# I got my first Hurricane Sandy related scam email this morning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566 "2012-11-01T15:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/1 "2012-11-01T15:13:35Z")
Allegedly, due to the hurricane, Wells Fargo needs me to go to some website and check in with them. I don’t have a Wells Fargo account . . . and I live west of the Rockies. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/2 "2012-11-01T15:58:39Z")
Well, that didn’t take terribly long. How was the English in the letter? Standard US English, or Nigerian English? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/3 "2012-11-01T16:06:40Z")
I really think we, as a society, need to establish a face-punching line. People who deserve it can spend their entire day waiting and standing, like at the DMV, and when they reach the front, they get punched in the face. These guys can go first. No, wait… they can go\* last.\* ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/4 "2012-11-01T16:14:17Z")
Huh. I thought the lineup was for the people who want to do the punching. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/5 "2012-11-01T17:32:01Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I really think we, as a society, need to establish a face-punching line. People who deserve it can spend their entire day waiting and standing, like at the DMV, and when they reach the front, they get punched in the face. These guys can go first. > > No, wait… they can go\* last.\* Nah. Just bring back the stocks. Complete with rotten fruits and veggies. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/6 "2012-11-01T19:10:03Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Nah. Just bring back the stocks. Complete with rotten fruits and veggies. I love it! You move up several spaces on my internet best friends list for this. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/7 "2012-11-01T19:47:19Z")
Ask them if it is still available and that you want to be considered their favored customer. Tell them that you are a marine biologist with no phone and intermittant internet and you can only fund your bank account with paypal. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-hurricane-sandy-related-scam-email-this-morning/639566/8 "2012-11-01T20:17:16Z")
We got Hurricane Sandy phishing messages on Monday morning, about ten hours before the storm hit land.