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Have you received an email from "Magret Winters" telling you how she and her late husband "were without child" and now she is dying of cancer? The email, filled with endless religious references, gushing about her love for God and Jesus, but ultimately tells you "I want you to claim this funds from the bank ,my lawyer will prepare the paperwork and fax them to you in your name as the beneficiary, you will receive it like a gift from God and you will use it to bless other less fortunate christian believer and in assisting the less privilegde children,and also to build a temple for Gods people to come and worship his majesty.". Isn't it nice that she randomly selected you, half a world away, to take her money before she dies, and so you can put it to good use (usually helping orphans, the homeless and handicapped) It is nothing but a scam, along with a healthy dose of gibberish, spelling errors, terrible gram, syntax and punctuation, not exactly befitting an extremely wealthy person, let alone a godly one. Wouldn't someone with all that money be able to write better? The grammar and spelling is atrocious. She can't even spell her own name, "Margaret" correctly (unless she meant "maggot"!)
Of course, the writing is horrible; it is a scam, written by some uneducated scumbag in Nigeria. Don't reply to it. Pray for the scammer's forgiveness, perhaps, or even better, for them to get hit by a large bus, but certainly don't pity them or contact them.
If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Sat 07 Jul 2007 02:49:57 PM EDT
From: MRS.MAGRET WINTERS <winters01m@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL.
Dear,
I have to thank God this moment for his direction as regards this mission. God want me to complete this mission hence,i got your contact,but i know you may be wondering how i got your contact email. Actually when i heard from the doctor that my condition has become so bad,i have to reach out for a christian sister,it was through that christian sister that i ask to make a discrete search from the internet for a christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in,and even the sister that help me in this regard doesn't know the purpose for which i intend to use it ,and the fact that you are God fearing person then it's easy to finish this.
My husband earn this funds(10.8million dollas.) but he died and left everything behind and i will join him soon in Jesus name.
I want you to claim this funds from the bank ,my lawyer will prepare the paperwork and fax them to you in your name as the beneficiary, you will receive it like a gift from God and you will use it to bless other less fortunate christian believer and in assisting the less privilegde children,and also to build a temple for Gods people to come and worship his majesty.
So this funds you will receive on my behalf as gift from a dying family cos due to my infertility resulting from medical problems i became barren,God has a reason for everything.
Furthermore you will never have any problem with the law as you will only pay some amount to the government as tax and a minor percentage to settle the bill of the bank and the most major part you will use to bless God's Children all over the world .
Kindly forward my lawyer your tel and fax number and tell him the country you came from to enable him fax you the document to claim this funds from the bank next week. And write my lawyer for more details,it is very important.
Fergurson Ferdinard
Email:fergurson_ferdinard1@yahoo.co.uk
Remain bless in christ
Mrs. Magret Winters.
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