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New scam, pretty good.

Author: Mark Charette ★2017
Date: 2021-02-24 19:50

Just got an email from my friend "Jimmy Sclater" (a real acquaintance) asking for help. I asked him what he needed because it looked a bit suspicious

From: jsclater@comcast.net
...
Reply to: jscllater@gmail.com

Hello,

How are you? just checking up on you, hope all is well and I need a quick little assistance from you.

Do you have an account with Amazon?

Thanks

Js

Notice the Reply to has 2 l's in the last name. I didn't at first. So ... I replied:

What kind of help do you need?

and got a response:

On 2/24/2021 10:41 AM, JAMES SCLATER wrote:
> Good to hear from you, I've been trying to purchase a Google Play E-Gift card by email, but it says they are having issues charging my card. I contacted my bank and they told me it would take a couple of days to get it sorted. I intend to buy it for my Niece whose birthday. Can you help me purchase an Google play E-gift card over there from your amazon account? I'm only looking to spend $150 on it, I'll refund it to you once my bank sorts the issue out. I am just trying to put a smile on her face in this. Let me know if you can handle this.
>
> Thanks
> Js

From the gmail address. Dammit, not Jimmy, not by a long shot.

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