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Dancing Fire

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I received this Email from a watch forum member...
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Have you ever received this kind of Email? how much should I send him?


Sorry to bother you with this, I took a urgent visit to Ukraine to see my sick cousin who is suffering from a critical Uterine fibroid and must undergo a hysterectomy surgery to save her life. The news of her illness arrived to me as an emergency, she's going through a lot of pain at the moment and she needs family support to keep her going.

The doctors have advised that it is necessary that the tumor is operated soon to avoid any complications. I hope you understand my plight and pardon me.The estimate for the Hysterectomy surgery is $9,000. I have already spent approx. $7,300 cash towards her treatment so am wondering if you can assist me with a loan of $1,700 to make the necessary arrangement for the surgery to be carried out.

Your help and support will give her a chance to live a normal life once again. I will surely pay you back as soon as I return. I will appreciate whatever you can help me with. Kindly let me know if you can be of help so I can send you my western union details since I cannot operate my bank account from here.
 

yennyfire

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Are you kidding me??? :doh:

I'd be stringing him along...ohhh, soooo sorry. I'm sure I can come up with the cash to help you...send me your bank account info, SSN and home address and I'll get right on that. NOT! :angryfire:
 

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I have it on very good authority (Princess Z) that Health care - including major surgery is FREE in Ukraine; although you get a lot better treatment if you slip the Dr. a $100 or so....

Now the level of health care is not on par with western medicine; but, the basics and most surgery is OK.

Now that does not mean that support in the hospital by friends and family is not needed. Basic bathing, bedpan service if you cannot get to the bathroom, food service, changing of bandages (past original bandaging), etc is the responsibility of the patients friends and family.

I would be asking this person how they are managing the required friends and family hospital support.... ;-)

Perry
 

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I would forward every email in my spam folder to this person.
 

monarch64

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DF, he already did the math for you! Send him the $1700! :bigsmile:

I had a friend years ago who thought she had to give money to anyone who asked for it. She fell for several scams due to her beliefs, it was just how she was raised. I remember sending her Snopes links when she'd forward me these types of emails. She was pretty pissed at me and would still tell me I was going to H-E-double hockey sticks for not believing/doing what she did according to how she was raised, but eventually she did stop letting random strangers into her home and just handing out whatever cash she had on her to all the scammers who approached her. I live far from her now, thankfully, but at the time I was like :hand:
 

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Unbelievable!!!

You could always send him some dust for her quick recovery.
 

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Tell him that your second cousin needs a rare transfusion and it's going to cost $5000.00 so if he could help you out because he is such a great friend that would be fantastic. And you will send him your Western Union details.
 

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That is called spam, DF. Do you know where the delete button is? Never reply to an email or pm like that.

I think you are kidding, but just in case you're not....
 

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diamondseeker2006|1410923583|3752296 said:
That is called spam, DF. Do you know where the delete button is? Never reply to an email or pm like that.

I think you are kidding, but just in case you're not....
I recommended him to a rich lady in N.C...
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Dancing Fire|1410929835|3752339 said:
diamondseeker2006|1410923583|3752296 said:
That is called spam, DF. Do you know where the delete button is? Never reply to an email or pm like that.

I think you are kidding, but just in case you're not....
I recommended him to a rich lady in N.C...
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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Glad it's DS & not me! I think you should write back, DF, & ask him if $1700 is enough. Maybe she'll have complications & also, he has to pay for hotel & meals while he helps her.

--- Laurie
 

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the spammer need to work on the consistency in his emails. Uterine fibroids, while really sucking, are not tumors, and are not life threatening. Of course there may be rare situations that call for a hysterectomy, but usually not from a single fibroid. But I am glad that he is supporting family ;))
 

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His email was hacked. This email goes out in some way, shape or form every 6 months or so. If you have another way of contacting him besides his email address, I would. Let him know he needs to change his password and maybe get word to some of his more gullible friends.
 

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part gypsy|1410975824|3752561 said:
the spammer need to work on the consistency in his emails. Uterine fibroids, while really sucking, are not tumors, and are not life threatening. Of course there may be rare situations that call for a hysterectomy, but usually not from a single fibroid. But I am glad that he is supporting family ;))


I was thinking the same thing. I have never heard of anyone dying from a uterine fibroid tumor.
 

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athenaworth|1410976185|3752565 said:
His email was hacked. This email goes out in some way, shape or form every 6 months or so. If you have another way of contacting him besides his email address, I would. Let him know he needs to change his password and maybe get word to some of his more gullible friends.


Good catch Athenaworth!

Athenaworth is more than likely correct. This happen to a friend of my husbands about two years ago. I'd forgotten all about it.
 

Dancing Fire

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Maybe I should send him a PM so that he will know what's going on.
 
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