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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: "GREEN WATT" <greenwatt13@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:27:03 +0000
Subject: WE CAN HELP THE NEEDIES
Send reply to :greenwatt@o2.pl
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS GREEN WATT AND I WAS BORN ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER 1950,THAT MAKES
ME 55 YEARS THIS YEAR.
I WAS NOT BORN WITH THE PROVERBIAL SILVER SPOON.AND YEARS OF POVERTY AND
HUNGER PROVIDED ME A PLATFORM TO STRIVE TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND THIS I MUST
CONFESS I DID,ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.IN DOING SO I PROMISED MY SELF TO NEVER
SHOW LOVE OR MERCY TO ANYONE,AND THIS I DID WITH HATRED IN MY HEART AND NO
LOVE.
OVER THE YEARS,I MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY AS MUCH ESTATES AS POSSIBLE OF MY
CHOICE,I NEVER MARRIED,BUT HAD CHIDREN TWO BOYS WHOM I JUST HAD TO TOLERATE
FOR I WAS TOLD THEY HAD MY BLOOD FLOWING IN THEIR VEINS.I CAN NOT REMEMBER
EVER FEELING LOVE FOR THEM.AND THIS ATTTUDE I ALSO SHOWED TO ANYONE FOR I
BELIEVED THAT THEY JUST WANT TO BE WITH ME FOR THE MONEY.AND I ALWAYS ASKED
MY SELF WHERE THEY WERE WHEN I WAS HUNGRY AND CRYING AS A CHILD.I SWORE
NEVER TO SHOW LOVE TO ANY ONE.
ONE YEAR AGO I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND WITH ALL MY WEALTH AND
POWER,NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN SAVE ME.WHEN I WAS TOLD OF MY ILLNESS,A SUDDEN
CALM TOOK OVER ME AND I FOUND MYSELF FULL OF TEARS AND REGRET FOR MY LIFE
FLASHED BEFORE ME,LIVING ME PERPLEXED. AND THERE AND THEN I RESOLVED TO MAKE
AMENDS FOR ALL THE PAIN I CAUSED EVERYONE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
SO I DECIDED TO SET UP A TRUST FUND FOR THE NEEDIES.AND I MADE MY SONS THE
SIGNATORY TO THE ACCOUNT,LEAVING THEM WITH THE RESPONSIBILTY OF DISBURSING
FUNDS TO ORGANISATIONS OF MY CHOICE.NOW I HAVE RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT MY
WISH HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT AS I INSTRUCTED.FOR MY OWN FLESH AND
BLOOD,HAVE CONSPIRED TO STEAL WHAT I ASKED THEM TO GIVE TO THE NEEDY.
NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL GET SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP ME DISBURSE THE
FUNDS WORTH US$15 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS IN A TRUNK BOX IN A SECURITY
COMPANY IN EUROPE HONESTLY THIS IS WHAT WAS LEFT FOR ME ALL OF THE MONEY I
MADE, VERY UNBELIEVABLE AND SHOCKING .
THIS FUNDS WILL BE GIVEN TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OF MY CHOICE. I WANT TO
STATE HERE THAT THIS PERSON WILL RECEIVE 30% OF US$15 MILLION FROM ME .AS
MY ILLNESS GRADUALLY EATS DEEP IN ME,I NEED SOMEONE THAT WILL BE MY EYES.ALL
ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE WHEN U GET IN TOUCH WITH ME,YOU WILL RECEIVE
INSTUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO.THIS IS A CRY FOR HELP AND I NEED A HAND TO EASE
THE PAIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.PLEASE IF YOUR INTERESTED PLEASE YOU CAN CONTACT ME
URGENTLY THROUGH ABOVE E MAIL ADDRESS.
LET US JOIN HANDS AND HELP THE NEEDIES AND LESS PRIVILEDGED IN THE
SOCIETY,THIS IS VERY LEGITIMATE , NO RISK IS INVOLVED AT ALL. AS SOON AS I
HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO MY LAWYER WHO WILL HELP TO
FASCILITATE THIS TRANSACTION. OR YOU SEND IT TO MY ALTERNATIVE E MAIL
ADDRESS THUS: greenwatt@o2.pl
GREEN WATT
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