Dear respectful,
My name is Mrs. Kathy Jack Lambert I am a dying woman who have decided
to donate what I have to you/churches in your country. I am 69 years
old and I was diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago, immediately
after the death of my husband who had 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 than allow my
relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. 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 will be going in for an operation tomorrow morning. I decided to
WILL/donate the sum of $3,500,000(Three million five hundred thousand
dollars) deposited in a Bank since May 25th 2000 to you for the good
work of the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege
and also for the assistance of the widows according to (JAMES 1:27)
Let `s carry ea
2007-03-17 16:44:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
Yep... scam... surprised Nigeria wasn't mentioned. They ask for your banking information and wipe you out.
(I'd gladly take donations, but I'd probably offer my Paypal account instead... That reminds me, I need to start one of those "Give Sarah money because she doesn't want to work" sites.)
2007-03-17 17:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It ceraintainly has all the hallmarks of a scam; email from out of the blue from someone you don't know offering a large sum of money. The message is cut off, but later or in a later email, if you respond there will probably be a request that you deposit money into an account as a good-faith measure that you are worthy to receive the funds. At the very lease, they might ask for your chekcing account information so they can try to assume your identity.
2007-03-24 23:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by Nolan M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The post has not finished the letter here and so, we are missing what is known in these cases as the "hook set" lines
And, I'm sure it is there somewhere in what we're not getting here !!
It will have something to do with the "fees" involved in "transfering" this money into one's account OR the fees that will have to be forwarded for lawyer's fees or some such or similar stuff !!
This garbage is actually older than the internet--- such sucker based "games" have been going on for centuries --- where someone is in trouble that has a lot of money and they are willing to give it to YOU if you'll just pay for this or that little thing !! Trouble is--- you pay anything at all and THEY keep that and YOU never see a dime of anything at all --ever !!!
2007-03-17 17:00:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I had a very similar email to this not too long ago. It was some doctor that I had never heard of willing me all his money. I don't consider myself a naive person, so I started doing some checking around. Everything that I had checked out about it seemed real. It was based in London and the lawyer's office that this supposedly originated from was a real law firm, there was really a doctor by this name, everything that I could check out was real. I was so excited about it. They asked for my account number for them to "deposit" this money into. If it hadn't been for a friend of mine whose brother is an attorney who decided to check it out for me I probably would have given them my account number. My attorney friend found out that it was indeed a scam. Be very careful, as people who come up with these scams are VERY convincing and can convince even the most careful person. They use real names and places. Please don't fall for it. If you didn't know this person personally I would say it is a scam. People who will large sums of money to people don't usually do it in emails.
2007-03-17 17:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not a scam. Just send her you bank account info and she'll send you $3.5 million dollars. Gee, you're one lucky SOB.
What, are you an idiot? There's a finance minister in Nigeria that wants to put a couple of million into your account, too. And don't forget about that European lottery you won, even though you never entered one. They'll need your account info to wire you that money. too.
You're a freakin idiot. I hope they take you for every penny you've got.
2007-03-17 18:21:26 · answer #5 · answered by normobrian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out http://scamsbeware.com - consumer resource center. all kinds of scam info there, there's also a forum where u can keep up to date on current and future scams. And if u have any questions just post it in the forum and somebody out there should help u. http://scamsbeware.com/forum Best of all it's FREE 2 join, just register at the top it'll be worth it for u to keep up 2 date on scams/fraud. Hope this helps.
2007-03-18 16:19:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would check Snopes.com, Urban legends, hoaxes, etc. There is a lot of this
going around. A few of us got one and then we found out it was a hoax. No
money involved. People who instigate those kinds of things are after something.
Please don't buy into it as the internet is full of these kinds of things.
2007-03-25 13:06:29 · answer #7 · answered by Garnet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Just open a WAMU checking account for $3.00. Immediately withdraw $2.50. And then give them the account info. And see what happens. If account suddenly has millions in it. Close the account and get your money.
2007-03-24 23:10:06 · answer #8 · answered by Strong but fair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would pick a organization that is a Little more comm en then you would no for sure that is allot of cash to just give to the wrong place
2007-03-17 16:57:30 · answer #9 · answered by sasha g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a scam next they will need ur account number to deposit the funds into
2007-03-17 16:52:20 · answer #10 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