Just received this email purporting to be from a forum (Austech Stereo) I was a member of some years ago.
Seems the forum is now defunct, a dodgy organisation has managed to get hold of the member list or taken control of the site and circulated the following to members.
Have obviously deleted live links.
Hello
Recently, I made a post on Austech trying to find some support for a worthy cause.
I received a great response from regular members, but unfortunately it wasnt enough. For that reason, I am reaching out to all members in a one off email in the hope that we can make the target and make a big difference to someones life.
My mate Lintons son, whos name is Linton Junior, has an extremely rare genetic disorder called Simpson Golabi Behmel syndrome. To give you an idea of how rare it is, there are only 130 cases diagnosed worldwide according to the Simpson Golabi Behmel syndrome facebook support page.
Linton Jnr currently attends regular school with an aide and also attends a special needs school. At the end of the year his schooling ends and he is then deemed an adult. He has asked his dad what he can do for a job, he wants to work like everybody else and he wants to start his own lawn mowing round. Linton (snr), who cannot work as he has to attend to his son as a full time carer, has scrimped and saved money for a ride on mower and owns a trailer that it can go on. Linton (snr) will have to drive him to every job and assist him.
The familys car is barely running and isnt suitable for the job of towing the trailer, so a target of $5000 is being aimed for so that a second hand ute can be purchased. At the time of writing, just over $3000 of the $5000 has been raised, and I am proud to say that around half of that money has been donated by Austech members. But unfortunately we are well short of the target of $5000, which is why I have written to you today.
There are not too many people I would do this for. I have known Linton Snr since I was 15. I left home when I was 15 and I would hate to think of how much harder life would have been without Linton as a mate. He is a couple of years older than me, and always looked out for me. He had a bit of rough upbringing and doesn't have a lot of family, and what family he has are not wealthy by any means. Linton is not the sort of person who asks for anything, but has been forced to for the sake of his son. Lintons family have a proud military history of fighting for Australia (Lintons namesake was KIA at Gallipoli) and I am hoping in this anniversary of World War 1, that we can fight for his family by helping them reach this goal.
Can you assist by giving a donation ? The Gofundme page link is below :
Thank you very much for your consideration. This is a one off email.
Admin
-- Edited by Santa on Thursday 7th of July 2016 12:56:39 PM
wal1 said
02:42 PM Jul 7, 2016
Nope, forum is still active as Austech. the request is legit and is on the general chat thread.
All members received that email, maybe you could contact the admin and have your name deleted. Regards
Wal
-- Edited by wal1 on Thursday 7th of July 2016 02:43:50 PM
Bushpie said
09:56 PM Jul 7, 2016
If forum is still active I would be asking admin to remove the thread and toss out the member who sent the email.
I know I know I am a bit harsh:)
Santa said
11:07 AM Jul 8, 2016
Bushpie wrote:
If forum is still active I would be asking admin to remove the thread and toss out the member who sent the email.
I know I know I am a bit harsh:)
Have not seen the thread, it was a direct email from Admin to all members, as far as I'm concerned, dodgy.
wal1 said
10:58 AM Jul 9, 2016
Santa
If you go to the bottom of the email you received, you will see the link to the forum page..
www.austech.info the actual post is in forum,miscellaneous, general chat, sticky (second from top) can you help
I have been a member of the forum for over ten years, and also received the email.
Regards
Wal
Santa said
11:39 AM Jul 9, 2016
wal1 wrote:
Santa
If you go to the bottom of the email you received, you will see the link to the forum page..
www.austech.info the actual post is in forum,miscellaneous, general chat, sticky (second from top) can you help
I have been a member of the forum for over ten years, and also received the email.
Regards Wal
Thanks for your input Wal.
Like all emails of this nature I never click on links and deleted it immediately.
The forum is no longer of interest to me so have blocked all further emails from the site.
Perhaps it is legit, however it certainly didn't read that way, better safe than sorry.
Just received this email purporting to be from a forum (Austech Stereo) I was a member of some years ago.
Seems the forum is now defunct, a dodgy organisation has managed to get hold of the member list or taken control of the site and circulated the following to members.
Have obviously deleted live links.
Hello
Recently, I made a post on Austech trying to find some support for a worthy cause.
I received a great response from regular members, but unfortunately it wasnt enough. For that reason, I am reaching out to all members in a one off email in the hope that we can make the target and make a big difference to someones life.
My mate Lintons son, whos name is Linton Junior, has an extremely rare genetic disorder called Simpson Golabi Behmel syndrome. To give you an idea of how rare it is, there are only 130 cases diagnosed worldwide according to the Simpson Golabi Behmel syndrome facebook support page.
Linton Jnr currently attends regular school with an aide and also attends a special needs school. At the end of the year his schooling ends and he is then deemed an adult. He has asked his dad what he can do for a job, he wants to work like everybody else and he wants to start his own lawn mowing round. Linton (snr), who cannot work as he has to attend to his son as a full time carer, has scrimped and saved money for a ride on mower and owns a trailer that it can go on. Linton (snr) will have to drive him to every job and assist him.
The familys car is barely running and isnt suitable for the job of towing the trailer, so a target of $5000 is being aimed for so that a second hand ute can be purchased. At the time of writing, just over $3000 of the $5000 has been raised, and I am proud to say that around half of that money has been donated by Austech members. But unfortunately we are well short of the target of $5000, which is why I have written to you today.
There are not too many people I would do this for. I have known Linton Snr since I was 15. I left home when I was 15 and I would hate to think of how much harder life would have been without Linton as a mate. He is a couple of years older than me, and always looked out for me. He had a bit of rough upbringing and doesn't have a lot of family, and what family he has are not wealthy by any means. Linton is not the sort of person who asks for anything, but has been forced to for the sake of his son. Lintons family have a proud military history of fighting for Australia (Lintons namesake was KIA at Gallipoli) and I am hoping in this anniversary of World War 1, that we can fight for his family by helping them reach this goal.
Can you assist by giving a donation ? The Gofundme page link is below :
Thank you very much for your consideration. This is a one off email.
Admin
-- Edited by Santa on Thursday 7th of July 2016 12:56:39 PM
Nope, forum is still active as Austech. the request is legit and is on the general chat thread.
All members received that email, maybe you could contact the admin and have your name deleted.
Regards
Wal
-- Edited by wal1 on Thursday 7th of July 2016 02:43:50 PM
I know I know I am a bit harsh:)
Have not seen the thread, it was a direct email from Admin to all members, as far as I'm concerned, dodgy.
If you go to the bottom of the email you received, you will see the link to the forum page..
www.austech.info the actual post is in forum,miscellaneous, general chat, sticky (second from top) can you help
I have been a member of the forum for over ten years, and also received the email.
Regards
Wal
Thanks for your input Wal.
Like all emails of this nature I never click on links and deleted it immediately.
The forum is no longer of interest to me so have blocked all further emails from the site.
Perhaps it is legit, however it certainly didn't read that way, better safe than sorry.