I had a close friend who passed away last December after a lingering illness. He was a retired police officer and a great musician. I went to his funeral along with 400 or so of his friends and I have to admit I shed a tear or two.Yesterday I received an email from him, or of course from a person trying to scam me out of $2500. The email in its entirety is posted below:
Hello,
How are you doing? Hope all is well with you and family, I am sorry that I didn't inform you about my traveling to Canada for a program called Empowering youth to fight racism and Cares Conference for Caregivers
I need a favor from you as soon as you receive this e-mail because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money, and other valuable things were kept i will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with the sum of $2,500 US Dollars to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home.
I will appreciate whatever you can afford and I'll pay you back as soon as I return. Please find the information you need to send me the money through Money gram agent close to you below.
Name: - Howard Lukenbill
Address: - 1659 Jane Street
Toronto Ontario M9N 2S1
Text Question: - Love
Text Answer: - Care
Please as soon as you send the money please send me the attached copy from money gram and also the payment confirmation number with the senders name I will need that to pick the money up. May the good lord bless you for assisting me with the soft loan?
Kindly let me know if you can be of help to me? Asap
Thanks
If it wasn’t so sad it would be hilarious. It came from Howard’s email address and it appeared it was sent to many people. This person had to do a lot of research to accomplish this scam. There was a website that had our pictures and email addresses along with others, but of course it was changed after his death. So the scammer was working at this scam for at least 9 months.
If I thought he would come back I would gladly send the $2500.
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