I’m here in the Philippines!

I received a text message this early morning from my relatives in New York informing me that they got an email under my name (using my gmail account) asking for EMERGENCY involving money.

Here’s a punch: When I tried to open my gmail account, my username and password did not match. I stand firm in my belief that I encoded it right. So, I asked my online friends then I found out that someone has broken in to my account. They also received the email.

I cannot already access my account. Please help me in solving this problem. Thank you…

Here’s the e-mail:

Hello,

How are you doing today? I am sorry i didn’t inform you about my traveling to West Africa for a program called “Youth Model Show” the program is taking place in three major countries in West Africa i.e South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria, i am schedule to use 5 days here in West Africa, Nigeria. It has been a very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain.

I am really stranded in Nigeria now, because I forgot my wallet in the Taxi where my money the sum of $5,000, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $1,500 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my luggage and my passport and hand me over to the Cops, I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $500 to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $2,000 to sort out my problems here, I need this help so much and on time
because i am in a terrible and worried situation here.

I am sending you this e-mail from the Hotel Internet, I will appreciate you to help me out and i shall refund the money back to you this week immediately i get back home because the hotel management told me they will contact the Cops, if i fail to offset the hotel
bills soon. So please kindly assist me out and i would refund the money back to you. You can wire the money via western union money transfer with with the hotel secretary information below:

Name :Jimmy Liao
Address : Lagos – Nigeria
Text Question: To Whom?
Answer:richard
Amount : $2,000

Please kindly e-mail me the wire details, so that i can get back home.

I wait to hear from you soon.

Regards,
richard.diongson

Stupid, right? Hello!!!! I’m here in the Philippines.