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Hi Everyone,
Just received what we think is a scam email purporting to be from Rob Bradford asking for financial help as he is stuck in Italy. We get these all the time but some of you may not be aware of them and offer to send him money. I don't think this is Rob judging by the way it was addressed to us. So don't be fooled. Maybe Rob can confirm he is OK.
So looks like your email address book has been hacked Rob.
Pat @ Leo's Den

I have just received the same e-mail. Smells of a scam. Check out the lower case 'i's. Rob wouldn't do that!!!
Cheers.

Hi Everyone,
There are some devious and evil scammers out there!!! I am fine...but, obviously.. my account (despite just about every possible precaution possible!!!) has been hacked / compromised. This isn't Hotmail...it's BT!!!! I will get onto this shortly...meanwhile....any IT 'experts' with any tips / advice if there's any 'simple' way to fix this???

Bests....Rob

PS: Meanwhile avoid any 'suspicious' messages from me (viz: asking for money etc. ,etc)!!!!

I've just had the e mail too and I've notified Rob.

Here is the e mail


Hello,

Sorry i didn't inform you about my trip to Italy for a program,i am presently in Rome having some difficulties here,the hotel i lodged got razed by fire.all my valuables including cash,mobile phone and my traveling documents were destroyed during the inferno but luckily for me i still have my passport with me.i have contacted the police but they are not responding to the matter effectively they only asked me to write a statement about the incident and referred me to the embassy in Italy.

Please i really need your financial assistance for me to go to the embassy and also to the airline office so i can start processing a new flight ticket.i am also having problems settling outstanding hotel bills and the hotel management are not helping matters at all please let me know if you can help me with a quick (Loan) i promise to return back your money as soon as i return back home. If your require further information, please do not hesitate to be in touch.


Waiting for your mail

Bests....Rob

Most people carry a wallet on their person with at least one credit/debit card
so it is obvious that this is a scam.

BT/Yahoo are suffering badly from account hacking at the moment. I have been affected and I know of several others. News items also refer to Facebook being included. Best to change your password straight away if you have one of these accounts, especially if you use the same one for other accounts, in which case these should also be changed.

Keith

rob i had my bt account closed by bt couple weeks ago to secure it as it was hacked. i opened it again though bt, but had to put a stronger password in place. also i have to log in each time i check mail but before it stayed open for a week at least. its a constant battle against these criminals on line you just have to be aware 24 7. peter

My BT a/c was also hacked and used for spam a few months ago. May have been my fault for accidentally going to a poisoned site.

I knew right away this one was a fake - Rob would never spell travelling with only one 'l'!!!

George

Rob - first step - CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD ASAP

something really obscure, using combinations of Caps, numbers & special characters etc

eg. tEa=4cUp

Got this too.
Glad you're ok. Better pay me back by monday or you'll be using speech recognition to text next time you post