I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I came down here to London, United Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately I was mugged at the park on my way to hotel where I stayed, All cash, Credit card and cell were stolen off me but luckily for me I still have my passports with me.


I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and my flight leaves in a couple of hours but am having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let me leave until i settle the bills, I need you to loan me some $$$. I'll refund it to you as soon as i arrive home.Write me back so i can tell you how to get it to me.


I'm freaked out at the moment.I need your assistance.


---Woody


Woody has had his email hacked along with his chat.

Do not reply to this email from him as it's a money scam!

Hi,

Thank's Col Gibbon to warn the community
Indeed I received the same mail .. but I know it was a fake .. as Wuddy use always "Gus" or "Dumo" when he write to me ...
Take care !

OFF

Thanks! I was sure he it was but it pays to check.

I was concerned when I got the email, but then reading he wanted dollars to pay a London Hotel, I got them to send me a phone number of his supposed hotel, but the number diverted to another country! Also like Gus mentioned he, the real Woody, would have said, Hi John. They must think everyone's stupid!

I had three of these but intercepted and deleted from my Blackbery.

Thanks for the heads up Col.

Moggy DCM

The shame is I can't seem to raise Woody. I've not heard a peep from him in over a year and now this. I hope he's OK.

I Had a message from Woody on my Facebook page!

Glad to see it Col.

I had a bank wire money to the Philipines without my permission because of a scam like this one in the 1980's. Back then the scammers were using that newfangled technology called fax machines though.


Wheels

Hello,

Yes I too received the now legendary e-mail from the Woodster...looks like I am out thousands of dollars

Just jokes but seriously these hacking crimminals are a pain in the arse. Happy new year woody, hope you get it all sorted out mate.

S!

BVM

Thank you, John (Col.Gibbon) for warning this community while I was helpless to do anything about it.
WHAT A GREAT BUNCH YOU ARE to show concern.
Gus is right. I would never use his formal name.

I am back online after three days of concerned phone calls from just about everybody I knew.
Better than Christmas cards!
Believe me, it's been a train wreck (or a wheels-up landing. Proof I limped away is this email.)

This is a nasty bunch of theives out there.
All my EAW email addresses are gone (along with all the other addresses) and all emails for four years.
I also fear some files are wrecked.

I'm hoping I didn't use a credit card number online somewhere they might find in hundreds of emails-- I like to think I would never do that, but never say never.
A bunch of opportunists from iYogi.com offered to "fix" my machine for a year's subscription ($169.95). But ran like weasels when I asked if they took PayPal. They wanted that credit card number.
It's astonishly easy for someone to take over your machine and operate it remotely.


The odd thing is that this happened not a month ago to another friend of mine.
I told him to change his passwords instantly.
Glad I had the sense to do the same thing myself. Though it didn't stop the "London" emails from going out.


I do check in here from time to time. So glad to see the group still making sharp-turn contrails.
Tony West did get in touch awhile back. He's the only one I know who could legitimately claim he was visiting London and needed money.
I think John and Moggy (and others from England) would just phone home.
----Woody