22 August - A message to RS
During 2025 I have so far received three scam emails all of which have the same format. A lame excuse under the Subject line
of ‘Catch up’ for not being able to phone me and could I respond by email
instead. About what? The first one came from a cousin and I fell for it and rewarded with
a begging letter. As a retired Headteacher my cousin is not hard up for a few
bob so I investigated further. Her email address had been manipulated and my first reply
went to the scammer. My follow-up email said FO!
Two similar ones came later supposedly from friends, the last of them a couple
of months ago. The give away is that they address me in a manner not usually
adopted by the sender and today there was one from a BiB reader. It has the same
Subject line as all the others, basically the same message and once again is
addressed to me in a way the sender does not usually adopt.
It may just be a coincidence, the identical Subject line etc. but BiB readers do
not try to phone me let alone make excuses for not doing so. Perhaps I am
paranoid but I have not replied to today’s email. If it is genuine the man from
Welling is going to have to send the message again.