new scam?

[apache]

DEAR BELOVED,

PLEASE UTILIZE THE FUNDS JUDICIOUSLY FOR HUMAN BENEFIT.

I am the above named person from LONDON. I am married to MR X who worked with BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION in CANADA for nine years before he died in the year 1999. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.


Before his death we were both born again Christians.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of£7.5 Million (seven Million five hundred thousand pound sterling)with an OFFSHORE BANK here in UK.Presently, this money is still under the safe keeping of the BANK.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next SEVEN months due to my cancer problems.Though what disturbs me most is my stroke .Having known my condition,I decided to donate this fund to church or better still a christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want a church that will use this fund on orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth.


I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers and in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. I know that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health. As soon as I receive your reply I forward your personal information to my husband's Attorney in London who will contact the BANK and introduce you as the legal owner of this fund before transfering the fund into your nominated Bank Account in your country.



You will be issued a letter of authority by him that will empower you as the
original- beneficiary of the funds. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be prayerful all through your any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a church or christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Your response should be channeled to my alternate email account at


Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.


Yours in Christ,

Mrs X.

[wd*]

need you ask?!

[MilnerR]

looks like a bog standard 419 script to me. Let me have the address the lad sent it from and i'll get in touch via one of my baiting accounts.

[apache]

Waiting to see where the bit where I'm asked for money comes in, seems pretty slick so far

[john75]

Nobody would be stupid enough to be taken in by that would they ?

[paulhol]

surely the sporadic yet well thought out use of capitalisation gives the game away, if the overly complex language itself does not?

[apache]

And to the next step......."I am in receipt of your letter with referral from Mrs Joana Welsh requesting for our legal services in the processing of the Change of Beneficiary paperwork and the eventual transfer of the funds of your Deceased relative to your custody.

Mr Welsh was one of our esteemed clientst and a friend of this organization, and so we assure that we will give you our cooperation in totality to ensure that this process moves smoothly and swiftly.

We hereby accept your offer for representation to represent you in this change of beneficiary process transferring the funds of the Late Mr. Patrick Gerald Welsh presently domiciled in the United Kingdom, if the below retainership conditions are discharged by you for our unencumbered representation.



A properly endorsed Power of Attorney donated to us as your bona fide attorney.
Any proof showing that the funds in question.
Death Certificate/Letter of Administration/Will of the Deceased showing you as rightful next of kin of the Deceased.




BILL OF CHARGES



Our legal charges which are 0.2% of your total claim amounting to Fifteen Thousand Pounds Sterling (15,000.00) as specified by the Legal Practitioners Fees Act 1997 would be borne by you upon completion of our legal obligation to you.

Note therefore, that the legal charges are payable after our successful representation, when you have confirmed receipt of your total claims of value £7.5 Million Pounds Sterling in your account.



As soon as the above retainership conditions are discharged, we are under legally binding obligation to represent you and ensure the re-assignment of the above stated sum is completed enabling you to gain access to your funds consequent on our representations.

We look forward to representing you.



I remain most obliged"