[Durham INC] Help if you can

[Ed Harrison]

One thing to look for in suspicious messages is an obvious mistake. Since I've stored David's cell phone number in my address book listing for him, I can see that the number shown is off by one digit (transposed). Also, there are typos in the message, such as "I" one place and "i" in another. 

Ed H


On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Erin Kennedy wrote:

> Folks, looks like David's been hacked-- a friend sent the exact same email a few weeks ago and it turned out to be a hacker.  
> 
> Erin 
> Colonial Village 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:25 AM, David Harris <harrisdl2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry to inconvenience you with this, I'm stranded here and need to get back home without delay.  I traveled to Madrid, Spain for a short vacation and was robbed on my way back to my hotel suite, the robbers made away with my ID, credit card,cash,phones and my return flight ticket. I've reported the incident to the police and made the embassy aware of this, the embassy is willing to help, but the initiative for financial assistance should come from my bank, making the process slower and my flight leaves in just a few hours! I'd be pleased if you could loan me some money, about $1,300 so i can sort out my hotel bills and get myself back home. I'll refund your money as soon as i get home from Spain. Please let me know if you can be of help.
> 
> Waiting to hear from you. 
> 
> Thanks
> David Harris
> 919-906-2203
> 
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