[Nick Beale]

Moderator's note: I've moved this to "off topic" because it's developing into a valuable discussion in its own right about scams and internet security.

This particular "stranded in the jungle" scam has appeared in my inbox a few times over the years. I have abandoned all concerned to their imaginary fate and no one seems any the worse for it! A more common one is that I get an email, supposedly from a known contact, headed "Hi Nick" and containing only a hyperlink — I just delete the message without clicking the link.