I have the opportunity to be the beneficiary of 11.6 milion dollars!
By Jennifer21
@Jennifer21 (2476)
United States
August 5, 2007 3:52pm CST
I have been in contact through email with a woman whom is dying of cancer in the brain.
She is deaf now, so the only way of communication is writing and email.
I have been asked to use 11.6 million dollars in order to start a motherless home for children without mothers, and to give the rest to the needy.
I am quite excited to be given this opportunity.
I have been in contact with her lawyer, and am still awaiting a response from him in order to recieve my benificiarry money.
Who knows if it will truly happen, because I am not such a lucky person, but this woman has stated that she feels God is telling her I am THE ONE!
Too bad I will not be able to keep the money for myself, but I will honor her wishes and start a motherless home for her named after her.
So, what do you think about all this?
Do you think it is just another scam?
Or do you think this could be for real?
I mean, even though the lawyer will keep tabs on what I will be using the money for, I am still quite happy to be given this opportunity.
I will keep you updated on the future happenings.
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37 responses
@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
6 Aug 07
These are ongoing scams. There was a television news magazine story on them not long ago. Many people are all to ready to become involved in them.
Some victims give their banking information so that the money can be electronically deposited. Then find that everything in their account has been stolen.
Some victims send money to the "attorney" and never see a cent. Others are used for laundering money from criminal/terrorist sources and end up on prison themselves.
No one is going to give you that money. You can count on that.
@littlemissh (235)
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6 Aug 07
yep she's email me too, i don't see how the people who do this think anyone would fall for it, but they must do as people are making money from it.
@andrejuly84 (1047)
• Romania
6 Aug 07
it's a scam,don't believe everything you read.i get a few e-mails like tha during this year and many others about winning from yahoo mail which is also a scam.so be careful with these
@andrejuly84 (1047)
• Romania
7 Aug 07
i just received such a mail today about winning at a lottery.they come very often but i just delete them
@fn187zbabe (174)
• United States
5 Aug 07
Personally I think it's a scam. I would be careful if I were you.
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@kiwiTank (64)
• New Zealand
5 Aug 07
Don't give your Bank account details over as you will find you have no money left, and if you have money going into the bank account you will never get it out,its a scam that many of us have had offered to us from arab coutries...your'e nuts if you say yes.
@Eskimo (2315)
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6 Aug 07
If, for any reason, you do accept any money from these people and put it in a bank account, make sure that you wait until the money is properly cleared from the account before taking anything out of it, as quite often the cheque will bounce long after the bank initially tells you that you can draw on the money, and you will be liable for any deficit or loss the bank incurrs. (This has happened a number of times already)
@Jennifer21 (2476)
• United States
5 Aug 07
Fortunetelly, I have no bank account.
But if this is for real, I will open one, and then I will tell them just to deposit the money into my account.
They will not be able to take any money out of my account due to the fact that I will have no money in it.
I sure hope this is not a scam though.
I just wish for some good luck in my life.
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@MonAmb (126)
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5 Aug 07
Well to me, it sounds too good to be true, do you know the person that sent you this e-mail? I am asking this mainly because i do not think that a random person would just e-mail any old person saying that they want to give them 11.6 million dollars and the reason is that they are the one! It is most probably a scam but who knows, maybe you are in for some luck! Make sure that you do not give these people any of your personal details such as bank account or credit card numbers! Good luck with it!
@Jennifer21 (2476)
• United States
5 Aug 07
No, unfortunetelly, I do not know this person personally, but we have been talking for the past few weeks, as it really sounds real.
They have yet to ask for personal information.
Thank you for the wish of good luck.
The lawyer will be keeping tabs on what I do with the money, and unfortunetelly, I cannot use any of it for personal use, only to give it too motherless children and the needy.
