Stranded Traveler Scam

Credit Scam: With the rise of hijacking of e-mails an original scam from the advent of the world wide web is back. The good old “Help I am stranded send money” scam is making a return. These scams are simple in nature and rather easy to unravel if you think about it for just a few minutes. Often times the e-mails are very poorly worded, and barely understandable in English. Probably not something your father would send you while he is sitting next to you and obviously not in London. Never the less these scams have been around forever and are making a strong come back, when you get an e-mail like this from someone notify them that their e-mail has been hacked and that someone is sending out a scam e-mail from their account. This way the person can notify anyone who may have received the e-mail to ignore it and that they are not stranded without any money in a foreign country. Think before responding to any e-mail that you would consider a little fishy. These things are always a little bit plausible and slightly convincing, but common sense and not panicking can easily unravel the truth of the situation being it is a scam attempt. Be weary of anything that seems suspicious coming through your e-mail, this is only one example of a scam through e-mail and there are plenty others out there. Some of the best ones are completely convincing and will have the majority of people sending money immediately. Credit Scam.