Yup and as part of my profession I have helped more folks who
probably should not have been helped than you can count over the years.
Stewart
At 08:35 PM 2/15/2011, you wrote:
One of these "Stranded Traveller" messages got posted to another
computer email list I subscribe to, last year. The message was
specifically written to appeal to the kind of person on the email
list (women, in IT, many of them young.) At the time, I pointed out
that the lack of specific information made the Stranded Traveller's
appeal VERY suspicious, and suggested that if anyone on the list
really wanted to help the Stranded Traveller, they should offer
advice to her (such as, contact the U.S. consulate or embassy).
AFAIK, no one sent money. I think they would have sent funds, if
the appeal had been genuine; because people really do feel obliged to
help when someone is in trouble. Helpfulness is just as much a part
of human nature as the impulse to defraud.
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