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@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
6 Aug 07
yes like that i had recieved those letter too i responded to the letter. when they told me that i had to go to his place to take the money and claim as one of his kins. i told them okay i find way to come to the place, the second email is i told them i got no money to go abroad and that was the last time they email me. that was a scam. i even give them my bank account with amount of 25 left. they check it and they told me you have only little amount left. they check it why should they check the amount of my money in bank indeed they should deposit the amount they going to give! such a scam.!!!
@socorban (650)
• United States
6 Aug 07
This is a scam through and through. I have received several almost identical "invitations" such as this.
Questions to ask yourself..
1. how did this stranger get my email
2. were are they from? Most likely not the USA
3. What type of email did this come from? NO BUSINSESS ANYWERE DEALY IN LEGAL ISSUES SUCH AS THIS USES "FREE" EMAIL PROVIDERS That is a fact!
What is happening now is an attempt to build trust on your part, eventually you WILL be asked to provide some personal info obviously to receive this "money" but i assure you, its not for the reasons your hoping. I will guarantee you that the Lil old lady and the lawyer are the same person with to different email addresses. This is a notorious scam so don't fall into the percentile lured in by it and become a statistic.
@Eskimo (2315)
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6 Aug 07
There are a lot of these about, How did her lawyer find you anyway? If you got this from an e-mail then it is a scam and they are trying to 1) find out if your e-mail address is real (respond and you could be hit with thousands of scam e-mails), 2) they want to get your bank details so they can empty it of everything thats in it (including any overdraft facilities). You are usually asked to send some money as well, for what seems like legitimate reasons. I get e-mails like this almost every week, and if I got paid one dollar for each of these e-mails I got, then I would probably be a millionaire by now. How do you even know if the lawyer is a real lawyer? anyone on the internet can say they are anything.
If you don't know how the person got to know about you then don't even open the e-mail (it could also link to a keystroke logger or other type of virus).
@onlinebiz (119)
• Singapore
7 Aug 07
I find it a little unbelievable, if she is having so much money, why didn't she contact a lawyer directly thru her relative or family? I definitely can't trust a stranger whom I met on the net. Just a penny of my thoughts.
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Adrienne
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@nalzam7678 (4)
• Malaysia
6 Aug 07
People have many faces,some have faces of SAINT,some have faces of the DEVIL. If I have the opportuniy becoming a very, very rich man, I'll have special fund from my wealth for CHARITY and helping people in this world.
@nalzam7678 (4)
• Malaysia
6 Aug 07
forget others,,,, if u think it is TRUE. Go on with it. Trust yourself...
@god_spear (498)
• Philippines
6 Aug 07
I just wondering how that woman contacted you, why you are the one chosen to be the beneficiary just by e mail, if you received its true, the only thing you will know if that lawyer contacted you personally to tell how to get that money. Does that woman has no relatives at all, does she has no children or grandchildren. If the lawyer will ask you money for the processing of that amount, for me i think its scam. Maybe you can just wait and see, Good Luck !
@jayalaksmi (1039)
• India
6 Aug 07
Few days earlier I received a mail from a girl about the same news and at first i was excited but later i knew about the scam. This is no doubt a scam dear. SO please don't involve your head here. The scammers try different ways of scamming and this is one way of scamming.
@Wingedman (238)
• United States
6 Aug 07
Don't get suckered. The fradulent things that are most successful are the ones that look innocent or helpful. Don't give them any personal info and for goodness sake do not provide a bank account. I hate to sound so paranoid about such an altruistic sort of thing, but if they want to hand over the money tell them a certified check needs to be delivered in person and the person must meet you at the bank to deliver it. Then when you try to deposit it they are there to pay teh bounced check fee or get arrested if it is a fraud. If they show up, great, if not you avoided fraud. Good for you.
@elshaddai123 (3981)
• Kottayam, India
6 Aug 07
Every day I get four or five letters from various sources.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
6 Aug 07
sorry hon but this sounds like a scam. maybe not but why would she choose you...someone she has only met thru e-mail to handle such a large some of money!! I don't know but if it were me, I think I'd be ignoring this one. How did she get your e-mail?
