From: LBurchill (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Aug 25 2008 - 16:55:09 PDT
Esperanza's email has been hacked. Google "empowering youth to fight
racism" and you'll find many references to this scam.
L
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:14 PM, esperanza collado <email suppressed>wrote:
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> How are you doing today? I am sorry i didn't inform you about my traveling
> to Africa for a program called "Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV/AIDS,
> Poverty and Lack of Education, the program is taking place in three major
> countries in Africa which is Ghana , South Africa and Nigeria . It as been a
> very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is
> very hard for me to explain.
> I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the
> Taxi where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept
> on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i
> have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of 300EURO and they
> wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand
> me over to the Hotel Management, I need this help from you urgently to help
> me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need
> 1000EURO to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a
> sum of 1300EURO to sort out my problems here? I need this help so much and
> on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, I don't even
> have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving so
> please understand how urgent i need your help.i have decided not tell my
> family so that they will not be worried.when I return I will tell them and
> they will understand.
> I am sending you this e-mail from the city Library and I only have 30
> min, I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I
> promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home.You need to transfer
> the money through Money Gram or Western Union .Pls reply back to my
> alternate email address at (address suppressed) because Gmail service is
> very bad here in Africa so i can give you the payment details on time Hope
> to hear from you soon.
> Regards,
> esperanza
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