Potential Scam Warning

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[quizzoid]

Dang, I was really looking forward to all that money and all that chocolate.

What a disappointment.

 

[QueenOfHearts]

I also got this pm....Queen

[Canadian Here]

Ditto, here!

Lorna

[AmandaV]

I got spam today!  My first one!  I never even get those, "I'm secretly a prince in exile" ones so I'm kind of excited...

You have just been sent a personal message by williamwachira on Kiva Friends.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

Dear Amanda
 
My name is William wachira. I hail from Kenya. I work in a cyber and would like to be supported in getting more education in ICT so that I can decimate the ICT knowledge to Kenyans.
 
Please assist me realize my dream my donating me a laptop so that I can teach myself tutorials and even spread the computer knowledge.
 
Please reach me through my email wachirawg@yahoo.com.
 
I would be grateful for any help you will accord me.
 
Yours Faithfully,
William Wachira

[Diane R]

Thanks Amanda, the moderators learned of this activity earlier today and this member has been banned from KivaFriends.  Our apologies to those who received PMs from him before we closed him down.  (He was going through the membership list alphabetically, and we shut him down just as he was targeting someone in the A's.)

--Diane.

[AccountAbility]

Thanks, Diane. I appreciate all the work you moderators do. 

Dan aka AccountAbility

[Jan & John]

 

Yes, thanks Diane and the rest of the moderator team - you do so much behind the scenes (and I can't even imagine how much) but when something like this comes up I am glad our name is further down the alphabet.

so thanks from here too - jan

[tomviolence]

amazing how the internets work ... check it out:

http://lakeland.craigslist.org/wan/1378231691.html

Hi! My name is (removed for privacy concerns) I was fired from Red Lobster in Lakeland on November 2, 2008. I have been looking for work for almost a year. I Went back to school to learn to be a medical bill & coder At FCI. I need money to pay for school because I am broke. I though WIA would help to pay for it but, I am getting the run around. .......

there are other postings by him asking for money as well



Edited by moderators to remove personally identifying information.

[Eli]

I found yet another post that this guy posted on a Colorado Fan website claiming he was 'Rev. Billy' and needed money for 'Xmas', and then prattled on about the inappropriate use of lasers in sporting events.

[David2051]

Has anyone gotten scam messages from Kiva lenders??  I just received this lender message:

hy can you loan my some money i give back in a week or twol pls    sorry for that hope i dont offend you

It is from a Kiva lender who has made four loans, two of which are my loans too.  I wonder if someone hacked into his account.  Has anyone seen anything like this?