Greeting in the Name of God from Mrs.Margaret Bennett
The typical nigerian scam with a complicated BS story involving lots of nations and nationalities.
Last week a lot of permutations of a similar scam landed in my inbox, so I am posting them step by step.
This is clearly one of those, pls. delete the mail and do not be tempted to reply to it at all!
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From: ”Mrs.Margaret Bennett”<wri589@aol.com>
Date: 4. August 2013 15:03:50 GMT+01:00
To: webmaster@stopmailscam.com
Subject: *** Spam *** Re: Greeting in the Name of God…….dp
Reply-To: <mbesford@aol.com>
Greeting in the Name of GodI am Mrs. Margaret Bennett, A widow to the Late Mr.Joshua Bennett, I am 65yrs old, I am a new Christian convert working as a missionary in India beforeI Was urgently transfer to my home country here in United Kingdom,I amsuffering From long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my conditionis really Deteriorating and I am afraid that I won’t live more than two Months,because of the pains I am passing through and because the cancer stage hasgotten to a very bad stage. My late husband was killed during the U.S raid againstterrorism in Afghanistan,and during the period of our marriage we had a 23 yrsold son who died in an auto crash three years ago. My late husband was verywealthy and after his death I inherited all his business and wealth. My Doctorsuggested that I will go for a surgery because I have tried so many ways forsolution but no solution, I Hate surgery but I dont have any option than to followmy doctor instruction for the safety of my life.The reason why I am contacting you from my sick bed is because I want to dividethe part of my husband wealth to contribute to the development of the churchand Mosque in Africa, America,and Asia And also in Europe. I prayed over it, and I amwilling to donate the sum of Five Million Great Britain pounds (5,000,000.00 GP) tothe less privileged and orphanage Home through you.My God is the one that directedme to you and I want you to use 70% this funds to work for God and keep 30% toyourself. Please I want you to note that this fund is lying in a Bank India and upon myinstruction, my Bank will proceed with their transfer Procedures once they get somevital information from you as my next Beneficiary.Lastly, I want you to keep everything about this transaction very private and secretbecause there are so many people that are searching a way to claims My Husbandfund especially my husband relatives and friends, I hate them because they onlyinterested on my husband Fund. I honestly pray that this money when transferredwill be used for the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth withour God and Happiness is vanity upon vanity. If you are willing to help me, pleasekindly get back to me as soon as possible.May the Grace of our God and the Fellowship of God be with you and your family.I await your urgent reply,Yours in Christ,Mrs. Margaret Bennett