Obviously the short answer is to not use gmail. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 09:02:04AM -0700, Richard Carter wrote: > Hi Folks, > > This is somewhat off topic but I hope you can forgive that. > > A friend has been the victim of a scam involving gmail: emails were sent out > asking for loans to help the victim get home from England. Fortunately, I > noticed that the email address, purported to be the victim's, was not quite > correct so I didn't fall for it. > > But the problem is that the victim's google account has been frozen so he's > unable to get access to email or to any of his contacts. Attempts to > contact google have been unsuccessful. > > I would appreciate any suggestions for a solution. > > Merry Christmas > > Robin
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