Should I help this poor woman?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218930)
Walnut Creek, California
February 6, 2018 7:45pm CST
I just received this email. What do you think I should do? I want to help her so badly. She didn't say there's anything in it for me, but I am compassionate and empathetic person. What would you do?
Hello dear beloved,
how are you, i am miss mary morgan, from ivory coast abidjan, please i am seeking for your attention to assist me in transferring sum of (us$2.8,000.00) dollars to your account in your country. it is deposited in a bank here in my country cote d'ivoire by my late father but my uncle is a total trait of my life to take the fund out from me because of the lost of my family some year back? please i need your help and i want honest in this because this is all i have in life. i will give you more information about this and how to process on it okay. thanks and god bless you. please provide me the following few information about you.
1.your full name:
2.your phone no:
3.your occupation:
4.your age:
5.your country and address:
thanks
miss mary morgan
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26 responses
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Feb 18
Send the info!
Name : Tom D*ck Harry
Phone : 867- 5309
Occupation :Bum on 15 st.
Age : 35
address : USA and look up the police station addy apply it here.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
7 Feb 18
I'm sure you're gathering all that info to help this unfortunate lady. Doesn't sound like a scam to me 
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@vandana7 (100303)
• India
19 Feb 18
@Marilynda1225 That is because Pony is well read enough to know the meaning of the word honest...
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
7 Feb 18
@TheHorse and of course you have to believe someone who says they're honest right
someone who says they're honest right2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
8 Feb 18
@JudyEv You know, things like that really confuse me... Many people from all over the world have generous natures. It really doesn't require a scam to fleece people of some money, especially Americans...
Believe it or not, I have sent money to various people I've met online.
One friend in England was having money problems (but didn't ask for help) so I sent her what Pretty and I could spare. (I talked with her on Whatsapp after I sent her the money. She broke down crying, thanking us for helping her.)
Two people I consider friends live in the Philippines. I sent them money after their houses were destroyed in a storm/earthquake. (One's house was destroyed in a storm. The other friend's house was destroyed in an earthquake.)
I also have friends in foreign countries who won't accept a penny even as a gift, even when they badly need help...
The scammers need to learn to befriend Westerners first, then ask for money. I bet they'd get a lot more than they would by scamming. (Shake my head!)
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@JudyEv (340229)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 18
@TheHorse Yes I guess so. Vince had a request from a little friend from Nepal. She was one of three children in a guest house where he stayed in 2016 but she did virtually all the housework and cooking. After he came home she PMd to ask if he'd buy her a mobile phone but he declined. She has occasionally 'liked' something of his on FB etc but then she asked for $200 for an urgent eye operation. It didn't really ring true so he emailed the US owner of the guest house to try to find out if the appeal was genuine and it isn't. The woman has now married the grandfather of the girl and says by local standards they are well off and there is nothing wrong with her eyes. Westerners must seem so rich to them. It is a great shame. I think she will be a fair bit of trouble over this but we would have helped had it been genuine.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
7 Feb 18
How funny -- I got a call from Suspected Spam Number just as I loaded this page!
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@TheHorse (218930)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Feb 18
@spiderdust I don't get that many spam calls, but I do still enjoy the emails from Africa. I just miss the ones that compliment me on my well-known honesty and integrity. I am a bit of a sucker for a compliment.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
7 Feb 18
@TheHorse Suspected Spam Caller sure does call an awful lot. Keeps in touch daily!
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@BarBaraPrz (47344)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Feb 18
Oh, poor woman, and poor you, if you fall for it.
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@vandana7 (100303)
• India
9 Feb 18
@DaddyEvil Well, there could be more fun in store for starters. Evil Grin.
I am seriously concerned about Pony. He has been using snotty tissue papers...to clean you know ..his "tush". He lets the snot dry he says. I am so scared the dried snot might cause scratches on his white tush...we can't have a friend screaming and running out of restrooms without pants on, can we? Is it legal in America?
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
8 Feb 18
Now, how would @TheHorse proposing to Ms. Morgan be of any help to her? 
