From: "Mary Burton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <burton_mary66@yahoo.es>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:07:43 +0100
Subject: Greetings from Mary

Hello,

This email would get to you as a surprise since we have never met before, I apologize if I have intruded your privacy in any manner.
Though, I am aware of the present pollution of the internet with illegitimate business offers making it extremely difficult for genuine messages to be recognized. Kindly accept my sincere apology if my email violates your message reception standards. I got your impressive contact details online through a private investigator's internet database and after much prayers, I have decided to contact you directly for this humanitarian support assignment and I hope you would be of help.

My name is Mrs. Mary Burton, I am a 66 year old retired nurse and I was diagnosed of lungs cancer 4 years ago in a private hospital in Germany shortly after the death of my husband Engr. Allen Burton, a former oil contractor with Shell Oil Producing Company in Saudi Arabia. We were married for over 35years without a child, but the WILL of GOD had kept us together till his death in 2008.

My husband and I had prepared a blueprint for establishing a Foundation that would be directed towards helping the needy in our society. This plan was still at the incubation stage before the sickness that claimed my husband's life and now left me in this debilitating state. My doctors have told me that my chances of survival is absolutely uncertain due to several unsuccessful chemotheraphies I had undergone.

My late husband had nominated me by WILL as his next of kin and successor in title to his estate and I have been touched by God to donate part of the funds I inherited from my late husband for humanitarian support projects and charity benefits rather than allow my greedy relatives use the funds for their selfish interest.

I have decided to donate/grant the sum of US$4,750,000 ( Four Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) for humanitarian support projects through you and also to help the motherless, widows and other less privileged ones. My giving intention has been a natural trend and I would want it to continue and be remembered for it after death.

Due to my critical health condition and very short time to live, I have asked God to forgive me all my sins and believe he has because he is a merciful God. I will be going in for another surgery in less than two hours. At the moment I cannot answer any telephone calls due to my ill health and I would not want my ungodly relatives know about my charity plans, otherwise they would go against it.

I have made an amendment to my WILL ( CODICIL ) which is presently in care of my lawyer. My attorney is aware of my intentions to transfer the ownership of my inherited funds for humanitarian support projects . He would process all necessary legal documents on my behalf to effect the funds ownership change to your name and also arrange for the transfer of the secured funds from my account into your designated bank account.

I wish you all the best and may the good lord be with you always. Please make use of the funds for the purpose specified and always extend the good work to others.

If you are interested in my offer, do not hesitate to respond back to my email to enable me link you up with my attorney.

Thanks and God bless you.

Regards,

Mrs. Mary Burton.