[APG Public List] [APG Members] My Predicament!!!! (Need Help).

[LBoswell]

It's more likely from third party applications accessed through FB.  Privacy 
settings that you have set for FB may not apply when you use those other 
apps.

But maybe I'm thick-skinned on this one, but I see variations on this kind 
of scam arriving almost daily with other email.   Sometimes they have been 
sent under my email address (easy enough to substitute any email address, 
there are programs that will do that).  I just don't think people would 
actually fall for this little con.  Wouldn't you have to be fairly gullible, 
which is not a good trait for a genealogist to have? I'm betting there 
aren't any examples of someone actually falling for this. We are a skeptical 
lot, at least in how we approach our work.

Larry


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: gwen.pryor at gmail.com
  To: Charles S. Mason, Jr.
  Cc: ksummers at byu.net ; apgpubliclist at apgen.org ; Dee Gibson-Roles ; APG 
Members Only List ; Jeanette Daniels
  Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [APG Members] [APG Public List] My Predicament!!!! (Need 
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  I was the victim of this scam a few weeks ago. Someone got into my email 
account and sent this email to my entire list. It took me 24 hrs before I 
could get into my account and change my password. Some friends called to 
make sure I was ok. Others I had just seen a few hours ago and knew it was a 
hoax. I am convinced it came from Facebook which is why I removed myself 
from it. Just Beware1

  On Jun 24, 2010 1:50pm, "Charles S. Mason, Jr." <cgrs791 at netscape.com> 
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  > not in others would have been a red flag for me.
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  > To: Jeanette Daniels;
  > ksummers at byu.net; apgpubliclist at apgen.org; APG Members Only List
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  > third time in less than a month that I have heard of this type of scam 
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  > to fall for it.  Thanks, Jeanette, for posting this.
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  > From: Jeanette
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  > Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 11:13:45
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  > Subject: Re: [APG Public List] My
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  > I've received this email before from someone else and it is a scam.
  > That's why I'm sending the reply to both the APG public and private
  > lists.  This is NOT from Kelly Summers.  Do not try to help!
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  > Heritage Genealogical College
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  > From: Kelly Summers
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  > To: Kelly Summers
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  > Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 4:39:46
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  > Subject: My Predicament!!!! (Need
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  >      I'm am in a deep mess right now and i need your help.I
  > am in tears as i am writing you now,sorry I didn't inform you about my 
trip,I
  > had a trip to the UnitedKingdom(Buckinghamshire) and a bizarre thing 
happened
  > to .I was mugged at gun point last night, it happened at the park of the 
Hotel
  > were i lodged but thank God i wasn't hurt, the muggers carted away with 
all my
  > belongings excluded my passport. Cell,c-card,cash and some important 
documents
  > are all gone.I was able to make contact with the Uk Police and i was 
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  > to the Embassy, but they seems to be taking things too slow.
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  >      I need your help so urgently.. My flight leaves pretty
  > soon but i am having problems sorting out the hotel bills and also need 
getting
  > my ticket straightened out. I need your help. I need a quick loan from 
you to
  > get things fixed out here, promise to refund as soon as i get back home. 
Your
  > support and assistance will go a long way here.please reply asap so i 
can tell
  > you what to do and how to get the money to me via western union..Hope to 
read
  > from you soon.
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