12:48amJ
hello lila
12:48amLila
Hey, J! How’s things?
12:49amJ
oh thank GOD you are online
12:49amLila
lol.
12:49amJ
well i am not doing right now..i need help very urgent
12:49amLila
ok.
is everything ok?
12:50amJ
i am not ok
12:51amLila
oh no!
12:51amJ
i need your help pls
i am presently in london uk and i got robbed in the hotel i was staying
is like gun here right now
i am in a public liabiry trying to look for help on fb
12:52amLila
call ur parents
12:52amJ
yeah i did
need help financially
mom send some money to me but the exchange rate is vey high
can you pls help me out pls
is like gun here right now
12:55amLila
willing to answer a few questions to prove to me tha tyou are who you say you are?
12:56amJ
just talk to robert now but he does not have much on him
why should lie about my life
12:58amLila
What is ur oldest sister’s name and where did she go to school?
1:00am
J
S (spelled wrong)
S
1:01amLila
school?
1:01am
J
what do you mean school
1:01amLila
What school did she go to?
college
1:02amJ
mi
1:03amJ
i need to get out of here soon
this not time for question
1:04amLila
Well, since you fail on that question…
1:04amJ
we are talking about life and death right now
i sarah
1:04amLila
Well im sure… since you are not J, not in London and don’t even know who your oldest sister is
1:05amJ
she went to college in michigan
1:05amLila
There are a lot of colleges in MI
1:06amJ
lila
1:06amLila
and you forgot about your sister that died when she was born. Amy – remember her?
1:06amJ
i am not my self right now
i mean a close gun short
1:07amLila
It just makes me sad that you forgot about Amy. 
1:07amJ
what amy
this is not time for joke pls
can you help me or not
1:08amLila
Why would i joke about your sister that died?
1:10amJ
i cross my heart i am not my self
1:10amLila
you are not J?
1:11amJ
it was a close short
1:12amLila
you aren’t making sense. I’ll call ur parents and let them know where you are. They are in town this week for Granmmas bday. Don’t forget to call gramma when u get a chance. Maybe they can ask Uncle Max & Aunt Donna to help you? Want me to ask them?
1:14amJ
dont care
1:14amLila
If you dont’ want me to, i wont. I just figured if anyone could help it’d be them
1:15amJ
i have my reason for asking you
1:16amLila
On phone with Uncle Max. He wants to know how much you need… and where to send it.
1:18amLila
He’s on his way here to give me $500 for you. Just tell me how to get it to you.
1:21amJ
tell him to send it via western union in my name
1:21amLila
they won’t be open around here til morning
1:23amJ
what time is it over there now
1:23amLila
1:30 am
1:25amJ
can you send it to me when you wake up then get back to me with details
1:26amLila
yeah. i think they open at like 8 am. I’ll be up before that anyway so i’ll be there ready when they get here. I’ve never done this before. Maybe Uncle Max should do it…maybe he’s done it before.
1:26amJ
lila
1:26amLila
Do i just send it to “J Springsteen” in London?
1:27amJ
yeah
1:27amLila
works for me. Um… do you want me to just find you on here?
1:29amJ
send it to this email address zaraman@operalmail.com
1:30amJ
zaraman@operamail.com
1:31amLila
okay.
no L in operamail
1:31amJ
yeah no l
1:34amJ
are you still there
1:35amLila
yes uncle max is here
he asked if $250 is enough
Aunt Donna said they can’t send $500, just $250
1:36amJ
400 will be ok
i will refund when i get back
1:37amLila
Will you make it back for Grammas birthday party sunday?
1:38amJ
i should be home tomorow
1:39amLila
Yay! Its been so long since we’ve seen you. The boys will be happy to see you too. You’ve not seen Thad since his surgery!
1:40amJ
lila i will check my email tomorow pls i am countin on you pls
i have to go now
1:41amLila
I gave the info to Uncle Max. He promised to get it done
He’s done it before. I was nervous.
1:41amJ
so how do i get the info?
1:42amLila
He is bringing me the paperwork right after.
1:42amJ
ok
1:42amLila
He said he’ll be here at 8:15, so i’ll send you the info
thats okay, right?
1:42amJ
ok thanks
1:42amLila
ok
look for my email tomorrow. It’ll be there
1:43amJ
i have to go now
thanks
1:43amLila
Ur welcome. If Jenny is with you, tell her hi for me
1:44amJ
bye
It honestly didn’t take me long to figure out this was a scam. At first i laughed because J’s family is very religeous (J is my husbands cousin. his mom and hubby’s mom are sisters) and the way he wrote “thank GOD…” made me think he was mocking me for having answered a pole question earlier that I do not believe in god. I caught on at about “i am presently in london uk…” which is funny because J is a pilot for a large airline so it wouldn’t be unheard of that he was in London, but it just immediately sounded fishy. So i thought i’d mess with him a bit. Unfortunately, Jake no longer even has a facebook. That I am able to find at least. I guess that’s for the best. Though a bit unfortunate.
Anyway, J never had a sister named Amy or one die at birth. He did have an older sister that passed, but she was in her 20’s when that happend. There is no “Uncle Max” or “Aunt Donna”. There is no Jenny. There is no “Boys” or “Thad”. There is a Grandma, but her birthday was last month…and the last party we had for her was last year when she turned 90.
The Today show did a show on this VERY subject – with all of the exact details i have here.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33189545#33189545
And while ur thinking about what you just read, try to figure out what these phrases mean:
“Is like gun here right now” x2
“I mean a close gun short”
“It was a close gun short”
Oh. And tonight i got an email:
James Robert:
hey lila how are you doing? you promised to getback to me with information have been waiting to read from you pls…..can you pls respond to my email ASAP
