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Originally Posted by GneissGuy
Yes, that does make it seem more likely that her e-mail or her computer got hacked.
One possibility would be if another provider or some other person had both your e-mail and her e-mail in their distribution list and that person got hacked. Or if that other person was in on the scam.
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At first, I thought this might be the case. But I responded to the initial plea with a question regarding when this happened. I got a response back from Vixen's email address, with instructions on how to wire the money. Don't see how they would have received my reply unless they had access to her account.
This scam has become commonplace in recent weeks (perhaps longer). One of the hosts on The Ticket had the exact same scam (Western Union, send money to England). The only difference was it originated through Facebook. Not sure how it happened, but his friend's Facebook account was compromised.