We've seen this type of message before and will likely seem them again. This is from a "hijacked" email account. The attacker takes over the user account and then uses the account in hopes of getting at least one (ahem) concerned friend/family to reply and send money which sometimes gets into the sending of even more money.
Please don't waste your time and other's time by replying to this sort of obvious hoax or by trying to get authorities involved. The account owner is likely locked out of the account either by the hacker or by their provider. As always, all email users should use "high strength" passwords on their accounts to combat this type of attack. I have instigated some filters to catch most of these spam/scam messages, but we'll undoubtedly see more from time to time in the future. Once again, do yourself and others on our list a favor by totally ignoring this type of message. Now, please excuse me...I just got a message about collecting my 4.7 Million Euro winnings from a French lottery. ;-) Bonjour, Keith Mack Web Administrator http://www.literacyworkshop.org -----Original Message----- Who can we report the SCAM to? ----- Original Message ----- obviously this is spam ----- Original Message ----- Hi, I hope you get this message in time Sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to Africa Nigeria for a program,It was an emergency,I am currently in Africa Nigeria, something awful has happened to me !!! I was mugged at gun point on my way to the hotel by some hoodlums..... _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
