Should i say something?

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Me and a friend recently 'figured out' tha password to a work collaegues yahoo account and have been having a good nosey round.

Thing is, theres lots of emails from a (supposedly) russian woman.

Basically i think its a scam as she keeps asking for money and for him to get her a visa, and shes saying she loves him and judging by his replies hes falling for it.

But should i say something to him, considering its none of my business and i shouldnt even know about it?
 
Well done for getting yourself in that situation.
You shouldn't have even tried to get into his e-mail account, and you sure as hell shouldn't have read his PRIVATE e-mails.
Nice 'friend' you are.
 
Defcon5 said:
Me and a friend recently 'figured out' tha password to a work collaegues yahoo account and have been having a good nosey round.

Thing is, theres lots of emails from a (supposedly) russian woman.

Basically i think its a scam as she keeps asking for money and for him to get her a visa, and shes saying she loves him and judging by his replies hes falling for it.

But should i say something to him, considering its none of my business and i shouldnt even know about it?
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by todays laws it would probably backfire on you for hacking into the account
 
can't you just forward a link to a report or something similar online to lots of people including him with a title of "why do people fall for these things"
 
What you are doing is illegal under the Computer Misuse Act and if caught you could be sentenced to up to six months in prison.

Might sound overly harsh, but its true.
 
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Helium_Junkie said:
Well done for getting yourself in that situation.
You shouldn't have even tried to get into his e-mail account, and you sure as hell shouldn't have read his PRIVATE e-mails.
Nice 'friend' you are.
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Quoted for the god damn truth brotha....should be ashamed of yourself for doing that and its none of your business tbqfh.

/keyboard warrior mode on

If you did that to me and i found out, i wouldnt spare you tbh, i would make u suffer hehe.

/keyboard warrior mode off :D
 
Personally I wouldn't say a thing. Just post an article about Russian scams or something, and leave them to their own devices.

Some people need to learn the hard way, TBH.
 
randomly make a comment to him like;

"i keep getting these wierd emails off these russian birds asking for money and visa's and ..."

and ask if he has had anything similar and then just blag him how dodgy it all sounds etc.. mighht be enough to put him off without dumping yourself in troublre..

No swearing.

Gilly.
 
Defcon5 said:
Me and a friend recently 'figured out' tha password to a work collaegues yahoo account and have been having a good nosey round.

Thing is, theres lots of emails from a (supposedly) russian woman.

Basically i think its a scam as she keeps asking for money and for him to get her a visa, and shes saying she loves him and judging by his replies hes falling for it.

But should i say something to him, considering its none of my business and i shouldnt even know about it?
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Thats well out of order. What gives you the right to use his PERSONAL account for your own amusement? Nothing!

Let him get on with his own life. How do you know she doesnt love him!?

If he finds out the hard way, then so be it. I reckon he would be more upset that you have been reading his PRIVATE emails.
 
disgusting tbh. Total abuse of privacy. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Edit: That said, if any good can come out if, I'd follow what the others have said and either bring it up via email, or in general convo. Be careful in conversation though as it may be awkward and he may pick up on it.

Email's probably your best bet.
 
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I'm amazed at some of the responses in this thread.

Yes, I'm sure he knows its wrong now, but something needs to be done to make sure this work friend does not get conned somehow.
 
Mikol said:
Whether or not he has unearthed something which could cause distress to his mate, the fact is that he read private emails. Granted now he wants to do something to protect his mate, but it's still out of order.
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He didn't ask am I out of order though. He ashed what you would do in his situation, he didn't ask a group of oh so morally perfect people to shun him. We all make mistakes, he's trying to correct one.

Ant :cool:
 
Nickg said:
randomly make a comment to him like;

"i keep getting these wierd emails off these russian birds asking for money and visa's and ..."

and ask if he has had anything similar and then just blag him how dodgy it all sounds etc.. mighht be enough to put him off without dumping yourself in troublre..

No swearing.

Gilly.
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I would do similar, although I'd probably do it slight differently and joke about how some idiot in the news got ripped off sending a Russian/Ukranian bird money and a visa.
 
WantoN said:
He didn't ask am I out of order though. He ashed what you would do in his situation, he didn't ask a group of oh so morally perfect people to shun him. We all make mistakes, he's trying to correct one.

Ant :cool:
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By posting on a forum he's making himself wide open to judgement. Everybody knows that, so it's not realistic to expect people not to comment on the situation that led to the posting. Unless he specifically asks them not to. Which he doesn't.

Edit: I think the fact that nowhere does he say he knows it was the wrong thing to do/he shoudn't have done it doesn't help the matter either. I've had this done to me personally (albeit without the russian woman) and it was absolutely horrible so I'm sorry if I seem judgemental but it wasn't a nice feeling.
 
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WantoN said:
He didn't ask am I out of order though. He ashed what you would do in his situation, he didn't ask a group of oh so morally perfect people to shun him. We all make mistakes, he's trying to correct one.

Ant :cool:
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Thankyou.

@fallbayuk. But then shed reply to it and he'd read it and be like wtf?

Suppose i could block her?
 
Defcon5 said:
Thankyou.

@fallbayuk. But then shed reply to it and he'd read it and be like wtf?

Suppose i could block her?
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she may also tell him that you contacted her and then he'd figure it out.

Edit: Dumbass. He said anonymous :rolleyes: Ok, I didn't read it properly.
 
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