Internet Fraud

My teenage friend accidentally wrote back to some "poor old dying man of cancer" (who by the way, has been writing to people about his 'fatal illness' since 2004) and on the 'reply' email.. it contained her real last and first name. She had honestly thought he was genuine and so they exchanged snail mail addresses... it wasn't until recently that she and I deicided to look his name up and find him on the internet scam artist list (since 2004) So now, we're wondering.. can any damage be done with him having her address, name/last name.. and apparently phone number (since they had been pen-pals for so long?) Thanks in advance! Also, why do all of these cons often come from Africa/Dubai/Russia? is that some sort of hobbie they have down there or something?

Its not very hard to find someones name and address, phone and email. It's when you give out bank account numbers You need more, despite what the worriers worry

As long as he doesn't have her social security number and date of birth she should be fine. Now I suggest that she checks her credit status periodically with Trans Union, Equifax and Experian, just to make sure no one open up an account under her name.