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PLEASE ASSIST ME.

This is a strange one.

What’s odd is that this information appears to be traceable to a real person in a real geographic location that appears to match up with a person’s online activity using this name and the aforementioned location. I won’t go into all the details here, however.

It’s someone who I do not know, so until proven otherwise, I am assuming this is some kind of scam. It does sound typical of the type of story a scam artist would use. And to send something like this, acting as if I should know this person only diminishes its credibility and throws up more red flags.

Needless to say, there won’t be any money forthcoming from me. Something is quite fishy here.

Perhaps someone is using this person’s name for not-so-nice purpose. I have no idea.

From:    Shyla Taylor [shylata3@hotmail.com]
Sent:    Friday, February 12, 2010 6:21 PM
Subject:    PLEASE ASSIST ME.

Hello,
How are you doing? i am Sorry I didn’t inform you about my travel to London-England for
an urgent assignment, am presently in London, am stranded here because I was robbed all
my belongings on my way to the hotel where I will lodge. I have been given few days to stay
by the 
hotel management, i don’t want to be much Borden to them. I would like you to assist me
urgently with a soft loan of ($2,500)  to sort-out my hotel bills and buy my return ticket back
home, i will pay you back when i return. Please keep my privacy only few people knew i
traveled, i don’t 
want the news of my predicament around town. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to
help me with, I’ll pay you back when i return.
But if you cannot provide all the amount help me with whatever you can afford and send it
with my information’s below through Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram;
Name/Shyla Taylor
Address: 42, New ark Hse., Brixton, Lough Borough, London SW9 7SH. 
I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with, Please keep my privacy, am
writing from the hotel attendant computer, send the money transfer control number (MTCN),
with details used in sending it, and forward the Payment information to my email.
Thank you,
Shyla
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Posted: 14 February, 2010 in 419 Spam.
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Comments

Comment from Shyla Taylor
Posted: February 19, 2010 at 11:23 pm

You are sooo right in what you think has happened to this person! I am that person and someonesto;e my password and email address by sending me what looked like a lagitamate email from MSN. It said that they needed my info. for an upateing of the system.What a fool I was.

Comment from Shyla Taylor
Posted: February 19, 2010 at 11:27 pm

I havent a clue what to do …I closed the email address but I lost letters from my grandmother who passed away a week ago. Pictures of my grand kids etc.

Comment from ScamBuster
Posted: February 20, 2010 at 1:10 am

Jeez, that really stinks. There are just so many scam artists out there. It boggles the mind.

Anyway, let me know if you would like this post and all replies removed and I’ll take care of it for you.

Comment from Shyla Taylor
Posted: February 20, 2010 at 1:31 pm

Thank you for posting this …I hope that what happened to me doesnt happen to anyone else….Please leave this up and running so that it might make others aware…if you dont mind. I will leave it up to you to decide when you want to remove it. You have been great! Thank you……Shyla

Comment from ScamBuster
Posted: February 20, 2010 at 4:37 pm

No problem. I hope you are able to get to the bottom of this and don’t suffer too much because of the idiot that compromised your account.