So had a weird email from Richard Maxwell

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I think someone has hacked his email account, I have sent them an email with the spam mail so they can let people know but I thought I would share..........



I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our trip, because it was impromptu. we had to be in Manila, Philippines for a program. The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we lodge in after we went for sight seeing. The wallet contained all the valuables we had. Now, our passport is in custody of the hotel management pending when we make payment.

I am sorry if i am inconveniencing you, but i have only very few people to run to now. i will be indeed very grateful if i can get a loan of £2,000 from you. this will enable me sort our hotel bills and get my sorry self back home. I will really appreciate whatever you can afford in assisting me with. I promise to refund it in full as soon as I return. let me know if you can be of any assistance. Please, let me know soonest. Thanks so much..



Sam Maxwell

Richard Maxwells Office
07764 404732

Important Information- If you do not already have one, you will be left with a complimentary training halter when a full consultation is booked. Please only use the halter as instructed and under no circumstances must the halter be used to travel or tie up a horse/pony. Please note that halters are not included for manipulation bookings.

Please note that each booking will require a non refundable deposit of 25% of the appointment cost to secure the appointment date. All deposits must be transferred by BACS a minimum of 10 working days before the appointment date and the balance is required either 24 hours in advance of the appointment date by BACS or in cash on the day. Please note we do not accept payment by cheque.

Bank Details will follow once an appointment date is booked.




They need to work on their gramma a little bit:D:rolleyes:
 
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I've had one as well. Just been on their facebook page and they're aware of it and is definitely a scam - all be it not a very good one!!
 
Shadrid said:
I've had one as well. Just been on their facebook page and they're aware of it and is definitely a scam - all be it not a very good one!!
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lol I know....as if us horsey people have £2000 laying about:rolleyes:

thats good, i sent a copy of it to their email address anyway.
 
I had the same kind of email from someone I barely knew in California. The email related details of this person's trip to London and how his wallet was stolen and how he was desperate to get to the airport for his flight home. At first, I really felt bad for him. Then, my son rang from San Francisco. I told him about the email. He rang the person's mobile number, the person answered the phone, and told my son his computer had been hacked. As in the 'Maxwell' email, there were many grammatical and spelling anomalies.
 
Look mate, i dont mind lending you a tenner when you're on your hollibobs and fallen foul of the local muggers but 2k is stretching friendship just a little dontcha think? I mean, how much duty free can one person drink exactly?

alternatively..


sod off.
 
Lol, it was in my junk mail, I always check it because sometimes my mail likes to put things I need in there even if I've told it not to :D
 
Are you on hotmail? It seems eminently hackable. Caused chaos on mine sending out mad messages via my account. Son's just been done, too. Have deleted it and moved to gmail - so far, so good.
 
Its a well known scam. My father inlaws wedding car business was hacked and all his customers had a similar one.
Just don't reply to it!
 
I had a similar one sent from my accountant a few weeks ago, it did have me wondering for a few minutes as it was in the same format as his usual emails but the phone numbers differed by a couple of digits.
I'm getting really sick of all these scams, I had about three last week on the phone about problems with my Windows computer sending messages to the Microsoft server. I just put on thick voice and say"What computer, I don't have one" They soon put the phone down.
 
I had that too - also got one from an equine physio a few months ago, forwarded to their main email address at the practice to warn them and actually never got a reply which is odd, but seems a lot of this is going around ATM.
 
Nobody using MailWasher?

It's a brilliant program. You can read emails on the server before downloading them and if you don't like the look of them you can bounce them back to the sender who thinks you haven't received/read them. Apparently, their ISPs don't like it....which is a good reason to use it!:D Oh, and it's free too.

http://www.mailwasher.net/

I've also got a Truecall nuisance phone call blocker which is magic! Life is all peaceful and quiet once more.:)

As the last resort, there is the GSD for those who call at the door...and a very large sign "Warning -- Guard Dogs".:D:D:D
 
I have just deleted my hotmail account as well. Last three months been nothing but hassle and agro one way or another. Using gmail now also.
 
Meant to say, what are these scammers thinking of. As if Richard maxwell would need the help of random members of public who may or may not have been previous customers.
I'm neither wealthy or well known but I have at least half a dozen good friends who could and would lend me 2k in an emergency.
Can't think anyone would fall for that one.
 
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