Dear Mr. Hughes:
I responded to the initial message purporting to be from Mr. Copeland by
sending a message to his "e-mail" address already in my
computer's address book which incorporated the digits 25 & somehow these
were changed to 250 & the person claiming to be Mr. Copeland stranded
received the "e-mail" & responded with a second plea. Therefore, I cannot
contact the "real" Mr. Copeland using his
"e-mail" address. I believe that he receives "e-mails" at the library,
not through his own computer so there may be some delay before he accesses
them giving the "scammer" time to somehow intercept or divert. This is
why I seek some other means of contacting Mr. Copeland to warn him that his
"identity" has been stolen. The initial message purporting to be from
him in London used the same closing that he had used in previous messages
to me which made me think his "e-mails" were being intercepted. Anyway,
he needs to know what is going on.
Thanks to you, Mr. Rondeau & others who have given me guidance in this
matter.
Jim
Cartwright
Immorta
l Performances.
jimcip at earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.
> [Original Message]
> From: Loran Hughes <loran at oldcrank.com>
> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Date: 25-Jun-2008 12:47:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Need info on Geaorge A. Copeland
>
> Jim,
>
> Since you and Rene seem to have gotten the same email, I'd say that
> Mr. Copeland has a nasty bug on his computer which stole his contact
> list. I rather doubt his emails are being "detoured," rather the
> scammer is just using Mr. Copeland's name (it's fairly easy to spoof
> email headers in that way). So drop Mr. Copeland an email and let him
> know that he should have his PC checked for viruses.
>
> Regards,
> Loran
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2008, at 10:30 AM, jimcip at earthlink.net wrote:
> > I'd like to remain in touch with Mr. Copeland & obviously the
> > messages I
> > send him are being detoured to a scammer.
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:18 PM, TAEdisonJR at aol.com wrote:
>
> > I am "baiting" this scammer using a fake name and throwaway
> > yahoo email address. His IP shows he is in Lagos, Nigeria, not
> > London.
> >
> > In a message dated 6/24/2008 8:09:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > jimcip at earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > Yesterday, I received an "e-mail" message, not addressed to me
> > personally,
> > represented as being from the well known record collector &
> > discographer
> > George A.. Copeland claiming that he was in London, his money &
> > passport had been
> > stolen & saying he needed "900 Pounds" & asking the recipient to
> > help.
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