Personally, I just assume that anyone that I didn't give my address to, and sends me a message is a scammer.
Unless she found your email address somewhere that had your information, she was just sending to random addresses hoping someone would bite. I would personally assume the worst and stop all communications with her. Too many scammers out there and even if the photos are of her, she is probably talking with a bunch of guys who are willing to give her money. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. Jason On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:44 PM, nathan w <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 23:32 -0700, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > > I'm getting email from [email protected] . > > > > The emails include lovely pictures of a woman who claims to be Russian. > > > > So far, all I have to go on is that I have received a few emails from > > this person, bot, whatever where the story so far seems to be > > reasonable. I've tried to suggest another medium to verify what I'm > > being told, Skype perhaps. I'm wondering if anyone else has received > > email where they are told to reply to [email protected] ? > > > > What can I do considering that email is completely untrustworthy to > > verify or refute what these messages say? > > > > The woman, assuming this is a Russian woman in Russia, is supposedly a > > teacher who wants to come to the U.S. on a special work abroad program. > > The claim she makes is that she has no opportunity in Russia. Another > > thing she says is that she wants to make a friend before she comes to > > the US. She evidently wants to stay in the US long term. > > > > I've emailed back to the address given that I have concerns such as, > > I can't verify that you are who you say you are, etcetera. > > > > Yeah or nay, sharing pictures is a good idea or a bad one? I offered > > her a picture of myself and a very old picture of family. I did not > > tell her in me message the family members' names. I figure I could have > > a page up on the web with family photos. > > > > I asked her if she really is a teacher and suggested she come up with > > ideas on how we can verify the stories going back and forth without > > endangering ourselves. > > > > This email exchange is exciting, but I'm worried that it could be > > dangerous. What options do I have to make sure that this isn't some > > clever scam? If this is a scam, what is the goal of the con? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > to rephrase the question: > > "can i trust the contents of this unsolicited email, from someone in a > foreign country, and should i give out personal information to a total > stranger?" > > common sense says no. if you're getting a kick out of exchanging emails, > though, go for it, but be careful to CYA. > > - nathan > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
