Lisa.

I have just tried to have a personal chat with the lady concerned but she did not want to answer the questions I asked her. She said she did not know how to use the Internet or how the protocol is here at Aldandpro. She said she needed help & when I tried to help her she did not answer me anymore & left.

I said at the begining of this post that this lady may well be genuine, or she may not & brought the email to everyones attention as I had received quite a few emails about it from members who thought this was another scam. Maybe it is because I said to the pastor that not having anything in her profile tended to send up red flags to the community as scammers do not offer much information about themselves that she now has something on her profile.

If the lady is genuine, then maybe she should just ask people to join her friends list, then let them see the good work she is trying to do. unfortunately the email she sent out is to much of 'type' that we all receive too often.

Anthony.

Your Security Friend in Oregon

Anthony,

Sure glad to see you posting messages again!

I have been meaning to write to you to see how you were enjoying your new home.

Pastor Lynn is on my friends list and I will be tracking her actions.

I did visit her web site and looked around. she has quite a bit of information on her ministry at the site.

James Kinney

Okay Anthony,

I understand you are the security guy, but let this one go!

I explained by private message that Pastor Lynn did not know how to use the computer, and I personally walked her through the profile building! 

I also told you that she would be posting when she gets in from Church!  So what is it?  This is getting rather ugly.

Larry we are not all born with computer skills, and with no one to tell you different, how is one to know what to do when they get here?  Sure they can look around and click here and there for a answer, but it is very easy and human to make an error.  Let's not take this to another level.

You are allowed an error, let it go!

You are correct, the email was similar to what the Nigerian Ring sends out, however she did not ask for money, and only said if you WANTED more information to send an email to the autoresponder!  Now I am not an Einstein, but this indicates to me, if someone chose to do this they would get a series of letters about this investment program!  At which point you either 1.  Don't activate the autoresponder, and go about your business.  2. Activate the autoresponder and see what type of messages you get.  3.  Do nothing at all and still go about your business.  Then if something comes up where people are being solicited or harassed in some way take the appropiate action!

Anyone who did not want to accept her as a friend should have just denied the invitation!  Simple process final result!

Those Nigerian letters have been going around the net forever, and they are not just Nigerian, I have received italian, Barovian, and a whole slew of other so called Princes, Princesses, Kings and a Queen or two of different Nationalities! 

As for the emails you're getting, well you have been tagged the security guy of Adland, so you would be a logical choice for people to contact, however seeing all the information Lisa, and others have been able to find, it would behoov us all to do our due diligence when a question arises!  Would'nt you agree!

Helen Smith