A person was able to access Cunningham’s e-mail account and sent the note to nearly everyone on her e-mail list. That’s about 1,200 people, Cunningham estimated.<\/p>\n
\u201d\u009dIt’s been really embarrassing,\u201d\u009d Cunningham said. \u201cPeople have called thinking I’ve been held hostage in England and was forced to send this message. It’s been crazy. I’ve had lots of phone calls and e-mails from people.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Cunningham, who was first alerted to the e-mail by her daughter, who called her about 6:30 a.m. Thursday, said she was thankful no one seemed to have wired money, like the e-mail requested.<\/p>\n
She believes the person was able to access her account when she provided her e-mail login and password to what she thought was a request from Google customer service.<\/p>\n