It seems like the pattern of experience I have relating to my yahoo email account.
these guys are indian origin from UK. they look for patterns of email sent and the time frame.
they hack the email account and ask you to put the name of (ur friend) in ur messenger.
then they IM you. poor u think it is ur long lost friend or ur current friend. they get all info
and get you to send money...they have all kinds of links including western union.
I got hacked 2 times. 6 months ago i got a mail from my girlfriend asking for money that she lost all
her belongings in the airport in UK, needs to go home, immediately send $970. I contacted the real friend told me that her email is hacked...so...BEWARE!!THEY R OUT THERE.....OFFSHORE SCAMS!!
UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE CAN HELP YOU.... YOU MUST BE VIGILANT AND A USER OF COMPUTERS KNOWS WHAT UR DOING!!!!!!!! HELP URSELF...sorry..Do Not Trust anybody online..PERIOD!!!!
also i forgot to metion i only found out the name they were trying to use "banish" when the transaction didnt go through thats the name that came up. im glad i found something about them thought i was going crazy for a minute. this just actually happened today!
They just told me I owed 345 dollars and asked for my bank card, I refused to give it to them and they got angry. I think I have it figured out though. I kept getting 20 dollars here and 20 dollars there in my account out of no where. If they have your number they will deposit the money and say you owe them.
DO NOT PAY THEM, they are a fraud!! Same people as called from 919-378-1439. Many notes on this number. They just took us for $500. Also, check the FBI's site on payday loan scams.