A desperate plea for assistance

letter from home
@p1kef1sh (45681)
February 21, 2020 4:35am CST
Don't you just love it when a solid British sounding chap send you what must surely be an authentic plea for help?
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10 responses
Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
21 Feb 20
For a bank manager, he sounds singularly confused about his currency! "€9.5 million USD" makes no sense at all! Do I see a red flag fluttering in the breeze here? His command of English seems to be a little suspect, too."to move this fund out of as a ..." and "revert back to me" are not things a native English speaker would say. I think there's a little fringe of red bunting decorating this email! I wonder how he got your email address?
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
All sorts seem to get me address, clearly it's my 'he looks like a sucker face'!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
21 Feb 20
I noticed and a Banker would always use the International banking symbols for Currency so EUR and USD.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 20
I'm sure you're much too canny to be taken in by this - aren't you?
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Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
21 Feb 20
Our P1keF1sh is a slippery one! (Well, I happen to know that he wears slippers on occasion!) I know that he's pulling our legs here and wouldn't fall for it!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
Oh yes, just out my last shirt on it! LOL.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Feb 20
@owlwings I wasn't too worried about him.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Feb 20
Sounds legit to me...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Feb 20
@p1kef1sh How would I get it in my backyard?
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
@BarBaraPrz You'll think of a way!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
Hmm...wanna buy London Bridge?
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UmiNoor
@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 20
Scam, scam, scam. Have you heard of James Veitch? He’s a YouTuber who answers this sort of emails and manages to exasperate the scammer. It’s so funny. Look him up and watch how he deals with this type of emails.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Feb 20
Oh yeah!
This is what happens when you reply to spam email | James Veitch
www.youtube.com
Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, ...
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
Yes,he's very funny.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
21 Feb 20
He is a Banker and a first type the sign of the Euro Currency and then say USD? SCAMMER!!!
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
I think so too.
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relcap23
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Feb 20
I just thought this kind of scam it's already obsolete. long before the advent of internet i already received offers such as this through the snail mail
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much2say
@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Feb 20
Riiiiight ... so will you be able to handle this ? I'm laughing at the mutual business deal amount . . . he sure needs assistance but not the kind he's asking for .
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
But he sounds totally legit! LOL.
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Daniel
@Danielclark691 (1097)
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23 Feb 20
such a sad person to be like this. Clearly a scam I am afraid.
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G
@freelancermariagrace (27970)
• Philippines
21 Feb 20
Definitely, a scam
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Feb 20
Definitely.
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Fae Maverick
@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
19 May 20
Red flag 1: "Hello Dear," Wow! such a professional Red flag 2: Euro symbol. Wow! Euro US dollars that must be a lot of money Red flag 3: "please revert back to me" So you were once this guy but you evolved into a more intelligent being but he wants you to go back to being him? The kicker: "No Third-party should have any knowledge of this." That means us mylotters, right?