Has anyone else received this

An e-mail I received today--

It's me, Philip. I'm stranded in Italy, I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards on a trip to Italy. I know this may sound odd but it all happen very fast, I'm short of funds to pay for a new passport fees and other miscellaneous expenses. I did speak to my bank, but it would take 5 working days to access funds from my account. Please can you lend me some funds? I'll pay back, as soon as I return home.

Dr Philip T Stone

Chairman, Richard III Society

Neither the urgent or chairman's link on the "Contact Us" page of the Society's website seems to be working for me.
A J

Yes, I received it as well, AJ. It must be a scam? I forwarded mine to ptstone@... , as I imagine he would wish to see it dealt with. My message hasn't bounced yet. Sandra =^..^= From: ajhibbard@... Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:44 PM To: Subject: Has anyone else received this

An e-mail I received today--

It's me, Philip. I'm stranded in Italy, I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards on a trip to Italy. I know this may sound odd but it all happen very fast, I'm short of funds to pay for a new passport fees and other miscellaneous expenses. I did speak to my bank, but it would take 5 working days to access funds from my account. Please can you lend me some funds? I'll pay back, as soon as I return home.

Dr Philip T Stone

Chairman, Richard III Society

Neither the urgent or chairman's link on the "Contact Us" page of the Society's website seems to be working for me.
A J

I get those from time to time, it is a SCAM! His email has been hacked.

From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of SandraMachin
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 6:49 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Has anyone else received this

Yes, I received it as well, AJ. It must be a scam? I forwarded mine to ptstone@... , as I imagine he would wish to see it dealt with. My message hasn't bounced yet.

Sandra

=^..^=

From: ajhibbard@...

Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:44 PM

To:

Subject: Has anyone else received this

An e-mail I received today--

It's me, Philip. I'm stranded in Italy, I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards on a trip to Italy. I know this may sound odd but it all happen very fast, I'm short of funds to pay for a new passport fees and other miscellaneous expenses. I did speak to my bank, but it would take 5 working days to access funds from my account. Please can you lend me some funds? I'll pay back, as soon as I return home.

Dr Philip T Stone

Chairman, Richard III Society

Neither the urgent or chairman's link on the "Contact Us" page of the Society's website seems to be working for me.

A J

It's the first time I've received one quite like that. All sorts of others, but not purporting to be from someone I know. Sandra =^..^= From: Pamela Bain Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 1:53 PM To: Subject: RE: Has anyone else received this

I get those from time to time, it is a SCAM! His email has been hacked.

From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of SandraMachin
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 6:49 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Richard III Society Forum] Has anyone else received this

Yes, I received it as well, AJ. It must be a scam? I forwarded mine to ptstone@... , as I imagine he would wish to see it dealt with. My message hasn't bounced yet.

Sandra

=^..^=

From: ajhibbard@...

Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:44 PM

To:

Subject: Has anyone else received this

An e-mail I received today--

It's me, Philip. I'm stranded in Italy, I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards on a trip to Italy. I know this may sound odd but it all happen very fast, I'm short of funds to pay for a new passport fees and other miscellaneous expenses. I did speak to my bank, but it would take 5 working days to access funds from my account. Please can you lend me some funds? I'll pay back, as soon as I return home.

Dr Philip T Stone

Chairman, Richard III Society

Neither the urgent or chairman's link on the "Contact Us" page of the Society's website seems to be working for me.

A J

It's a spoof AJ. It's usually when a virus has invaded someone's mail. It happened to my husband; we had loads of folks he'd written to ringing us up or writing to me asking if he really was stranded overseas. And some, god bless them, were offering money to help get him back - he must indeed be loved :) On Thursday, 8 May 2014, 13:53, Pamela Bain <pbain@...> wrote:
I get those from time to time, it is a SCAM! His email has been hacked. From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of SandraMachin
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 6:49 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Has anyone else received this Yes, I received it as well, AJ. It must be a scam? I forwarded mine to ptstone@... , as I imagine he would wish to see it dealt with. My message hasn't bounced yet. Sandra =^..^= From: ajhibbard@... Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:44 PM To: Subject: Has anyone else received this An e-mail I received today-- It's me, Philip. I'm stranded in Italy, I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards on a trip to Italy. I know this may sound odd but it all happen very fast, I'm short of funds to pay for a new passport fees and other miscellaneous expenses. I did speak to my bank, but it would take 5 working days to access funds from my account. Please can you lend me some funds? I'll pay back, as soon as I return home. Dr Philip T Stone Chairman, Richard III Society Neither the urgent or chairman's link on the "Contact Us" page of the Society's website seems to be working for me. A J

Caught you!!! Many thanks for that great write-up on Tewkesbury. What really begins to worry me (and I know it's inevitable) is that there are so many cashing in on Richard by rattling off the odd article which sounds like a cross between wiki (where they do at least quote sources) and the sort of history books that were produced post-war; assumptions quoted as fact with no acknowledgement to the historians, or dubious sources, from which they got it all. And before long they'll be interviewed on TV as 'experts'. Some of the stuff on R3 Facebook is beginning to go that way. Were I JAH, Baldwin, Wilkinson or, dare I say it, even Hicks I'd be really peeved. H On Thursday, 8 May 2014, 13:58, SandraMachin <sandramachin@...> wrote:
It's the first time I've received one quite like that. All sorts of others, but not purporting to be from someone I know. Sandra =^..^= From: Pamela Bain Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 1:53 PM To: Subject: RE: Has anyone else received this I get those from time to time, it is a SCAM! His email has been hacked. From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of SandraMachin
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 6:49 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Richard III Society Forum] Has anyone else received this Yes, I received it as well, AJ. It must be a scam? I forwarded mine to ptstone@... , as I imagine he would wish to see it dealt with. My message hasn't bounced yet. Sandra =^..^= From: ajhibbard@... Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:44 PM To: Subject: Has anyone else received this An e-mail I received today-- It's me, Philip. I'm stranded in Italy, I misplaced my luggage that contains my passport and credit cards on a trip to Italy. I know this may sound odd but it all happen very fast, I'm short of funds to pay for a new passport fees and other miscellaneous expenses. I did speak to my bank, but it would take 5 working days to access funds from my account. Please can you lend me some funds? I'll pay back, as soon as I return home. Dr Philip T Stone Chairman, Richard III Society Neither the urgent or chairman's link on the "Contact Us" page of the Society's website seems to be working for me. A J