I received this e-mail from a GUU Member yesterday which is a complete hoax. It is amazing, as when I responded to the e-mail, I received an identical message back and apparently who ever sent the e-mail has the ability to cut off messages before they are received by the recipient as I know I used the correct GUU member's e-mail address in responding ( I even typed it from scratch instead of just replying ) - or maybe the e-mail account has been suspended for some reason and has been hacked. In any event - be alert as you correspond with GUU members. I am sure this is someone overseas who sent the original message to me. Here is the message received ( which this member who I know pretty well would never send to me )............

How are you doing today? I am sorry i didn't inform you about my traveling
to Africa for a program called "Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV/AIDS,


Poverty and Lack of Education, the program is taking place in three major
countries in Africa which is Ghana , South Africa and Nigeria . It as been a
very

sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very
hard for me to explain.


I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi
where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept on my

way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no
money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $ 1000 and they wanted me to

pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the
Hotel Management., I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I

need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1500 to feed and
help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $2500 to sort

out my problems here? I need this help so much and on time because i am in a
terrible and tight situation here, I don't even have money to feed myself
for a

day which means i had been starving so please understand how urgent i needed
your help.


I am sending you this e-mail from the city Library and I only have 30 min, I
will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to


pay back your money as soon as i return home so please let me know on time so
that i can forward you the details you need to transfer the money through

Money Gram or Western Union.

Thank you very much for your time. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards,