***New Scam***??? Windfall??? Am I forming a new church???

[indigobusiness]

I just received the offer of a $19,500,000 contribution to my 'Church/Ministry'. Apparently, after Mary Khalid noticed my website, she felt compelled to support my efforts of evangelism. It never occurred to me that, while it is supportive the less fortunate, The Sludge Report had such power and possessed such a churchly aura.

A brief note has been sent to Avocate Spencer Claudio, in Paris. And, although I expect I'll be receiving a check shortly, I'll probably need legal help to sort out the details and ensure the monies are wisely used and actually go to people in need. So, if any lawyers would like to assist, please let me know.

Thanks.

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From: Mary Khalid <[e-mail]>
Reply-To : [e-mail]
Sent : Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:46 PM
To : [e-mail]
Subject : THE LORD IS OUR GUIDE ATTENTION FROM MARY KHALID

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Dear Brother/Sister's in Lord Christ Jesus.

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,I am former Mrs
aliza Wasilat ali rasaq,now Mrs Mary Khalid,a widow to Late ali rasaq
Mohammed,I am 72years old,I am now a new Christian convert,suffering
from
long time cancer of the breast. From all indications, my condition is
really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live more than
six months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage.
My late husband was killed during the Gulf war, and during the
period of ourmarriage we had a son who was also killed in a cold
blood during the Gulf war.My late husband was very wealthy and after
his death,I inherited all his business and wealth. My personal
physician told me that I may not live for more than six months and I
am so scared about this. So, I now decided to divide part of this
wealth, by contributing to the development of evangelism in Africa,
America, Europe and Asian Countries. This mission which will no
doubt be tasking had made me to recenlty relocated to Israel,where I
live presently. I selected your church after visiting the website
for this purpose and prayed over it,I am willing to donate the sum
of $19.500,000.00 Million US Dollars to your Church/Ministry for the
development of evangelism and also as aids for the less privileged
around you.Please note that, this fund is lying in a Security
Company in Europe and the company has branches, therefore my lawyer
will file an immediate application for the transfer of the money in
the name of your ministry. Please, do not reply me if you have the
intention of using this fund for personal use other than enhancement
of evangelism.Lastly, I want you/your ministry to be praying for me
as regards my entire life and my health because I have come to find
out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without
Jesus Christ in one's life is vanity upon vanity. If you have to die
says the keep fit and i will give you the crown of life. May the
Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. If your are interested do
reach my Attorney he lives in Paris, France.

His Particulars are

Name :Avocate Spencer Caudio
email:[e-mail]
Thanks for your assistance
Yours in Christ,
MRS MARY KHALID.
KUWAIT.

[Old Mouse]

1. One usually only finds

such devoted souls in the banks of Nigeria.

[indigobusiness]

3. I know. But this doesn't have any of that rhetoric.

I'm almost certain it's legit.

Call me "Minister".

[fob]

10. I've alsways wanted to open the Third Presleytarian Church of Elvis

so Don't Be Cruel and turn it down. With all that scratch surely we can get out The Word as spoken by The King, Love Me Tender, Love Me True, All My Dreams Fulfilled...

Praise Elvis!!

[Old Mouse]

13. http://www.klaasdevriesjr.nl/boek/bob/419_mail_reli_200410.htm

Van: [e-mail]
Datum: 09/25/04 17:03:10
Aan: klaas
Onderwerp: PLEASE USE FOR CHARITY ORGANISATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Millah Khalid a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .

It has defied all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have
or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of eighteen million dollars $18,000,000,00 that I have with a Finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.
I have set aside 10% for you and for your time.

You can contact via my personally email address below:
[e-mail]
God be with you.
Millah Khalid

[alvis]

2. I'm starting the Church of Private Enterprise right now!

:eyes:

[skylarmae]

4. WOW!!!

[prodigal_green]

5. sounds like a variation on the West African scam

sorry, not to be racist, I can't remember which country it came out of, but there was a fellow who claimed that he needed help getting money out of an account and if you simply gave him the particulars to your bank account, he would give you half of the money. Of course, some suckas fell for it and got robbed.

[indigobusiness]

6. The NIgerian scam is well-chronicled. In fact, there is a hilarious

series of correspondences by a fellow who pursued it. It is too funny.

I'll look for a link.

edit- here is a scambaiters website http://www.419eater.com/forum/

This isn't the dialog I had in mind, but it is funny. http://www.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28481

[shraby]

7. Sounds like a scam to me too.

If you email them to collect, they'll probably want to transfer funds directly to your account and ask for your bank account number. Like the old saying, if it's too good to be true, it probably is a scam.

[Ezlivin]

8. Too late

I already got the money.

Unfortunately, it's in ones, so I have several bulging suitcases to lug around.

Praise the Lord!

[AZCat]

12. It would take a lot more than "several bulging suitcases"

Just FYI - $19,500,000 in ones weighs almost 21.5 tons!

I'd like to see the suitcase that could carry a substantial portion of that...



source:
"The approximate weight of a currency note, regardless of denomination is (1) one gram. There are 454 grams in one (1) U.S. pound, therefore, there should be 454 notes in (1) one pound(Avoirdupois system)."

[Ezlivin]

15. Did I mention that the suitcases are wheeled?

And I did say "several".

:)

[RebelOne]

9. It definitely is a scam.

In fact, if you check the header in the e-mail, you will probably find that it originates in Nigeria.

[indigobusiness]

11. Nope...S. Asia via S America with French overtones.

Kuwait perhaps.

I don't know how to dig around in hotmail.

???

[indigobusiness]

14. Uh oh...new one...

From : BABANA DIKKO <[e-mail]>
Sent : Friday, January 21, 2005 7:20 PM
To : --------
Subject : RESPONSE NEEDED

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GOOD DAY,

MY NAME IS BABANA DIKKO. MY BROTHER IS A TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO WAS
INVOLVED IN THE GROSS EMBEZZLEMENT, FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION, AND OIL
THEFT THAT OCCURED AT THE CONGOLESE OIL COMPANY (HYDRO-CONGO) SOMETIME IN
THE YEAR 2002, AND WHICH WAS VASTLY PUBLICISED BY ONE OF THE WORLDS LEADING
NEWS CHANNELS, BBC NEWS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE MATTER, CLICK ON THIS
WEBPAGE:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1100852.stm

MY BROTHER WAS ABLE TO SYPHONE THE SUM OF US$200.8 MILLION. THIS MONEY WAS
TAKEN ABROAD WITH HIS CONTACTS IN GOVERNMENT AND HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN A
SECURITY COMPANY WHOSE NAME I AM NOT GOING TO DISCLOSE NOW FOR SECURITY
REASONS UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU. I WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR KIND AND VERY
HONEST ASSISTANCE IN INVESTING THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY. I WILL GIVE YOU
A COMPREHENSIVE BREAKDOWN ON HOW THIS TRANSACTION WILL WORK OUT IMMEDIATELY
I HEAR FROM YOU.

YOUR FULL NAMES
YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER

[karlrschneider]

16. Wow. If I got an offer like that, I'd run out & max all my credit cards!

:eyes: