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Emergancy Mickey has been mugged

#1

Does anyone have family or friends London England?

Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.

If there is anything you can do, email him at:
mickeycrlmm@yahoo.com

This is not a test. This is a real emergency.

~FK

#2

Why is this not his usual email address? mickeycrimm@yahoo.com (crimm not crlmm) typo?

Dennis
vp-connoisseur

Frank wrote:

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Does anyone have family or friends London England?

Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.

If there is anything you can do, email him at:
mickeycrlmm@yahoo.com

This is not a test. This is a real emergency.

~FK

#3

Frank,

Are you sure this wasn't one of those very real-appearing emails that are sent when someone gets ahold of email accounts - says the person has been mugged, etc, lost their money and needs help to get back home?
I got one of these a while ago from a friend's email (who actually *was* in Europe at the time) - turned out to be a scam. And this happened a while ago on this board - someone actually sent money I believe at the time.

Valerie

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#4

I would be very wary of responding to things like this. Much more often than not, it is a scam!

..... bl

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:

Does anyone have family or friends London England?

Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.

If there is anything you can do, email him at:
mickeycrlmm@...

This is not a test. This is a real emergency.

~FK

#5

Most certainly a scam. Proceed with caution.

Rob

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Rob Rosenhouse
Verona, NJ

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:02 PM, bornloser1537 <bornloser1537@yahoo.com>wrote:

I would be very wary of responding to things like this. Much more often
than not, it is a scam!

..... bl

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have family or friends London England?
>
> Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.
>
> If there is anything you can do, email him at:
> mickeycrlmm@...

>
> This is not a test. This is a real emergency.
>
> ~FK
>

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#6

Frank

Did you get a message similar to this one? if so, it is a scam:

Hi,Sorry to disturb you with this. I'm out of the country on a sudden trip to
London. I am in a terrible situation and I really need your help with a loan
of $2,800. I'll explain the situation better and refund you immediately i
get back this weekend. If you can help out with the money or whatever funds
you can come up with will be greatly appreciated. I really need you to get
back to me as soon as you get this email. Please keep this between us.

Certainly the game is rigged. Don’t let that stop you; if you don’t bet, you
can’t win. -Lazarus Long

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice,
there is. -Yogi Berra
There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation
to cope with a statistical universe. -Robert Heinlein

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From: Frank <frank@progressivevp.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 2:22:24 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Emergancy Mickey has been mugged

Does anyone have family or friends London England?

Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.

If there is anything you can do, email him at:
mickeycrlmm@yahoo.com

This is not a test. This is a real emergency.

~FK

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#7

Frank doesn't make multiple spelling and grammatical errors like that. Looks like he got hacked.

#8

Gosh folks I just don't know. It sounded like a legitimate issue to me. It never even occurred to me that this could be anything other than a real plea for help from our favorite and most colorful poster.

Does anyone have the ability to contact Micky directly and see if these messages are really coming from him???

I must admit I didn't even notice the email address was different.

Here's a reprint of his message:

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I'm sorry I didn't inform you about our trip, Actually my family and I made a quick travel to London, (United Kingdom) and unfortunately attacked and mugged at gun point on the way to the hotel. All cash, credit card and cell phone were taken away from us, but luckily we still have our passport with us.

We have been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our return flight leaves anytime from now but we`re having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills. We really need help, please let me know if you can help. Am freaked out and confused.

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_____________________

Mickey

~FK

#9

No the message I got was different. I posted it.

~FK

#10

No, I did post this message. If I made more errors in spelling and grammar than what would seen normal, it was because I rushed the post.

I have not been hacked, but someone may be posing as Mickey and trying to scam us all. On the off chance it really is Mickey, we should at least try to confirm or refute his claims.

~FK

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "DesmondT" <dtongpo@...> wrote:

Frank doesn't make multiple spelling and grammatical errors like that. Looks like he got hacked.

#11

Classic scam, just ignore it.

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At 01:32 PM 5/12/2011, you wrote:

Gosh folks I just don't know. It sounded like a
legitimate issue to me. It never even occurred
to me that this could be anything other than a
real plea for help from our favorite and most colorful poster.

Does anyone have the ability to contact Micky
directly and see if these messages are really coming from him???

I must admit I didn't even notice the email address was different.

Here's a reprint of his message:

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I'm
sorry I didn't inform you about our trip,
Actually my family and I made a quick travel to
London, (United Kingdom) and unfortunately
attacked and mugged at gun point on the way to
the hotel. All cash, credit card and cell phone
were taken away from us, but luckily we still have our passport with us.

We have been to the embassy and the Police here
but they're not helping issues at all and our
return flight leaves anytime from now but we`re
having problems settling the hotel bills and the
hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle
the bills. We really need help, please let me
know if you can help. Am freaked out and confused.
_____________________

Mickey

~FK

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#12

Frank <frank@progressivevp.com> quoted an email from "mickycrimm":

Gosh folks I just don't know. It sounded like a legitimate issue to me. It never even occurred to me that this could be anything other than a real plea for help from our favorite and most colorful poster.

just google the first line.

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I'm sorry I didn't inform you about our trip,

you'll find countless reposts of this same scam email sent from
countless email addresses. anyway, does that writing really sound like
mickey?

best wishes,

five

#13

Isn't this way we have an American Embassy?

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:

Does anyone have family or friends London England?

Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.

If there is anything you can do, email him at:
mickeycrlmm@...

This is not a test. This is a real emergency.

~FK

#14

That's what I usually do when someone forwards me a suspicious email, and the following story came up on different scam emails:

http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=13486641

Never met either Mickey or Frank, but would bet my VP bankroll both are alive and well!!!

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, fivespot <fivespot55@...> wrote:

Frank <frank@...> quoted an email from "mickycrimm":
> Gosh folks I just don't know. It sounded like a legitimate issue to me. It never even occurred to me that this could be anything other than a real plea for help from our favorite and most colorful poster.

just google the first line.

> I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I'm sorry I didn't inform you about our trip,

you'll find countless reposts of this same scam email sent from
countless email addresses. anyway, does that writing really sound like
mickey?

best wishes,

five

#15

Is having a good nose for cheating/scamming an important skill for a
progressive team manager?

#16

Hey, if you think Frank is gullible, you should see the team owner.

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----- Peter M. <midnight1626@gmail.com> wrote:

Is having a good nose for cheating/scamming an important skill for a

progressive team manager?

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#17

Hay thanks vpFREE for saving me from this scam. I was actually teary eyed over Micky's situation. I don't know him well, but I could picture myself in his shoes, and it really upset me.

I guess I'm too trusting. Just wasn't on my radar that this could have been a scam.

Sorry for crying wolf. I feel pretty stupid right now. Could be worse, feeling stupid could be something to which I was unaccustomed.

~FK

#18

Well heck, at least you and Bob will have something interesting to talk about on the next show!!

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:

Hay thanks vpFREE for saving me from this scam. I was actually teary eyed over Micky's situation. I don't know him well, but I could picture myself in his shoes, and it really upset me.

I guess I'm too trusting. Just wasn't on my radar that this could have been a scam.

Sorry for crying wolf. I feel pretty stupid right now. Could be worse, feeling stupid could be something to which I was unaccustomed.

~FK

#19

I couldn't imagine though being in a foreign land and being completely broke. Wasn't this the reason why people used to carry traveler's checques for situations like this? I doubt the american embassy would just hand out a loan for someone to get back home. We can spend billions to help others but helping one of ours - doubtful.

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Sent from my iPhone

On May 12, 2011, at 2:06 PM, "pumsparky" <dianalnagy@aol.com> wrote:

Isn't this way we have an American Embassy?

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have family or friends London England?
>
> Micky and his family were mugged and he needs help.
>
> If there is anything you can do, email him at:
> mickeycrlmm@...
>
> This is not a test. This is a real emergency.
>
> ~FK
>

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#20

Mickey was looking at free porn and gave them his email address.

James Thompson

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To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
From: frank@progressivevp.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:32:38 +0000
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Emergancy Mickey has been mugged

      Gosh folks I just don't know. It sounded like a legitimate issue to me. It never even occurred to me that this could be anything other than a real plea for help from our favorite and most colorful poster.

Does anyone have the ability to contact Micky directly and see if these messages are really coming from him???

I must admit I didn't even notice the email address was different.

Here's a reprint of his message:

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I'm sorry I didn't inform you about our trip, Actually my family and I made a quick travel to London, (United Kingdom) and unfortunately attacked and mugged at gun point on the way to the hotel. All cash, credit card and cell phone were taken away from us, but luckily we still have our passport with us.

We have been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our return flight leaves anytime from now but we`re having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills. We really need help, please let me know if you can help. Am freaked out and confused.

_____________________

Mickey

~FK

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