It's in such wobbly English (quite apart from the Americanisms) that I don't know how anyone could read it and not be suspicious. Scams like this are not confined to the folk world, and they usually give themselves away by their mangled use of English and inappropriate Americansisms. They also, typically, show a vagueness about who is in their party (family? friends? colleagues? - they never give names or details), why they are all left destitute at once, exactly where they are, and who, precisely, they hope will read the message and help them.

The only useful response is to find some way of contacting the apparent sender directly (e.g. by phone), so that they can then send out a correction and apology to everyone in their address book.

Marje