Funny scam email I recieved

[VKD]

Greetings,

My name is Mrs. Kate Hanson, widow to late Mr. Tom Hanson,
former owner of petroleum and Gas company in Amsterdam. I am 58years
old, suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications my
condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't
live more than 2 months according to my doctors. This is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage. I don't want your pity but
I need your trust. My late husband died early last year from heart
attack, and during the period of our marriage we couldn't produce any
child.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I
inherited all his business and wealth. My personal physician has informed
me that I will not live for more than 2 months, so I have now decided to
spread all my wealth to contribute mainly to the development of charity
in Africa, America, Asia and Europe .

I am sorry if you are embarrassed by my mail.
I found your e-mail address in the web directory, and I have decided to
contact you, but if for any reason you find this mail offensive, you can
ignore it and please accept my apology.

Before my late husband died, he deposited the sum of
$5 million dollars (five million united states dollars) in a Bank
some years ago, that's all i have left now, I need you to collect this
funds and distribute it yourself to charity so that when I die my soul
can rest in peace.

The funds will be entirely in your
management. I hope God gives you the wisdom to touch very many lives,
that is my main concern. 15% of this money will be for your time and
effort, while 85% goes to charity.


Please I will be expecting your reply
[email protected]

Yours In The Lord,
Mrs. kate Hanson

Why do I suspect that 'Mrs. Kate Hanson' probably looks something like this...

I'm going to reply. what should I say?

 

[OS@M@]

I will fight scams!

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President Bush, who once branded North Korea as part of an "axis of evil," welcomed the move and said he intends to remove the communist nation from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism.

"The declaration says: 'We are not now engaged in any [uranium] enrichment activities or [nuclear] proliferation activities and will not engage in them in the future,'" U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said in Washington.

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[Cacophony]

Tell them sure, but that you require a full name, address, SSN (or whatever that country uses), bank account information, etc. And tell them if they want to contact you again, that the best way would be to contact you through your website. I was going to post the link here, but maybe I should PM it to you since it's last measure that that shouldn't be floating around the board.

If you don't know it and are interested, let me know, and I'll send the PM.

I always last measure scammers

 

[VKD]

OK PM me

 

[VKD]

I replied...

Dear Mrs Kate Hanson


I was a little embarrased by your email, but I was also moved to tears when I read that you only have two months to live.

I would love to help you distribute your late husband's wealth to charaties across the world. My only request is that my cut of the 5 million be 85%, while the charaties get 15%. I believe that is fair. would you agree?

Please let me know what you decide.

I would wish you to get well soon - but since it's terminal - that seems rather pointless. Who knows, perhaps they'll find a cure for cancer within the next 2 months! There's always hope!


yours respectfully,

Mike Hunt

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[Cacophony]

Sent, sorry it's late.

Don't use it here.

 

[VKD]

recieved a response...

Hello ,

I thank you very much for your response to my mail may the almighty God be with you and your entire family. I must first show my appreciation, the fact that you have given heed to the entreaty of a dying woman.

When I discovered this ailment, it dawned on me that I had been living my life in vain. Then the need to affect the lives of those in need became very paramount in my thoughts. This appears to be a case of mercy after death, as I no longer have the strength to do those things I used to do when I was still very full of life. My dear friend, in my resolve to actualise my dying wish, I have been able to support charity to a very large extent around the world. Then my health became a sorry tale, that at this particular point in time, I live at the mercy of various drugs and operations, which certainly cannot remedy anything.

My close family members are however not happy with the way I have disbursed everything of mine to the motherless Babies and the less privileged. That is why they failed to help me actualise my dream of supporting charity. They held for themselves the funds I made available and went as far as even trying to terminate my life when the hour (though very short) has not come.

All relationship with me has been severed and they are of the opinion that the last of my fortune has been spent; unknowingly to them that sum of five million United States Dollars (USD$5M) lies in a Bank in Africa. That is the last I have here on earth after my medical bills have been estimated and all expenses paid pending when I shall be no more. These funds I wish to entrust to you, to help propagate the works of charity wherever your location is. By so doing, I would need your utmost Sincerity and honesty to carry the venture along successfully. It would be required of you to contact the bank where my funds are by email address :
[email protected]
Depositors name: Mrs. Kate Hanson
BATCH NO OXF/01/NGR-004
YEAR OF DEPOSIT 2002.....BY DEPOSITOR , MRS KATE HANSON
SECURITY CODE 90600040020
this is the security Code of the funds. Don't give to anyone except the bank and keep the transaction confidential.

Making you the eligible sole beneficiary to the funds. Once this is done, you shall make arrangements with them on how the funds would be transferred to your account. I beg of you to deal with me honestly and render me your assistance to the fullest of your capacity. You would be helping a dying woman. For all you will be doing in this project, you will be getting 15% of the total sum while you will invest the rest in charity organizations. Most importantly you would be touching the lives of a huge number of people.

YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST.
Mrs Kate Hanson.

 

[Shitty Dual]

Wasn't there a whole site devoted to screwing these scammers, and didn't one of them --a Ranter, IIRC-- post a thread about it here some months ago?

 

[jack]

Yep

 

[Cacophony]

rocketmail's a fairly new thing. And for some reason, I was thinking it's a Canadian thing, since I've been seeing commercials for it up here.

 

[Blindgroping]

Curiousa2z is definitely up t no good.