Someone emailed me pretending to be my uncle and asked for a loan of around £1000 as apparently he 'took a business trip to the Philippines but lost his wallet and phone.'
I was wary of this email and wanted more confirmation before any further action took place so I told him to find a payphone and phone my dad. He replied that it's too expensive and without me even agreeing to anything yet, he provided the details of how to send the money!
So when I showed my dad the email, he too had doubts. He decided to phone my uncle's house number and guess who picked up? Yup, my uncle did. He was very much in Bangladesh and NOT stuck in the Philippines.
Then it turned out that not only did the person hack into my uncle's account, but he made a whole new one to contact me with. It gave me great pleasure to block that address!
My uncle works for the government so this kind of trip would have been a normal procedure but my mum made a point that he would have contacted the people he works with rather that emailing his niece.
Hopefully no one else will have to go through this scam but it's good to be aware.
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