searching for this message in French will see that it's a scam. | |  DrStrangeTechnically feasiblePremium join:2001-07-23 West Hartford, CT kudos:1 | Très bien fait. Félicitations!
 | |  Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP join:2001-04-19 1970 442 W30 kudos:18 | reply to A non said by A non :My mother-in-law received two emails from her niece, saying she was attacked in Africa, needed $3,300 and not to tell anyone. Where is the niece located compared to the MIL and why didn't the MIL call the niece on her phone? Just curious about what I see as an obvious first step before just blindly withdrawing money and sending it to the Dark Continent. -- Whats the point of owning a supercar if you cant scare yourself stupid from time to time? | |  | said by Doctor Olds:said by A non :My mother-in-law received two emails from her niece, saying she was attacked in Africa, needed $3,300 and not to tell anyone. Where is the niece located compared to the MIL and why didn't the MIL call the niece on her phone? Just curious about what I see as an obvious first step before just blindly withdrawing money and sending it to the Dark Continent. Hi Doc, Not to speak for OP but the email does say they stripped them of their phones and also elsewhere that they can only communicate via email... being in great danger and stressing to be discrete because of it. It would seem to me that if one was ripe to believe the email, they would follow the instructions to not cause further harm 
Good thing OP found out to alert his mother and also good of him/her to post the text of the email here.
You know this scam isn't new, but to others - here is a 20/20 story I was just watching last night. Couldn't find it in youtube to embed it though.
"Stranded Traveler" Scam Hacks Victims' Emails, Asks Their Contacts For Money
-Jim | |  | reply to Doctor Olds My mother-in-law is in Canada, and her niece is in the Middle East. There's some sort of cultural aversion to making international phone calls. They never call, maybe because they think it's too expensive. They also never write, but send letters and packages to be hand carried by mutual friends making vacation trips between the two countries. I don't get it.
JALevinworth, thanks for the link to the Nightline story. Forwarded to my M-I-L. | | |
|  | said by A non :JALevinworth, thanks for the link to the Nightline story. Forwarded to my M-I-L. You're very welcome. Hope everything is well.
-Jim | |  NormanSPremium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA kudos:9 Reviews:
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said by A non :I'm posting this here so that anyone else searching for this message in French will see that it's a scam. It has been just over a year, but similar happened to one of my aunts. Fortunately, one of the other recipients contacted her directly before I read the email (I get pretty busy with a hectic schedule around Memorial Day weekend: Staffing FanimeCon!) She asked me for assistance in restoring her account settings after recovering the account. The thief changed the localization to India. Suitably redacted, here it is, with full headers: X-Message-Delivery: Vj0xLjE7dXM9MDtsPTE7YT0wO0Q9MDtTQ0w9NA==
X-Message-Status: n
X-SID-PRA: AuntieM <auntiem@msn.com>
X-SID-Result: Pass
X-AUTH-Result: PASS
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Hi,
Sorry i didn't Inform you i just arrive Cyprus now and i am in a terrible situation that i
really need to take care of i need in loan of $2000 from you i will explain and refund your
money to you as soon as i get back home please get back to me if you can help.Please keep
this between us
AuntieM
The originating IP address is neither Cyprus (where she was ostensibly in distress), nor the U.S. (where her ISP is located, and which she has never left). Having checked out the Nightline link, I would add a fifth possibilty: Simple password. If it is easy for the user to remember, it may also be easy to guess. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum | |
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