[Angus]

Just got this email, not sure whether to be offended at the implication that I'm a charitable cause




"Helen Cook Mrs Helen Cook casadalua@superonda.com.br

From: Mrs Helen Cook (casadalua@superonda.com.br)
Sent: 07 January 2011 11:46:01
To:


Dearly Beloved,

I am Lady Helen Cook resident in Penang, Malaysia suffering from cancerous ailment. I am married to Sir William Cook,a shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth,influential extended family,and charitable activities all his life before his death. Our life together as man and wife lasted for three decades without child. My husband died after a protracted illness in April 17, 2008. My late husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals in the society, as we both had passion forathose people who cannot help themselves due to physical disability orfinancial predicament. I can adduce the fact that, we needed a Child from this relationship which never came. When my late husband was alive he invested in stocks the sum of 25,000,000,00(Twenty Five Million Great British Pounds), which he derived from his vast investment in capital market with a Security Company and named me as the sole beneficiary of this trust funds upon his demise (all records are kept with my family lawyer). Presently, the funds is still with the Security Company in Malaysia. Just Last week, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer. With this hard reality that has befallen me,i have decided to distributethis stocks to persons in need,orphanages and motherless babies homes. I have chosen you as one of the beneficiary hence,i have decided to give you 5,000,000,00GBP worth of my stocks and i want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to better your lot,fund the upkeep of widows,orphans, destitute, the down- trodden, physically challenged children,barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially around you. It is often said that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inheritthis money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband's hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill perceived ventures. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in a worldly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going.I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to my deteriorating health and because of the presence of my husbands relatives around me as i am currently bedridden in the Family house and do not receive any visitors unless approved by the immediate younger brother to my late husband. I do not want them to know about this development in order to safeguard this bequest. I have authorized my Private Attorney Anthony Smith in Malaysia whom i communicate with via emails everyday,to issue a Letter of Authority inyour favor to the Security Company handling this stocks and this willempower you as the beneficiary of this fund,he would also endorse my WILL where i will include your name as one of my beneficiaries. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation. Please always be kind hearted all through your life. I want you to immediately contact my Attorney through his email smithanthony0011@aol.com and provide for him all that he may require to finalize this arrangement, please make sure to maintain a confidential and Cordial relationship with him even in my absence because he is a very Trust worthy and caring person. Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope to hear from you soon, it is well with you and members of yourfamily.Ensure to keep this very confidential for security reasons untilthe funds are safe in your posses ion

With Love,
Lady Helen Cook"


Seriously, are there idiots out there who actually fall for this BS?

[Lee.]

Angus, I often wonder if anybody falls for this sort of thing too. Surely not?

[MTVN]

I love getting these

It's always so obviously complete bull lol

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

*marries, divorces, takes half of fortune*

[Niall]

Originally Posted by Scott

*marries, divorces, takes half of fortune*

LOL plucked sausage.

Can't believe you actually put that in there :')

[Angus]

Originally Posted by happyland

Angus, I often wonder if anybody falls for this sort of thing too. Surely not?

Well I remember watching a documentary not that long ago where several people had fallen for a European Lottery scam. The amount of people who had actually sent off £100.00 "admin fee" for a lottery they had supposedly won, but had never actually entered was staggering; It was something like 5,000 and if you times that by £100 that's half a million quid!

I remember I once received a very plausible document through the post which told me I had won 250,000 Euros in a Spanish Lottery and all I had to do was send £100.00 admin and local taxes fee to this address in Holland, so I sent it back authorising them to make a £100.00 deduction from my winnings before sending me a cheque. Needless to say I never heard another thing.

If people do fall for these scams, they are either stupid or greedy, or both.