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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: george wesley <geo_wesley11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <g_wesley11@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:38:10 +0000
Subject: Dear Pastor,
Dear Pastor,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met, and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind, but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility,I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any pains so i decided to contact you through this medium because i know you are a man of God i can trust, As you read this,I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because i believe everyone will die someday.
My names are George Wesley I am a Briton,i have been a merchant in Dubai,United Arab Emirates(U.A.E) for 21 years,I was then married to a Dubaian with two children,who now left with a huge amount of my money and two children ever since i have been diagnosed with prostate and esophageal Cancer that was discovered very late due to my laxity in caring for my health.It has defiled all form of medicine 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 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 I know my time is near, I have willed and given most of my properties to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a few close friends. I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far,I have found a new desire to assist helpless families.I have been helping orphans in orphanage/ motherless homes.I have donated some money to orphans in South Africa,Cameroon,Brazil,Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self any more. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and donate the money, which I have here to charity organization in Bulgaria, 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 i deposited with a security company,I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations and let them know that it is I George Wesley that is making this generous donation. I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed here in my own town Folkestone in the United Kingdom where I wait for my time to come.if you know you are willing to help me carry out my last wish,you can kindly reply me throught my email which i check offen from my labtop geo_wesley@chef.net. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with good heart.
Please alway remember me in your prayers.
God be with you, George Wesley.
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