Stranded Traveller Emails

Sometimes you might get an email that looks like it’s from a friend.

The message says:

• Your friend is in another country.

• They lost their bags or someone stole them.

• They need money to get home.

But this is not real. It’s a scam.

A scammer has broken into your friend’s email account and is pretending to be them.

They might ask you to send money using services like Western Union or Bid Cash. These are hard to trace, so once you send money, it’s gone.

What You Can Do

• Try to call or message your friend another way to check.

• Tell other people that the email is fake.

• Help your friend get their email account back.