YAGMUR EMAIL SCAM

[strada]

 EVERY BODY, I HAVE RECIEVED AN EMAIL CLIAMING TO BE FROM YAGMUR, IT SAYS HE IS IN SPAIN AND HAS BEEN MUGGED AND IS NOW STUCK WITH NO MONEY OR PHONE ETC. IT ASKS YOU TO SEND MONEY SO HE CAN GET HOME, THIS IS A SCAM, YAGMUR HIMSELF HAS CONFIRMED IT SO EVERYBODY WATCH OUT!!

[kev131]

Thanks for the warning - With the onset of Winter here I can think of worse places to be stuck. 

[Thotos]

Yagmur was good enough to pre-warn us of such emails and tell us to ignore them until we hear from him again. See his post at http://www.131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?topic=5138.0

[Yagmur]

Thanks Mr Kyriacou,
Somobody got my gmail account,still waiting some news from gmail.

[finnie]

I had one - deleted before I finished reading it . 

[mirafiori76]

Got this same fake email. How is it possible to send fake emails in someone else's name?
First i thought it was real, but then i realised Yagmur would never do such a thing like emailing everybody on the forum.
I'm sure that, should he be in need of any money, he'd find another way.

[Thotos]

How is it possible to send fake emails in someone else's name?

Unfortunately that's extremely easy    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

[rallydiego]

I received the mail twice in 2 minutes !!

[Tas131]

I recently got the same email from a mates wife saying she was in Spain, had been mugged, no money or passport etc. I ignored it and mentioned it to my mate at work on the following Monday and he was shocked. Their hotmail account had been hacked and it caused them heaps of problems, not just the scam email.