Boo Hoo!

[Key Guy]

(Received email from a poor rich dear.... any Good Samaritan takers?)

"Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth; I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & His Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Mary Parker,the wife of Mr.Robert Parker,both of us are citizens of the united state of America. my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year 2003.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we both got born-again as dedicated Christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 7.5 Million Euro (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro) with a Bank in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate this account) as I can not come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital in Russia where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in the World in helping human race.

Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank.

I want a person that is God-fearing who will use this money to fund churches,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's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14: says 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 soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.

I await your quick response to this mail as this is my last wish to see this funds transferred before my Death.

Please my beloved for further communication on how we are going to conclude this, reach me on my private mail:maryparker_02@yahoo.de

Remain Blessed

Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Mary Parker"

[Naomi]

The so-called Nigerian letters just continue to change the stories but always have the same hook!

What is interesting to me is that they much make some money from the letters or they would not continue to send them.

LOL As you said, Boo Hoo

Naomi

[Dr. Shane]

And here I was hoping this was a thread about Halloween.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probbally is.

[Nan]

Sometimes I respond to these emails with a silly rhyme, a corruption of Jingle Bells. Uusally they go direct to the trash.

I have received a couple of replies thinking I seriously want to hear more from them.

Last time I directed the writer to www.scamorama.com and did not hear any more!

[Amelia]

I found this on Snopes.com

Quote:

The Nigerian Scam has been emptying the pockets of victims for decades — first through letters, then with faxes, and now via e-mail. In its earliest incarnation — which dates to the 1920s — it was known as 'The Spanish Prisoner' con. In that long-ago version, businessmen were contacted by someone trying to smuggle the scion of a wealthy family out of a prison in Spain. But of course the wealthy family would shower with riches those who helped secure the release of the boy. Those who were suckered into this paid for one failed rescue attempt after another, with the fictitious prisoner continuing to languish in his non-existent dungeon, always just one more bribe, one more scheme, one more try, away from being released.

[Parade Orange]

Dear Keyguy do u belive it?

[Key Guy]

Dear Gay4JESUS, Uh...No.

I like to read them to see how hard they work at pulling on your heartstrings. Who wouldn't feel bad for a lady with terminal cancer and a family she doesn't trust.

It reminds me of that old TV show called 'Queen for a Day', when the producers would parade these folks in awful circumstances, to win a washer or some appliance.

Pity sells, I suppose.