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I and a few other outfitters I know got this email;

Hello!
I'm sorry you're getting the mail from me at this Point in time,my family and I came down here to Istanbul,Turkey for a short vacation unfortunately we were mugged at the park of the hotel we stayed,all cash credit cards and cell were stolen off but luckily for us we still have our passports with us.

I have been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight leaves pretty soon from now but we're having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills.Please be so kind to reply back so I can tell you what to do and how to get some cash to us.

I'm freaked out at the moment

Terry

Terry Wagner - Worldwide Hunting
PO Box 8, Orting Washington 98360
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Harris Safaris
PO Box 853
Gillitts
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Posts: 1069 | Location: Durban,KZN, South Africa | Registered: 16 January 2001Reply With Quote
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The check is in the mail.
Common scam over hear.
Bill


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Posts: 1132 | Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Registered: 09 May 2006Reply With Quote
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This has been going on for years.

Just ignore it.


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Posts: 69279 | Location: Dubai, UAE | Registered: 08 January 1998Reply With Quote
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People from Orting, Washington don't say something like, "our flight leaves pretty soon from now". And they are unlikely to describe paying bills as "settling bills".




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Posts: 10900 | Location: North of the Columbia | Registered: 28 April 2008Reply With Quote
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I have gotten similar e mails purported from people I was having lunch with at the time of receipt .
 
Posts: 12133 | Location: Orlando, FL | Registered: 26 January 2006Reply With Quote
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Somebody hijacked my email and send request for couple grand as I was stuck in Ukraine fighting for my life
Damn funny except several of my friends almost sent money, which wasn't funny


" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...

Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
“ Hávamál”
 
Posts: 13376 | Location: In mountains behind my house hunting or drinking beer in Blacksmith Brewery in Stevensville MT or holed up in Lochsa | Registered: 27 December 2012Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by boarkiller:
Somebody hijacked my email and send request for couple grand as I was stuck in Ukraine fighting for my life
Damn funny except several of my friends almost sent money, which wasn't funny


You have some good friends - almost! Big Grin


Andrew McLaren
Professional Hunter and Hunting Outfitter since 1974.

http://www.mclarensafaris.com The home page to go to for custom planning of ethical and affordable hunting of plains game in South Africa!
Enquire about any South African hunting directly from andrew@mclarensafaris.com


After a few years of participation on forums, I have learned that:

One can cure:

Lack of knowledge – by instruction. Lack of skills – by practice. Lack of experience – by time doing it.


One cannot cure:

Stupidity – nothing helps! Anti hunting sentiments – nothing helps! Put-‘n-Take Outfitters – money rules!


My very long ago ancestors needed and loved to eat meat. Today I still hunt!



 
Posts: 1799 | Location: Soutpan, Free State, South Africa | Registered: 19 January 2004Reply With Quote
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Well, they actually called me , those were the good friends
Some asked me months later when they ran into me how I got out and when I said I never left they acted relieved
Ha ha
The saying Friend in the need ... Is still uncomfortable for some, which then makes them aquintances rather then friends


" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...

Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
“ Hávamál”
 
Posts: 13376 | Location: In mountains behind my house hunting or drinking beer in Blacksmith Brewery in Stevensville MT or holed up in Lochsa | Registered: 27 December 2012Reply With Quote
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I answered one of those years ago and sent the cash to them. Don't know if they could spend Monopoly money where ever they were but I felt compelled. Would have sent Zim dollars as well had I had some. Just the Christian thing to do.

Dutch
 
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yup they did this to me a few years back , had they not picked one of my most wealthy hunters and a bloke who never asks for help , they may well have caught me as they hacked his email and left out just one letter in the email address so it was difficult not to think it was a genuine call for help , just watched a program that states cyber crime is bigger in south africa than all the other crimes put together - bigger than drug or gun running
 
Posts: 473 | Location: Botswana | Registered: 29 October 2003Reply With Quote
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