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Jul 24, 2010 - 4:59 PM - Morty
So this morning I get an email from Sneakydave and it reads like this:
I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I came down here to Wales,United Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately we were mugged at the park of the hotel where we stayed,all cash credit card and cell were stolen off us but luckily for us we still have our passports with us.
We've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight leaves any moment from today but we're having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills,I'm freaked out at the moment.
David
I'm thinking this poor bastard is totally fucked. I feel so bad for him. What I should have been thinking to myself is "Why the fuck is Sneakydave in the UK??" But it didn't cross my mind yet, so I replied with:
Just read ur email. What's going on?
Morty
Mind you this was all via my cell phone, I didn't have a PC to do any research on it, so I forwarded it to WillRiker to see what he thought about it. And Will responds back about how a few months ago he got a very similar, but different email from a friend. Apparently that was a bullshit email too.
So finally Sneakydave replies back to my email:
I'm so glad you replied back,I have nothing left on me right now and I was lucky to have my Life and passport with me it would have been worst if they had made away with my passports.
Well i need a quick favor from you,,I was wondering if you can lend me $1,750 USD so that i can sort the hotel bills and get a cab to the Airport,,,you can have it wired to my name via Western Union I'll have to show my passport as ID to pick it up here,you have my word and i can make it up to you, I promise to pay you back as soon as I get back home.
Here's my info below
Name: David Didway
Location... 32 Wyndham, Arcade Mill Lane,
Cardiff, CF10 1FJ
United Kingdom
As soon as it has been done, kindly get back to me with the MTCN confirmation number.
I owe you.
It's after getting the email from WillRiker and then reading this respond from Dave I was pretty sure it was a scam. Because the first email this morning was talking about how his plane was leaving in a few hours and by now, at least 12 hours have passed and no mention of missing his flight or the family again. So I replied back:
Sounds like a scam. Sorry. Like its not really you asking for help.
Not to mention I am hours away from civilization where I could help.
On a camping trip. All this email is via my cell's email.
Figured if it's really him he would be asking me to somehow still help him and would try and explain how to prove it is him.
I haven't got a reply since.
And now that I am at home, I was able to do a search on the web by pasting in the exact words of the original email and just link after link after link of other people posting this on the web.
To sum it all up, this was a SCAM, so if you get an email from Sneakydave, don't send him money, and more importantly, SNEAKYDAVE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN HACKED!!
For those that sit sideways, trying to lick the windows on the short bus, this wasn't really Sneakydave, somebody has hacked his email account and is trying to take advantage of those he's emailed in the past.
And to think I felt bad for the guy. 
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Jul 22, 2010 - 8:19 PM - Morty
Everyone, if you have a Facebook, MySpace or Twitter account, please go into your MTW Profile and fill in your Profile IDs/Names for those sites in the corresponding boxes. Not only will this help MTW grow, but it's a good way for other MTW members to follow along in your life with the things you forget to bring and share here on MTW.
Here's an example of what it will look like when you post anywhere on MTW. Notice the little icons under my avatar.
Here's how you get to the spot to edit your profile on MTW for those that have forgotten how.
Top of the page there are the horizontal links, click the FORUM ACTIONS once and a drop down menu will appear and then click EDIT PROFILE from the list.
The page will reload and at the bottom of this EDIT PROFILE page you will see boxes for you to enter your Facebook, MySpace and Twitter info.
You aren't going to put the entire url of your pages FYI. For example, my twitter page is https://Twitter.com/MortysTW But on the profile page here on MTW, in the Twitter box, all I put was MortysTW because that's my "Twitter Profile ID".
Of course if you need help, ask myself, WillRiker or Jezza and we'd be happy to help out.
Are there any other Social Sites that I'm not thinking of that I should add additional profiles for? Let me know!
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Wee Irish boy crying by the side of the road.
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