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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 10, 2013 8:55:40 GMT -5
Email from Peter Blanford-
Hello,
I am sorry for reaching you rather too late due to the situation of things right now.My family and I had a trip visiting Manila Philippines,everything was going on fine until last night when we got attacked by some unknown gunmen. All our money,phones and credit cards was stolen away including some valuable items, It was a terrible experience but the good thing is that they didn't hurt anyone or made away with our passports. We have reported the incident to the local authorities and the consulate but their response was too casual, we were ask to come back in 2 weeks time for investigations to be made proper,But the truth is we can't wait till then as we have just got our return flight booked and is leaving in few hours from now but presently having problems sorting out our bills here and also getting a cab down to the airport, Right now we're financially strapped due to the unexpected robbery attack, Wondering if you can help us with a quick loan to sort out our bills and get back home. All we need is (1,850 USD) I promise to refund you in full as soon as I return home hopefully tomorrow or next. write back now to let me know what you can do.
Thank You.
Peter
Ain't this a hoot? I guess if I even knew a Peter Blanford the con might work?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2013 9:22:47 GMT -5
That is a scam. Do not respond to it. Anyone on pete's emails list got one. Woody, pete is with derby city qdma and he has your email address from the youth hunt donation.
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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 10, 2013 9:32:15 GMT -5
That is a scam. Do not respond to it. Anyone on pete's emails list got one. Woody, pete is with derby city qdma and he has your email address from the youth hunt donation. OK... I thought I recognized that name, but wasn't sure.. I met Pete at the ATA show in January.. Real nice guy Sounds like he has a virus on his computer.. No, I did not respond..
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Post by Russ Koon on Sept 10, 2013 12:11:08 GMT -5
Sounds much like the one I got about a year ago supposedly from a person who had written outdoors articles for publications and had posted here a few times. Darn CRS, can't quite bring his name back right now. Same basic scenario, he and family stranded temporarily by some bad break out of country, needed short term loan ASAP.
Pretty convincing scam. I almost bit.
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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 10, 2013 12:28:48 GMT -5
Sounds much like the one I got about a year ago supposedly from a person who had written outdoors articles for publications and had posted here a few times. Darn CRS, can't quite bring his name back right now. Same basic scenario, he and family stranded temporarily by some bad break out of country, needed short term loan ASAP. Pretty convincing scam. I almost bit. It is heck to get old? Mulligan ring a bell?
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Post by Russ Koon on Sept 11, 2013 9:02:00 GMT -5
LOL! Yes, I know that name, but he wasn't the writer I had in mind. The fella I was thinking of I believe briefly went to the Indianapolis Star or maybe it was the Bloomington Times-Herald as their outdoor columnist. Last name started with a "B"....Butler, maybe?
Sounds like some scammer is mining for familiar names in contact lists of people with our lifestyles.
Hey, it finally came to me as I typed this...Brandon Butler!
I feel sure his involvement was limited to his name being used by the scammer, as was the case in this more recent incident.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 11, 2013 22:35:14 GMT -5
When I worked in Puerto Rico, people on the street would work this scam.
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