{"id":15,"date":"2009-12-21T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/okpop\/2009\/12\/21\/fun-with-419ers\/"},"modified":"2012-01-18T18:40:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T22:40:59","slug":"fun-with-419ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/okpop\/2009\/12\/21\/fun-with-419ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with 419ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So a bit of follow up on this one.  I promptly reported this whole incident to Facebook.  They quickly shutdown my friends account and also my account as well.  It took about 2+ weeks (it was over the holidays) to have my access restored.<\/p>\n<p>A bit of context:  These are the transcripts of a chat between someone who had hijacked my friend&#8217;s Facebook account and me.  I had my friend Christina on the phone while this was going as well.  I realy should have asked for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-IQqd17p9_0\">Dead Parrot<\/a> reenactment though.<\/p>\n<p>Christina<\/p>\n<p>hello<br \/>\n2:01pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>Hello<br \/>\n2:01pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>hey whats up<br \/>\n2:02pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>are you there ?<br \/>\n2:02pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>yes<br \/>\n2:03pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>Please I relly need your help<br \/>\n2:03pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>ok<\/p>\n<p>shoot<br \/>\n2:04pmChristina is offline.<br \/>\n2:04pmChristina is online.<br \/>\n2:04pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>did you got my e-mail<\/p>\n<p>did you got my e-mail<br \/>\n2:05pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>email?<br \/>\n2:06pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>yeah<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;m sorry I didn&#8217;t inform you about my traveling to Ghana for a program called &#8220;Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV\/AIDS, Poverty and Lack of Education<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really stranded here in Ghana because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents, cell phone which I&#8217;ve all my contacts and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying<br \/>\n2:07pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>wow you should get to embssay quick<\/p>\n<p>hold on i can give them a call a let them know you are on the way<br \/>\n2:08pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>yes I&#8217;ve already gone and they have given me a covering papper<br \/>\n2:08pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>where in ghana are you i have some friends there<br \/>\n2:08pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really stranded here in Ghana because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents, cell phone which I&#8217;ve all my contacts and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying<br \/>\n2:09pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>wait huh<br \/>\n2:09pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>Accra,Ghana<br \/>\n2:10pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>Please I want you to help me with a loan of $1,800.00 USD to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home.<br \/>\n2:10pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>well what can i do for you from here<br \/>\n2:11pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>I need $1,800<\/p>\n<p>to get myself back home<\/p>\n<p>I promise to pay it back as soon as I return back home with no delay<br \/>\n2:13pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>hang on a few I&#8217;m trying to see if i can<\/p>\n<p>Christina is no longer online. The following was not sent:<\/p>\n<p>how would you like me to get the money to you (send as a message)<br \/>\n2:13pmChristina is online.<br \/>\n2:13pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>Please I want you to send me the Money with the hotel manager information<br \/>\n2:15pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>how can i send it to you?<br \/>\n2:16pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>here is the hotel manager information you will need to send it to me via western union or money gram close to you<br \/>\n2:17pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>Name: Micheal Kwasi Owusu<br \/>\nAddress: 14B Tamam Loke.<br \/>\nCity : Osu<br \/>\nState : Accra<br \/>\nCountry : Ghana<br \/>\nAmount to send ? : $1,800.00 USD<br \/>\nText Question : In God<br \/>\nAnswer : We Trust<br \/>\n2:18pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>that is the information you will need to make the Transfer<\/p>\n<p>I promise to pay it back as soon as I return back home with no delay<br \/>\n2:20pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>are you there ?<br \/>\n2:20pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>Well i&#8217;m not sure if i can do all 1800<\/p>\n<p>also what hotel did you say<br \/>\n2:22pmEdward<\/p>\n<p>do you think you would be ok with a few hundred<br \/>\n2:22pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>am at Ravico Hotel<\/p>\n<p>Please go now and send me any amount you can afford<br \/>\n2:25pmChristina<\/p>\n<p>am waiting to receive the western union information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So a bit of follow up on this one. I promptly reported this whole incident to Facebook. They quickly shutdown my friends account and also my account as well. It took about 2+ weeks (it was over the holidays) to have my access restored. 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