Posted by Ali/IL on 11/13/13 8:38am
Msg #492496

SS Email Hacked

Received an email this morning supposedly from a local ss.
Was asking for money and involving the Phillipines disaster. I called them to make them aware of it.
They told me that their email has been hacked.
The letter is so obvious of being a scam.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 11/13/13 8:39am
Msg #492497

I got it too. Calling her in a bit to make sure she knows.

Reply by Ali/IL on 11/13/13 8:46am
Msg #492498

Hi Linda, I called right away they are aware everyone is calling. Would be nice to let them know that we know it is not coming from them.

Reply by jojo_MN on 11/13/13 8:49am
Msg #492499

I was just going to post. Was sure it was a scam and didn't

want anyone to send money without checking with Alice first. Unfortunately, when it comes from someone you know, it would be too easy to send money and think later...

Reply by Darlin_AL on 11/13/13 10:00am
Msg #492504

send money...to Nigeria? when they call I call them scumbags n/m

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 11/13/13 10:08am
Msg #492508

Please list the name of the signing service...thanks. n/m

Reply by CJ on 11/13/13 10:19am
Msg #492510

This is TOO obvious.

First of all, what ENTIRE signing service has the time and money to take a vacation overseas? Secondly, "everything was fine", until they were robbed? Um, didn't they just have a devastating hurricane? (And who would go on vacation to a place where everyone knows a hurricane is on it's way.) And lastly, all signing services know that notaries are not dumb. (At least, not the Notary Rotary notaries. Maybe XYZ notaries are a different story.) They know that they are always giving us money, and in little dribs and drabs. They know we don't have $1,600 laying around to lend them. So this could only be a fake.

BTW, I have also got this message from other friend's emails of mine saying they were in other far off countries and were robbed. The first time I saw one I though, "What about their family? Why are they calling me for money? And why are they on vacation right NOW? It's not summer or the holidays." I got a hold of them and found out, no, they are working like everyone else. So just saying "heads up", in case you see this message from another one of your friends.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/13/13 10:37am
Msg #492514

The sad thing about having these scams going around

is when it really does happen nobody believes the victim.

A friend - who is also a Notary Rotary member - recently went to Spain and DID lose her credit and debit cards the first day, was jetlagged and emotionally drained and alone. Wonder what we all would have done if we'd received an email from her saying she was there, lonely, stranded with no money as she'd lost her cards - thanks to these scams we would not have believed it, and only a handful would have investigated further to find out if it was true or not. Most of us would have assumed "she was hacked".

Reply by jojo_MN on 11/13/13 12:12pm
Msg #492527

Re: Please list the name of the signing service...thanks.

Above & Beyond Closings
Visit us at www.aboveandbeyondclosings.com
Alice Kadzielawski

I didn't send entire message. It was a scam, so felt there was no need.

Reply by jojo_MN on 11/13/13 12:14pm
Msg #492528

Re: Please list the name of the signing service...thanks.

Also, they made it sound real sounding by making it come from someone with the last name as hers.

Reply by Ali/IL on 11/13/13 3:43pm
Msg #492568

Re: Please list the name of the signing service...thanks.

The phone number is slightly off