Scam alert!!!! Important please read!!!

I'm a little hurt that Will didn't send me an email and try and scam me out of money. Come on Will we go way back, where's the love ;)

:D:D
 
Secunia PSI is a good free program to alert you of out of date/end of life unsecure programs and direct links to the updates.
You'd be surprised how much stuff is out of date and vulnerable on your system.
 
Glad to hear everythings alright Will. I don't think they have Elk over there anyway. :D;)
 
My "cousin" called his grandma and said "guess who".

She started naming grand kids, and he said "Yup" that's me. I am in Canada, and I had a bad snowboarding crash. I need surgery to fix my face. My insurance won't cover it all, I need $3000 for the co pay. Don't tell mom and dad yet. I will call them after the surgery to let them know to pick me up at the airport.

Granny did not call parents till after she wired the money. "Cousin" was actually in florida, attending finals, where he was supposed to be. Fake cousin made off with 3k.


Hopefully, no one fell for it Will.

Really sucks!
 
I just read the email and told you I would help,,,
Came here to check and found this thread, good to see the HOG's are on top of it.

IF I ever need help, I'll post here :)

Glad all is good Will, I was getting ready to hock the Chuckette' for you :)
 
I keep thinking about sending an email back that I would be glad to help, then stringing them along awhile.

Maybe keep them too occupied to run more scams.
 
Yikes. Well I know there is this guy, Tyrkon Lawson, that needs your INFI donations a.s.a.p. to fight withdrawal symptoms. P.M. me for contact info. :D
 
There is an interesting thing about this community that I experienced today. I found myself willing to send my only cash I had to help out a guy that I did a trade with once. I have found blade forums to be filled with genuinely nice people. I found that when I asked the fake Will if he could tell me how he knew me and I didn't get a response that it really wasn't him.

Glad you are okay Will and eventhough I don't really know you, I would have sent you money to help you out.
 
Amy - thanks for posting your warning at the Yard as well - just one MORE reason we all love you!;):thumbup::thumbup:
 
well I shared my highly effective scam proofing method over on the SYKC forum. I guess I should share it with the Hogs. I have this method that's a simple yet virtually full proof way to avoid being scammed and taken for your hard earned dollars.

BE BROKE!!! :D

trying to scam me would just be practice. Unless you want to scam me for some bad advice... Cuz I have plenty of that!
 
Will York said:
I'm sorry for the hassle.
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We're just glad you finally made it out of the UK, when we tried to contact you at the hotel the concierge claimed he didn't know you.:confused:

;)
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1whobuys said:
Glad all is good Will, I was getting ready to hock the Chuckette' for you :)
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No need to hock the Chuckette, my friend--please just send her along intact ;).

blue_drummer said:
There is an interesting thing about this community that I experienced today. I found myself willing to send my only cash I had to help out a guy that I did a trade with once. I have found blade forums to be filled with genuinely nice people. I found that when I asked the fake Will if he could tell me how he knew me and I didn't get a response that it really wasn't him.

Glad you are okay Will and eventhough I don't really know you, I would have sent you money to help you out.
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I have been utterly overwhelmed by the number of people on this forum who have emailed me offering to help, and as blue drummer says, many are people I've only had a few contacts with. Just astonishing. I wouldn't want to go through this again, but I doubt I ever would have understood the depth of this brotherhood unless it happened to me.

As if by example, the first contact I had about the problem was a personal phone call from Jerry at the crack of dawn (MDT:D) yesterday, checking to make sure I was okay. Shortly thereafter, PeterPHWS called me from England, worried that I may have contacted him because he was there in country and thought he might have been the closest human being who could help me out of a jam. Many similar contacts followed over the course of just a few hours. Amazing stuff.

Thanks Guys and Gals--very humbling. :thumbup:

Will
 
I just received this mail

Please help me this is Will York.
I am being held hostage in the Playboy Mansion and Hef says that if he does not get 50 Busse Custom Shop knives within 48 hours he is going to dip me in chocolate and throw me to the girls.
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Come on guys we have to help him........here is my reply........

Sorry bud I traded in all my Busse's for Mantis.......you are on your own :D
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I am a prince of a small country in the desert. My country was taken over my rebels and I have been dethroned. All I have left is 1000 various Busse Combat knives and one bag of dirt in a safety deposit box in Sweden. If you can help me get the bag of dirt then I will gladly allow you to all have of the Infi knives that you desire. The only problem is that I must provide bribes to the Swedish officials and as I mentioned before I "be broke"! The officials like to receive bribes of Infi knives, firearms, meat, and liquor. You can send those gifts to me in Mississippi where I have fled.
 
I'm not like everyone else, I felt the need to play with him. I sent him a fake Western Union #, and when I said it didn't work, I said I got one of the numbers wrong and sent him the same number but with one digit changed. He again said that didn't work.
By that time, I had a western union spam in my junk box which said my friend had just sent me $5000 and to contact him to get the funds. So I forwarded that email to him saying my friend just sent me $5000 and that he could have it and to just contact him for it =)
I think I'm pretty funny:D
 
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