This scam is much like the scam that involves a call to grandparent who is advised by the scammer that one of their grandchildren are in trouble and they are asked to send money.
This scam takes it to another level and the emergency pitch is not a phone call, but involves emails being sent to contact lists from hacked email accounts.
The general scam usually contains a story that the victim is stranded and in need of money, such as travelling abroad, mugged, lost all money and identification and needs money to travel home.
The scammer asks for money to be sent by Western Union or MoneyGram to a foreign country.
This scam is much like the scam that involves a call to grandparent who is advised by the scammer that one of their grandchildren are in trouble and they are asked to send money.
This scam takes it to another level and the emergency pitch is not a phone call, but involves emails being sent to contact lists from hacked email accounts.
The general scam usually contains a story that the victim is stranded and in need of money, such as travelling abroad, mugged, lost all money and identification and needs money to travel home.
The scammer asks for money to be sent by Western Union or MoneyGram to a foreign country.