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| Jack Straw's lost his wallet; lend him some money |
| 2009-02-27 |
| UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw was targeted by internet fraudsters who sent emails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report Wednesday. Straw told his local constituency's newspaper, the Lancashire Telegraph in northern England, that the scammers had emailed ministry officials, ruling Labour Party members, and constituents asking for $3 000 because he had lost his wallet while in the Nigerian capital of Lagos. The fake email, issued under the heading "The Right Hon Jack Straw MP", said: "I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. "I would like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently to settle my hotel bills and get myself back home." It claimed that Straw, a former home secretary and foreign secretary, was visiting Lagos for a project called Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, though he was in fact in the UK. One constituent apparently replied to the email, but no money was offered. The account, a hotmail email address that he used to deal with constituency matters, was suspended by Microsoft. "The internet is wonderful in many ways, but these gangs put a lot of effort in because they make money from it," Straw told the newspaper. "In a lot of cases they do get people to cough up. But I think it was so obviously ridiculous that I could go off trekking in Africa and I would lose my wallet." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I can think of a way Jack could earn that money he lost, and it's no worse than what he's been doing all these year to the UK citizens and her allies /I know, it was a hoax |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-02-27 20:06 |
| #2 What do they mean by a "soft" loan, anyway. Suppose a politician was lost and broke in a foreign country, and nobody could care less. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2009-02-27 19:44 |
| #1 One constituent apparently replied to the email, but no money was offered. That goes without saying, I mean who on Earth would pay to get him back? Now if these people had claimed to be holding the Man of Straw & threatened to release him unless cash was received it could all have been rather different... |
| Posted by: Whusomble Grundy3757 2009-02-27 14:10 |