A Daviess County woman reported an attempted scam to the sheriff’s department last week, where someone impersonating one of her friends sent her an E-mail request for money.
Sheriff’s department reports said the woman received the message from a friend’s E-mail account. The message said the friend was in the United Kingdom and “something very terrible” happened to her. The E-mail went on to say the friend’s money had been stolen, she had no funds to pay her hotel bill or get back home, her cell phone didn’t work and she needed 1,200 British Pounds.
The woman e-mailed back, asking for more information. The response only said the message was not a hoax. However, the woman called her friend, who was not in the U.K. and had not sent the E-mail.
Investigators believe the friend’s E-mail account had been hacked and a scam artist was using the account to send messages.
