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Scam- BTemail requesting purchase gift card urgently for elderly friend!

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Margiknot Sat 15-Nov-25 12:51:24

My husband had an email appearing to be from an elderly friend trying unsuccessfully to buy an Airbnb gift card for a friend’s birthday. It said he could not phone due to a very sore throat! DH was suspicious so phoned the friend only to discover he was well. It was a scam to get people to pay urgently for a gift card via Amazon. The email came from a btinternet email. Just be aware!

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Septimia Sat 15-Nov-25 12:57:42

I had a very similar one from an acquaintance whose email had clearly been hacked. In my case the supposed sender couldn't talk on the phone because of tonsilitis. I was suspicious of the email because it wasn't written in her style and ended with kisses, which were definitely not her normal practice!

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Margiknot Sat 15-Nov-25 13:24:39

Septimia it sounds very similar- DH was suspiciously because the writing style was wrong for our friend! I don’t think he got kisses though- that would definitely have alerted him swiftly!

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multicolourswapshop Sat 15-Nov-25 13:52:33

Definitely a scammer

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RosieandherMaw Sat 15-Nov-25 17:25:57

A well known scam, often an Amazon gift card etc

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