Djordje Zivanovic (a colleague)
How you doing? I made a trip to London (United Kingdom)
unannounced some days back, Unfortunately I got mugged at gun point
last night! All cash, Credit card and phone were stolen, I got messed
up in another country, stranded in London, fortunately passport was
back in my hotel room. It was a bitter experience and I was hurt on
my right hand, but would be fine. I am sending you this message cos I
don't want anyone to panic, I want you to keep it that way for now!
My return flight leaves in a few hours but I’m having troubles sorting
out the hotel bills, wondering if you could loan me some money to sort
out the hotel bills and also take a cab to the airport about (£980
Pounds). I have been to the police and embassy here, but they aren't
helping issues, I have limited means of getting out of here, we
canceled our cards already and made a police report, I won’t get a new
card number till I get back home! So I really need your help.
You could wire whatever you can spare to my name and hotel address via
Western union:
Djordje Zivanovic
272, Coriander Avenue, Docklands, E14 2AA ,
London United Kingdom
Get back to me with the details, would definitely refund it to you
once I arrive! Hopefully tomorrow, below are the details needed for me
to pick up the money
MTCN:
Amount Sent
I await your prompt response.
Djordje Zivanovic.
John is back
John spotted in Paris.
Check the last comment by Pacman2010 (thank you) on the Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibcbulk/89641274/page2/
John arrested in Germany.
John Schwaiger was adjudged to 4,5 months custodial sentence by the county court of Aschaffenburg.
Thanks to pehaas75 for the update.
As usual,
you can read the full story here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibcbulk/89641274
Article #2
Second article about John Schwaiger, published on Video Bolzano 33.
http://www.vb33.it/news/ti1210149691.htm
thanks to Ziogann.
Article #1
Article about Mr. Schwaiger, published on a local newspaper in Bolzano, Italy.
Many thanks to bofhboard (author of the photo) for reporting it.
Map
The map that tracks john's movements, according to the comments left on the Flickr page that hosts John's photo:
Bigger map
John
On february 27th 2004, in Firenze, Italy, I met this guy.
John Schwaiger from Whangarei, New Zealand.
I didn't know him before. He told me he had lost his plane to go back home and he needed 89 euros to change his ticket and book a place on a new flight.
He told me that, once in New Zeland, he would have sent the money back to me.
He gave me his address and I gave him mine.
I told him "Ok I trust you, but, before lending you the money, I'd like to take a picture of you".
He agreed, but the money never came back.
[ITA]
Il 27 febbraio 2004 ho incontrato questo tipo a Firenze, mi ha detto che si chiamava John Schwaiger e veniva da Whangarei, Nuova Zelanda.
Era in viaggio in Europa e aveva perso il suo volo per tornare a casa.
Non aveva più soldi e aveva bisogno di 89 euro per farsi cambiare il biglietto aereo. Mi ha detto che, se gli avessi prestato gli 89 euro, me li avrebbe rispediti una volta rientrato a casa. Ho deciso di credergli. Ci siamo scambiati gli indirizzi.
Prima di prestargli i soldi gli ho chiesto se si faceva fotografare. Ha detto di si.
Questa è la foto. Gli 89 euro non sono mai tornati indietro.
Read the full story here / Leggi qui la storia completa.
