Sherrie Coffey (info@transpac.com.tw)
Hi, I'm diagnosed with esophageal cancer, because it went unnoticed.I have had to undergo a laryngectomy.
I have decided to give all i have including all my money to you.I also want you to know am donating my body after i am gone for research.I want this last act of mine to be an offering to GOD and humanity. send a note back with this ref. SvaSo back so i know you got this.God bless you abundantly, Sherrie Coffey
I received this same email a few days ago. Figured it was fradulent, so I "responded" with a generic inquiry. The second email was even more entertaining. Here is the opening paragraph and closing request:
ReplyDelete"Beloved,I am glad you responded to my email,this disease has changed my approach to life and how things work.There have been a few times in my life when something appeared to be so solid, so unbreakable, so much a part of life that I never dreamed it would change – only to later find myself living in what seemed to be a whole new world.I remember well the first time I experienced the loss of a friend. Randy Gross is the person who stepped in when my father stepped out. He was a gifted businessman in our community and active in our local church. My sister and I regularly babysat for his children, and Randy would often drive us home filling the car with a listening ear and a voice of encouragement. In many ways, it was Randy who had tucked the pillow of God under my head when I was prepared to give up on God. Randy was fit and trim. He played basketball almost every day. And still, Randy’s life was stripped short, stopped in the middle of an ordinary game on the basketball court when he suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 42. At that time, the world as I knew it seemed to be turned upside down. I learned that life is not always fair – that bad things happen to good people – that some questions arise that will never be answered.
The reason i sent you the email is to know if you can withdraw my funds,its presently in a safe deposit box with a depository firm,I would have been able to do this myself, now I am presently undergoing treatment at a clinical/research institute, This is the major reason I cannot withdraw the funds myself.
the money I am giving to you is the last earthly possession i own, Its inside 2 safe deposit boxes.Although no one knows its cash I have inside the 2 boxes,I also have my high yield business returns and tax clearance certificates.
1. I need to know if you can help me achieve this last desire of mine,I want to give to the needy, the widows, orphans and victims of disasters.
The reference I gave you,I got it from the phrase save a soul, i wished i had setup a foundation called save a soul.
2. I need to know you can withdraw the boxes if given the opportunity, I need to know you have a heart for charity,thus would not have any problem locating deserving charity and human aid groups.
The disbursement of this fund would be entirely in your hands.(I want atleast 80% to charity)
3. Let me know if you are willing to do this.
I would like to know a little about you. it would be wonderful if you could tell me what charities you have in mind as well.
4.I will need you to send me :
your name
address
telephone number
so i can inform the firm that i want you to withdraw my boxes with them,I will have to tell them to acknowledge you as my beneficiary.May the peace of the Lord be with you and your family, and may you always find favor with God and man.I will be expecting your email.Bye for now
Sherrie"
I asked for her phone number and have not heard anything since!
Ha ha , i received the same and i did exactly as you did with inquiring back. Then when i got this eamil asking for my name and address and phone number, i sent her an email asking for the same info b4 i sent her mine and i asked for her social sec number so that i can make sure this was on the up and up. I'm sure i wont' hear back either.
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