It's a pretty common scam. The perp gets access to someone's email address book, and sends out the appeal to various contacts. It doesn't seem to be ALL contacts, and it isn't clear how they are selected. The first such email I received was "from" a lady we met on a trip, and had exchanged maybe a dozen emails with, over at least five years.
A change of password is usually all it takes to lock them back out, but sometimes that's complicated by the email service one uses. A good, strong password now, and care not to respond to spammers should prevent it. Dave -----Original Message----- From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Darek Oczki Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 7:05 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Tony Moss - hacked Early this morning I got a message from an individual pretending to be Tony Moss. He said he is in Limassol, Cyprus, and his case was stollen. Then he requested a loan of 850€. Perhaps others got something simillar. I hope nobody gave him anything. -- Best regards Darek Oczki 52N 21E Warsaw, Poland GNOMONIKA.pl Sundials in Poland http://gnomonika.pl --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
