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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

From Sister Mary Wilson

It's been a while since I've seen one of these "Nigerian" type scams - I wonder if the scammers have been on holiday. Mostly lately it's been those stupid pharmacy spams and stock trading tips.

Anyway, here's the latest scam. Just remember...Sister Mary Wilson is not a real person! This is just some scammer trying to get your money!

Greetings

Dear Brethern in christ,

PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD
.I am Mrs Mary Wilson from Kuwait. I am married to Dr.Bacils who worked with Kuwait embassy in cote d'ivoire for nine years before he died in the year 2000.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his deathwe were both born again Christians.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 2.5Million U.S. Dollars)with one BANK in cote d' ivoir e.Presently, this money is still with the BANK. Recently,

my Doctor told me that I would notlast for the next three months due to cancer problem.Though what disturbs me most is my stroke Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to church on better still a christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want a church that will use this 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 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 hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 s ays 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 healthbecause of the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible.As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the BANK in ivory coast.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original- beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth.Please always be prayerful all through your life. any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for a church or christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.
Yours in Christ.
Mary Wilson.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Your paymant to : donutstore@aol.com has been send.

I wondered how long it would be before someone came up with this scam idea. Don't be fooled if you get an email which appears to be from PayPal, and claims you made a purchase. Remember, login directly to the website - don't click the link in an email. If it really is from PayPal, you'll find out when you go to the PayPal site.

Of course, in this case, we're helped by the fact that the subject line has a stupid grammatical mistake, and also by the fact that the scammer was not clever enough to create an email that looks like a PayPal email.

Dear PayPal Member,

Your payment for $328 USD to donutstore@aol.com
has been sent.


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Payment Details
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Amount: $328 USD

Transaction ID: 6KG2351756P95166Z

If you did not authorize this payment please login online at:

https://www.paypal.com/us/vst/id=6KG2351756P95166Z

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- Paid easily and securely
- Sent money faster than writing and mailing paper checks
- Paid instantly -- your purchase won't show up on bills at the end of
the month.

Thanks for using your bank account!
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