William Stevenson - An "I've got cancer and want to donate my money to charity" story
This one of the really despicable kind of scam e-mail.
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Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU ??? (03-Apr-2006 17:42)
From: bluecross@virgilio.it
To: undisclosed-recipients
Dear Friend,
My name is William Stevenson a British merchant formally based in Dubai.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer It has defied all forms of medical treatment, 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 was always hostile to people and 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 God Is About To Call me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to
be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in Africa and Asia including the psunami victims.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what I have left for them. before I became ill. Presently, I am still having a
deposit with a bank that is yet to be disposed of.I Beg You In The name of God to Help Me Take The Money To Any Orphanage Home Close To You.I Believe That You Would Offer This Service For Humanity Sake. If You Can Help Me. Get Back To Me.May Good Lord Bless You And Your Family
I Await Your Response.
Regards.
Williams
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Here is another version of this letter.
From: MY DEARLY BELOVED mrwilliams_stv01@peoplepc.com
reply-to: MY DEARLY BELOVED m_williams_stevenson@yahoo.co.uk date: Oct 9, 2007 7:34 AM
subject: Consider my mail urgent
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DEARLY BELOVED.
,My name is William Stevenson a British merchant based in Dubai.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer It hasdefied all forms of medical treatment, 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 was always hostile to people and 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 God Is About To Call me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in Africa and Asia including the tsunami victims.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what I have left for them before I became ill. Presently, I am still having a deposit with a Finance house that is yet to be disposed of. I Beg You In The name of God to Help Me Take The Money To Any Orphanage Home Close To You. I Believe That You Would Offer This Service For Humanity Sake.
May The Good God Bless You And Your Family.
I Await Your Response.
E-mail:m_williams_stevenson@yahoo.co.uk
Regards.
William Stevenson
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I recieved same version of this letter also they sent to photo(the dying man himself) and certificate of deposit some security company.
They want me to contact Barrister Paul Jones in UK.
But my feels so weird.
Now i found what are they!!!
Thank you.
@@@@@LOOK@@@@@@ NOW THEY HAVE TAKEN IT A STEP FURTHER....
I got this when I placed an ad on match.com and this man answered my ad and then the next email I get is this: I guess Americans are the dumbest idiots on earth if we fall for this crap!!!!!!
Hello,
Thank you for replying my message, I really appreciate that. Hope you’re doing fine. I still can’t understand why I’m sending this to you, but like I said earlier, I have the gut feeling that I can trust you (even though it’s just your profile I have seen). As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me because I have come to realise that everyone will die some day one way or the other. 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 experts. I have not had much of a life because at some point it was just my career and nothing else. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, not that I am a stingy person, but I never made out the time to care for others. I was always hostile to people and 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 God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul, so I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, 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 close one of my accounts and distribute
The money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan,
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 no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of $18 000 000
(Eighteen million US dollar) that I have with a Finance Company abroad I will want you to be in possession of this cash deposit and help me in giving it out to the less privileged- charity organizations, poor people, sick and the needy . I’d also be obliged to give you 10% of this money (one hundred and eighty thousand dollars) if you’re willing to this for me. It’d mean so much to me if I can see this money channelled in the right things and it’d give me the fulfilment that I desire. I’m sure you will be surprised that I’m sending you this message because you don’t even know me. I feel the need to be careful because I don’t really know you well, but then I trust you. This is why I’d really like us to get to know each other better, so we can have a better understanding of ourselves since there’s a huge sum of money involved.
If after reading my message you feel you can help then email back for more details, my email address is frankilnn_grant@yahoo.com you can also get to reach me on yahoo chat. My id on yahoo chat is franklinn_grant. I will also appreciate it if you could add me up for a chat. Just if you don’t have yahoo messenger on your computer you can get it downloaded if you go to this link: messenger.yahoo.com/download.php will wait to hear from you
God Bless,
Franklin Grant
You have just discovered that the crooks do spend a lot of time researching new methods of reaching potential victims. The contact portals are a favorite source and get bombarded with all sorts of messages. The African lonely hearts club with gorgeous looking girls is one method they use.
Michael
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