Hey Everyone,

I just got a weird email from the owner of an online vendor of shaving goods. Before I get into details, let me just say that I'm not trying to badmouth the vendor, his site, or anything. For all I know this is a real email, but it struck me as strange and want to know if anyone else got a similar email. (I'm too cynical to even respond to this kind of thing. I'm from NY, so better luck elsewhere. ) I'm certainly not suggesting that anyone act on this email, but I would be interested to know if anyone else got one like it.

This email came from Mark L., who works for an online store that sells a lot of international shaving soaps, creams and aftershaves. I'm not gonna give out more info since I don't want this to be a comment about the site.

Let me know what you think. Like I said, I'm not even gonna respond to this.

The email:

Mark L----- show details 9:36 AM (19 minutes ago)
I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but it's because of the situation of things right now, I'm stuck in London, United Kingdom right now, i came down here on vacation , i was robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash and cards and my cell phone were stolen at GUN POINT, so i only have access to my email, it's such a crazy and brutal experience for me and i was hurt on my right hand, i need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive but the good thing is i still have my passport but don't have enough money to sort the bills and get my flight ticket back home, please i need you to loan me some money, i promise to refund it as soon as I'm back home, you can get it to me through western union.

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Kind regards,
Mark