Has someone offered you a huge sum of money or a valuable consignment? It's a 419 or advance fee fraud - find out how they work, and what to do to be safe.
#3777 by benjamin Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:29 pm
This is absolutely typical of a rich dying widow scam. Playing on your sympathy, 'she' doesn't actually have breast cancer, nor is 'she' deaf, nor a widow. The real reason 'she' won't speak on the phone, is because 'she' is a man, in an internet cafe, trying to get another Western Union payment to subsidise his standard of living. Since he didn't have a husband, there is no inheritance either. These are particularly nasty scams as they prey on people who want to help "THE MOTHERLESS AND LESS PRIVILEGED AND ALSO FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE WIDOWS".
If anyone gets one of these and wants to help the less privileged, they should donate to a registered charity, not the pocket of an advance fee fraud scammer.

DEAREST IN THE LORD,
MY NAME IS MRS. SERENA ADAMS.I AM A DYING WOMAN WHO
HAS DECIDED TO DONATE WHAT I HAVE TO YOU AND YOUR
CHURCH. I AM 63 YEARS OLD, I AM A DEAF AND SUFFERING
FROM A LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST WHICH ALSO
AFFECTED MY BRAIN ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND, WHO HAS LEFT ME EVERYTHING HE
WORKED FOR.
I HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY GOD TO DONATE FROM WHAT I HAVE
INHERITED FROM MY LATE HUSBAND TO THE YOU FOR THE GOOD
WORK OF GOD, RATHER THAN ALLOW MY RELATIVES TO USE MY
HUSBAND'S HARD EARNED FUNDS IN AN UNGODLY
WAY.PLEASE PRAY THAT THE GOOD LORD FORGIVE ME MY SINS.
I HAVE ASKED GOD TO FORGIVE ME AND I BELIEVE HE HAS
BECAUSE HE IS A MERCIFUL GOD.
I DECIDED TO WILL/DONATE THE SUM OF £6,500,000(SIX
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING)
TO YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK OF THE LORD, AND ALSO TO HELP
THE MOTHERLESS AND LESS PRIVILEGED AND ALSO FOR THE
ASSISTANCE OF THE WIDOWS WITH PART OF THE FUND. I
CANN OT TAKE ANY TELEPHONE CALLS RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE
FACT THAT I AM DEAF AS STATED
ABOVE.
THE SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY WILL ARRANGE THE
TRANSFER OF THE FUND ONCE I AUTHORIZE THEM TO DO SO
AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.I WISH YOU ALL
THE BEST AND MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU
ABUNDANTLY,AND PLEASE USE THE FUND WELL AND ALWAYS
EXTEND THE GOOD WORK TO OTHERS.

YOUR TIMELY RESPONSE WILL BE AWAITED.
EMAIL, [email protected]
GOD BLESSES YOU
MRS.SERENA ADAMS.
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