[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: Brutal Experience...Marina Wang

[Charles Mok (gmail)]

Yes that's why I point this out....

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <
apisan at unam.mx> wrote:

>  Hi Charles, all,
>
>  this is a type of scam that has been around for some time and grown
> recently. Someone tells you he/she is in trouble in travel with a story
> that's moderately credible and very scary (so it activates your response
> and suspends critical thinking.)
>
>  It is awful that the wrongdoers have picked up Charles Gaye's name and
> the association with ISOC.
>
>  We have already had email from him on January 30 this year warning of
> supplantations.
>
>  What I fail to see in this new case is how the scam works if it comes
> from his legit email address. Are the phone numbers supplanted? Or is there
> a total hijack of his communications? Can someone who communicates with him
> or others in Liberia help clear the mess?
>
>  Yours,
>
>  Alejandro Pisanty
>
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> *Desde:* chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org [
> chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] en nombre de Charles Mok
> (gmail) [charlespmok at gmail.com]
> *Enviado el:* lunes, 11 de junio de 2012 09:14
> *Hasta:* Chapter Delegates
> *Asunto:* [Chapter-delegates] Fwd: Brutal Experience...Marina Wang
>
>  I am not sure how many of you may have received this, but it looks like
> a typical scam, but using the name of one of the persons at ISOC Liberia
> (at least I googled and found some folk by that name in that organization).
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: charles Gaye <charlesg1075 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:46 PM
> Subject: Brutal Experience...Marina Wang
> To:
>
>
>   Hi,
>
>    I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about my
> trip, because it was impromptu. I had to be in Madrid Spain for a program.
> The program was successful, but my journey has turned sour. I misplaced my
> wallet on my way back to my hotel after I went for sight seeing. The wallet
> contained all the valuables I had. Now, my passport is in custody of the
> hotel management pending when I make payment.
>
>   I am sorry if i am inconveniencing you, but i have only very few people
> to run to now. i will be indeed very grateful if i can get a loan of $2,000
> from  you. this will enable me sort my hotel bills and get my sorry self
> back home. I will really appreciate whatever you  can afford in assisting
> me with. I promise to refund it in full as soon as I return. let me know if
> you can be of any assistance. Please, let me know soonest. Thanks so much.
>
> Charles Kanlah Gaye
> Vice President
> Liberia Chapter of the Internet Society
> P.O. Boc 6303
> Tel: +(231)76324918 OR +(231)3693891
>
>
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