I kinda think you might just be trying to marry pony off to anyone who will have him, vanny!
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
9 Feb 18
@vandana7 Uhm... is which part of what you said legal, vanny?
It is perfectly legal for pony to wipe his scrawny tush with dried snot rags. It is legal for the dried snot to scratch his tush, too.
It is legal for pony to scream while he is in the bathroom or while he is outside the bathroom. It would be more entertaining to see pony run out of the bathroom screaming if he forgot his pants and he was in his human guise...
Whether pony would be in trouble with the law or not if he left his pants in the bathroom depends on whether @TheHorse was human or pony when he exits the bathroom. Not that I am trying to sell ticket to people interested in witnessing a screaming pony exiting the bathroom, but I do have two left for the front row, center, if you are interested?
Not that I am trying to sell ticket to people interested in witnessing a screaming pony exiting the bathroom, but I do have two left for the front row, center, if you are interested?1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
8 Feb 18
@LadyDuck Actually, Anna, it is not difficult to check to see if an email address is valid.
I've used two of these methods before. (I was tracing a friend I had lost contact with.)
Email accounts receive high amounts of spam messages each day, many of which are from fake email addresses. There are a number of ways that you can check to see if the email address is valid, if you want to respond to a message. It is a...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Feb 18
i think this email is a scam. many times i receive these kinds of scam emails, and i don't believe them.
there is even one that said i have a million dollars that should be deposited in my bank account, provided i give the details of my bank.
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@celticeagle (167032)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Feb 18
@TheHorse ........Maybe she has other ideas.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
8 Feb 18
Hmmm... you know, pony, since she admits that her family caused her uncle some type of loss in the past, that money rightfully should go to him, not her. (Notice, she doesn't say her family disputes the claim by the uncle. That suggests his claim is true.)
I think I would email the woman back and point that out to her. I would also tell her that being dishonest with her uncle is NOT the way to bring peace back to her family, either. (Giving her the requested information wouldn't help her steal your identity, so I'm confused why she is asking for it.)
Hmmm... she sent you an email claiming she wants to place US funds into your bank account but wants to know what country you live in? Why would she send US funds to any country except the United States? Your bank account would be charged for converting the funds to what is current in your country, if it was NOT the United States. (This scammer didn't do their homework! )
I hate the way other countries write monetary amounts! I've had to explain how we write amounts here and ask vanny to try to write her amounts that way in emails we've exchanged. (Does that say $28,000.00 or does she mean $2,800,000.00?)
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I hate the way other countries write monetary amounts! I've had to explain how we write amounts here and ask vanny to try to write her amounts that way in emails we've exchanged. (Does that say $28,000.00 or does she mean $2,800,000.00?)1 person likes this
@yugocean (9963)
• India
8 Feb 18
@DaddyEvil You are grinning at that poor lady with just $2.8 ; she used first dot between 2 and 8;
She is poooooooo r (fart type)
But you have no heart, you are siding with her uncle.
(finding hammer to hit evil)
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
8 Feb 18
@yugocean Yes, my last name is Evil. How have you only now realized this? (grinning and teasing you!)
Ms. Morgan did say, "because of the lost of my family some year back" which means her family borrowed money from this uncle but did not pay it back. So, yes, I would suggest she pay the uncle the money her family owes him to return peace and harmony to all.
trait means a genetically determined characteristic. How is this an evil thing?
I still have no clue how much money that means. What you have written would be read as $2 million 8 thousand dollars. If you meant to write two million eight hundred thousand dollars, it would be written like this: $2,800,000.00 or $2.8 million. Either there are too many zeros or not enough zeros in what she wrote and what you wrote. (We use a comma every three figures. vanny writes numbers the same way you did. I can't understand them when she does it either.)
(still grinning!) I know, my friend... I am hopeless, right?
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@Fleura (30404)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 18
I think I might once have had a message from Miss Mary Morgan too. I have only every received two of these kind of messages - the other was from Nigeria. Before that I was starting to wonder what was wrong with me that no-one ever wanted me to take care of their money. Didn't they trust me???
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