Email Hacking Let Me Know People Care

Yesterday morning my email account was hijacked. Everyone in my address book and many people who had sent me or were copied on email received hoax email (some received 7 emails throughout the day) telling of my dire circumstances. I received hundreds of bounce backs myself - maxed out my inbox. The email recounted my horrible experience in London - I was mugged and held at knifepoint, had no money and had cancelled all my credit cards! The email ended by requesting financial help.

The good news, I was at home in sunny South Florida enjoying a lovely day (until all email-hell broke loose). More good news, the problem appears to have been resolved. The best news, there are a lot of wonderful people in the world. Many of them living the Inconvenience Yourself concept every day. How do I know? I was astonished at the phone calls and email I began receiving before 9am and continued receiving for more than 12 hours. Several people got in touch with me to let me know I had an email problem. Many more contacted me to make sure I was OK. A few of those were actually trying to figure out how they could send me money to help me out of my unfortunate circumstances! One friend was travelling in the Philippines, where it was 1:15am, and he got up and immediately called to make sure I was OK. I also heard from a friend who has moved to Germany (which was news to me yesterday). I communicated with many people I hadn't talked to in quite a while.

On top of that, family and friends jumped in to make phone calls or email others to let them know there was nothing to be concerned about. There are many Inconvenience Yourself examples in what happened to me yesterday.

The goodness in people turned what was a horrible, time-consuming experience into a day of reconnecting. Not so bad after all. It was a good reminder of how many wonderful people I have in my life.