Tom, I did not personally receive this email from Gary. However, I have received this type (almost word for word) of email in the past. This is the typical scam by people who have stolen the owners email account and begins spamming their personal contact list. I wouldn't put any credence in this email. Take care, Skip -----Original Message----- From: Tom Smith <openboatt@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 19, 2015 9:05 pm Subject: M_Boats: Fwd: Sad News Anybody else get this? t ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gary M Hyde <gmhyde1@mac.com> Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:19 PM Subject: Sad News To: Hope this finds you well. My family and and I are presently stranded in Kiev Ukraine, we came here for a vacation, we were having a good time until last night when we got robbed on our way back to the hotel we are staying, it was a brutal and scary scenario, all cash on us were taken including credit cards and phones, I have been able to cancel our cards so its useless to them now, the good thing is that we are alive and with our passport. I have been to the police and embassy here but the are being reluctant to my report, I was asked to come back in two weeks. Our return flight would leave soon but I am having problems settling our outstanding hotel bills and getting a cab to the airport, Please I need you to help me with a loan to settle the hotel and get a cab to the airport, I will pay back upon my return unfailingly, please let me know if you can give me the loan then I will tell you how to get it to me. All I need is $1,950 USD Thanks Gary Hyde