Spam Email

[beefy]

Just received this in my inbox . I'm only posting it here in the hope that someone see's this and remembers that it's a hoax.


Hoax Email follows -
My dear Friend,



Please read this slowly and carefully, as it may be one of the most important emails you ever get. I am Mrs. Ethel Coy from Greece. I was married to Late Mike Coy. The Director of Vikhroli Link.Ltd,a seasoned contractor in West African Region. He died on Monday, 31 July 2003 in Paris.



We were married for seven years without a child. After his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive, he has over the sum of $5.2 Million USD in banks and security companies in Europe, which is yet unclaimed. My Doctor told me that I would not last long due to cancer problem that befallen me. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to better the lives of the less privileged. I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this money in accordance with my instruction.



I want the funds to be used in funding religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged propagating the
word of God. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I don't want my husbands hard earned money to be misused. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.



Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank, and my attorney also with a copy of the WILL.



For legitimacy, he will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose. If you are not interested, kindly pardon me for contacting you.



Thanks,

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Ethel Coy.

Please don't reply to this - it's a hoax.

[Shortie]

Cheers Beefy. Hopefully no-one ever falls for these, but unfortunately I you hear tories of those who do.

Did you get that through here or you email?

[beefy]

Through email NOT the private message system that operates on this forum.

[HeyWayne]

Cheers Beefy. Hopefully no-one ever falls for these, but unfortunately I you hear tories of those who do.

Did you get that through here or you email?

I think some Labour MP's have been scammed this way too!

Thanks beefy.

[Stacey Steve]

Years ago we used to get these type of mails purporting to be Nigerian Oil money that needed laundering.

I had the entire bible on disk (don't ask me why) so I used to reply sending the entire bible spread over a couple of mails, smartly followed up by mails with large attachments on a regular basis from dead or made up mail accounts. Locked up there mail accounts for weeks running.

Of course it probably wouldn't work too well nowadays as most Email systems give you the ability to set rules to reject or delete mails from individual addresses.

[ScottyW]

Yeah these are pretty common these days, I got a few myself like that one

[SarzWix]

No, Beefy, not a hoax, surely? That poor lady, lost her husband, cancer... I would at least kindly pardon me for contacting you.