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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: Mrs Anita Cole <mrsanitcole11@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsanitacole1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:08:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrsanitcole11@yahoo.com
- Dearest one in the Lord, My name is Anita Cole (Mrs.). I know this letter might come to you as a surprise since we have not met before. It is by the grace of God that this occurred as I was in a search for a reliable and God fearing person God revealed to me that you are genuine hearted and can do this work. Having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wish since. Having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God's mercy and glory upon my life. I have the pleasure to share briefly my life story with you and also prayed over it, I am the above named person from Netherlands; I am married to Dr William Cole who worked with Netherlands embassy in London for 9years before his death on March 2003. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted only four days. Before his death, we were both born again Christians. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Eighteen million, five hundred thousand us dollars ($18.5) with CITI TRUST BANK PLC LONDON. I have decided to give it as alms to charity organizations, as my last good deeds here on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, London and Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself any more. Presently, the money is still with the above mentioned bank in London and the management just wrote me as the wife of the depositor to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over there due to my illness. Again, I’m with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for esophagi cancer which had indicated to my doctor that I have few months to live. Having know my condition I have decided to hand over this fund to church or a Christian individual with the fear of God that will utilize this money since it is my last wish to see this money distributed to churches, charity organizations, orphanages etc propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of god is maintained because our relatives have plundered so much of our wealth after my husband's death and my illness got deteriorated. I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me utilize the above mentioned funds and its interest and distribute it accordingly.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. My husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want this hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in ungodly manner. My happiness is that I and my husband lived a life of a worthy Christian. So I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. Please I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and the presence of my husband's relatives always around me. I don't want them to know about this development. Any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for a church or Christian individual for this same purpose. Please kindly contact me for arrangements regarding this transaction and assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein and you can not betray me once you receive this money into your account. I want you and the church to always pray for me. Please for more details contact me on (mrsanitacole@hotmail.com) Thanks and May God Almighty Guide and Bless you upon helping me with this project Amen Hoping to hear from you soonest. Yours sister in the lord, Regards, Mrs. Anita Cole
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