In this case I believe the email was crafted with names and places. Though I have not seen it I believe it was sent using the brothers email account which means that the fraudster got the password to the account and was able to read previous emails to get the details. Fortunately our friend was able to contact her brother but until he finally returned her call she was very worried about him. Neither of them are young people.

If I can I will try to find out more tomorrow and, if the email has not been deleted, I will have a look at it too. I will also try to find out what action they have taken with their email accounts.

Peter

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