Yes, it's a scam, but not likely perpetrated by the original owner of the email account. A friend of mine had her email account hijacked (it was on hotmail) and the password was changed so she couldn't fix it. Same story and everything. I'll alter the owner's account so that all messages have to be approved before posting. If that doesn't work, I'll just have to give 'em the boot.
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DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
--- In , allen carpenter <justacarpenter@...> wrote:
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> could have been a toy gun, stranger things have happened 8-)
> but then again, occams razor says "SCAMMER" loud and clear to me. 8-)
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> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Ewan Quibell <ewan@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > On 29/11/2010 18:19, Tim O'Reilly wrote:
> > >
> > > uh huh, yeah right so you're spaming a gaming group ... bet the reply
> > > email's false too ...
> > > if this ever really happens to someone see your embassy it's their job -
> > > who knows maybe the email traffic on your behalf will wind up on
> > wikileaks
> > > T
> >
> > No the best bit was being "mugged at gun point" in the UK.
> >
> > LOL? ... I nearly spilled my tea!
> >
> > No one gets "mugged at gun point" in the UK. It would make the national
> > news!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Ewan
> > --
> > ewan@... <>
> >
> > They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
> > Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
> > At the going down of the sun and in the morning
> > We will remember them.
> > Laurence Binyon
> >
> > My spelling is entirerly due to dyslexia, typos, and poetic license
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to
> think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
> Nikola Tesla
>