Have you received an email from "Lady Helen Crawford",
who says she is "suffering from cancerous ailment. I was married to Sir William Crawford an Englishman who is dead."? And what follows is a convoluted sob story of one misery
after another, along with a healthy dose of gibberish, spelling errors, terrible
gram, syntax and punctuation, not exactly befitting an extremely wealthy person. And now, poor bereaved
"Lady Helen Crawford", needs YOUR help to donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my Late husbands effort to establish a charity home called "Crawford Charity Foundation" for the upkeep of the down- trodden and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially..
Just contact her lawyer, barrister, attorney, esq, (etc. and redundantly) Paul
Westley. Odd that they'd pick a total stranger,
in a foreign
country to trust their money to, don't you think? Their own families must be
furious!
We call these the "Lady" scams; they all come from a "Lady
So-and-so" who "suffers from cancerous ailment". Of course, it is a scam. Don't reply to it.
From: Lady Helen Crawford [mailto:
crawfordsdreams_uk@yahoo.co.uk ]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: MY WISH......."Crawford Charity Foundation"
Lady Helen Crawford.
38 Old Church Street,
London, England.
Here writes Lady Helen Crawford, suffering from
cancerous ailment. I was married to Sir William Crawford an Englishman who is
dead. My husband was into private practice 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. My husband and I made a vow to
uplift the down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals as
he had passion for persons who can not help themselves due to physical
disability or financial predicament. I can adduce this to the fact
that he needed a Child from this relationship, which never came.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum
of Twenty Five Million Pounds (25,000,000.00 Million Great Britain Pounds
Sterling) which were derived from his vast estates and investment in
capital market with his bank here in UK(all records kept by my family
lawyer). Presently, this money is still with the Bank. Recently, 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
my family, and me I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you
to use this gift which comes from my Late husbands effort to
establish a charity home called "Crawford Charity Foundation" for the upkeep
of the down- trodden and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped
financially.
I took this decision because I do not have any child
that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois
and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be
misused or invested into ill perceived ventures. Hence the reason for
taking this bold decision. I do not need any telephone communication
in this regard due to my deteriorating health and also because of the
presence of my husband relatives around me. I do not want them to know
about this development.
I cannot give this fund to anybody here in England
because my Husband relatives have people in high places and will
frustrate all attempts within this country. Moreso they do not know about
this Twenty Five Million Pounds sterling deposit that my husband
made. Presently, this deposit is known by I, our family lawyer and now
you.
Contact my family lawyer Barrister Paul Westley (ESQ)
with this specified email address email:
bpaul_westlychambers@yahoo.co.uk Tell him that I have WILLED £25,000,000 to you by quoting my
personal reference number Law/chamber/solicitors/rt/osb/WILL/9834520012 and I
have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a specific
and good work.
Please, assure me that you will act just as I have
stated herein. Hope to hear from you that you have contacted my family
lawyer with the email address above as he is waiting to receive your
reply.
Remain blessed your Sister,
Lady Helen Crawford
