Another con?

[Jonzjob]

[blink]I have just had this call from the heart  . I do believe that I will give it a miss!

"Hi,

Hope

you get this on time,I'm writing this with so much stress on me, I came

down here to Madrid in Spain,for a short vacation unfortunately i was

mugged at the park of the hotel where I stayed, all  cash, credit card

and cell were stolen off me but luckily for me I still have my passports

with me,but I’m having troubles sorting out the hotel bills, wondering

if you could loan me some money to sort out the hotel bills and also to

make flight arrangement back home what I need is about (1300 Euro)

I've

been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues

at all and my flight  leaves in 4 days from now but am having problems

settling the hotel bills and the hotel  manager will not let me leave

until i settle the bills,please let me know immediately,would definitely

refund it to you once I arrive.

Thanks for your help

Rosalind."

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[Cendrillon]

How could you refuse a damsel in distress?[;-)]

[Chancer]

Is it from your wife or daughter? [6]

Sounds just like my family [;-)]

[Swissie]

That word   'con'   gets me confused every time! Converse trainers have never been popular in France, as it is hard to go around with the word printed on your shoes! I once took a group of French students to the Robbin Hood museum in Nottingham, and they all insisted they should get in at reduced rate as advertised!!

How did 'she' get your details?

[Jonzjob]

Cendrilion    Easy!!

Chancer      Wife here with me and daughter in Ilfracombe

Swisse  No idea as to how she got my e-mail address, but the e-mail is in the bin now!!

Something that fascinates me about this is that she states that her flight leaves in 4 daze. So even if she has lost the ticket her passport will get her another! She must think that I rode up the Severn on a bike (the Severn is a big river for those wot don't know)

I wonder if this is she?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6sUU1WORM

[Iceni]

It was for Rosalind and her ilk that the phrase "FOAD" was invented.

John

[Jo]

"FOAD"???  [blink][blink][blink][8-)]

[Alex H]

[quote user="Jo"]"FOAD"???  [blink][blink][blink][8-)]

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http://www.acronymfinder.com/FOAD.html

Probably number 4 :-)

[Swissie]

Just received a very similar one by e-mail - a French woman writing to me in Italian! Reported her as spam to my provider. Eeek.

[email protected]

[Jo]

[quote user="Tandem_Pilot"][quote user="Jo"]"FOAD"???  [blink][blink][blink][8-)]

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http://www.acronymfinder.com/FOAD.html

Probably number 4 :-)

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That would be the polite version then............[:-))]

[Russethouse]

[quote user="Jonzjob"][blink]I have just had this call from the heart  . I do believe that I will give it a miss!

"Hi,

Hope

you get this on time,I'm writing this with so much stress on me, I came

down here to Madrid in Spain,for a short vacation unfortunately i was

mugged at the park of the hotel where I stayed, all  cash, credit card

and cell were stolen off me but luckily for me I still have my passports

with me,but I’m having troubles sorting out the hotel bills, wondering

if you could loan me some money to sort out the hotel bills and also to

make flight arrangement back home what I need is about (1300 Euro)

I've

been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues

at all and my flight  leaves in 4 days from now but am having problems

settling the hotel bills and the hotel  manager will not let me leave

until i settle the bills,please let me know immediately,would definitely

refund it to you once I arrive.

Thanks for your help

Rosalind."

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I had a version of this which was supposed to be from a friend in New York State, who was staying in Luton.......very likely - not !!!

Its on Snopes

[bubbles]

Thanks for that website, Tandem_Pilot.

And thank you for asking, Jo - unlike most of us who just thought "What on earth does that stand for but I don't like to ask".

Will now admit that I checked on IMAO while I was on the site.

So now I know everything there is to know (IMHO)

[Jonzjob]

In my humble opinion Bubbles there's nothing to answer to [:P][Www]

I haven't thought about it for more years than I care to remember, but it reminds me of a certain Chief Tech that I knew when I was at R.A.F. Lynehan who was a liability and was called FOD. The name was Dunnet and the FOD was something to do with his going away sexually? He was a disaster just looking for somewhere to happen. One of his antics was when we were in Nairobi and we had a Britannia with a propeller that didn't stop when the engine was stopped, it just windmilled because the prop brake didn't engage. A 16 foot, 4 bleded prop doing about 50 rpm in the wind and this idiot was trying to stop it with a piece of strong tape used for lashing cargo down. If he had actually caught a prop blade he would have been thrown gawd knows how far. All it was was a blown fuse that I replaced as soon as I could get there! Pillock!

Edit :- I forgot to mention that the 'normal' translation' for FOD is 'foreign object damage' which is damage caused by rubbish that causes damage to aircraft by being picked up and damaging said aircraft..

[Jo]

Natural curiosity Bubbles[:)] [:)][:)] Husband calls it "nosiness"[blink]