Saturday, June 21, 2008

A Charitable Con Trick

This is a new scam, well at least it is new to me anyway as I've certainly never before encountered a phishing scam email quite like this one. Myself, Gareth and Tony did get a good laugh out of reading it though. As always I have posted it exactly as I received it, typos and all. Enjoy!
Greetings,

As you read this, don't feel sorry for me, because it is the destiny
of every Human being to die someday. I am Mr. Nabil Malik a
naturalised Briton by birth and a business merchant presently
undergoing treatment in Gibraltar.I have been diagnosed with
Oesophageal cancer.

It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have
only about a few months to live, according to medical Reports. I
regret that I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never
really cared for anyone (not even myself), but my trade. Though I am
very well to do, I was never open handed; I was always hostile to
people and regarded them like they never had hopes of becoming as
successful as myself. Now I know that there is a lot more to life than
just prosperity.

I believe that when I am given a second chance to come to this world,
I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now
that death is eminent, I have willed and given most of my belonging to
immediate and extended family members, as well as a few close friends.
I want Allah to be merciful to me and accept my soul. Hence I have
decided to support charity work; this is what i want to be remembered
for. So far, I have been able to reach out to a few charity
organizations in the Singapore, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my
health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to aid me in giving of alms to those
organizations catering for the less Privileged in Bulgaria and
Pakistan; they refused and kept the resources to themselves. Hence, I
do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what
I have left for them.

The last of my belonging which no Relative knows of,is the deposit of
Eight Million US dollars (US$8,000,000.00) that I have in a safe
Deposit company abroad, which I will want you to secure and bestow to
charity organizations.

Please endeavour to reply me via email.For your time and devotion, I
have set aside a tenth of this for you.May the good lord be with you.

Mr. Nabil Malik.