Today's E-mail

Well, it looks like my ship's come in at last:

My name is Dr. David Moore, We are solicitors to the great Atlanta Physician and Philanthropists Mr.George Brumley.

Some confusion there as regards singulars and plurals. No matter.

I wish to notify you that he made you one of the beneficiaries of his estate. He left the sum of Five Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars to you.

See Link:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

He must have been in contact with you in the past or you were nominated to him in his vision to expand his Charity work, and he instructed that you are to use part of the funds to promote his legacy through activities that aim to help the old, poor, needy and disabled in the society.

To be quite honest, no, I was not contacted by Mr. George Brumley. Nor had I, in point of fact, ever heard of him before today. It must've been, then, that someone nominated me as a suitable recipient. That's understandable. I'm a man with a reputation for probity. 

I can assure them that my promotion of his legacy will be tireless. I'll make absolutely certain that a sizeable portion ot the money goes to helping the old, poor, needy and disabled, as specified. They need have no fears on that score. Absolutely none.

Strange that it took six years after his tragic death for this to surface. These things take time, I suppose. Especially when a doctor has to act as a solicitor. And he (they) is based in Ilford - a long way from Atlanta. 

I think more than anything what convinces me that this is genuine is that figure of Five Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars. In Capital Letters. It would have been so easy - and such a give-away - just to have made it Five Million.

Anyway, if my blogging falls of a bit you'll understand why. I'll be busy promoting Mr. George Brumley's philanthropic vision.

Comments

[Alvin Lucier]

I had a mail last week from a Reverend Joseph Smith to tell me I had won tens of millions of dollars in the BMW lottery. The street address was listed as BMW Lottery, BMW Street, London KP23 1A.

I can't decide whether it is sadder that fraudsters can't even do basic research, or whether some people still fall for it.

[DaninVan]

"...please send us your Bank information including your Personal identity Code so that we can transfer the money to your account. " :)

Yeh, I'll get right on it.

[Dom]

This is about the great Nigerian Scam, but I think it's funny enough to post here:

http://renaissanceronin.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/nigerian_scam.gif