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From: Mr. François Pinault <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:30:40 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,
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Dear Beneficiary,
Firstly, I would like to thank you for taking your time to write back as
i expected. A donation of $65,000,000.00.USD (SIXTY-FIVE MILLIONUNITED
STATES DOLLARS.) is made to you. I’m not used to writing a lengthy
message, but I think I would make this brief. I still find it very
difficult to introduce myself,I’ll rather let someone else do that for
me.I am François Pinault, a French Citizen and a businessman,82 years
old, worth about $33.4 billion US dollars.You can verify this
information from my Wikipedia:
<Link to Wikipedia article> OR
<Suspicious hyperlink>
I know the internet is compromised and people find it hard to embrace
such great opportunity, the intention of this email is to be of immense
blessing to people and the world in general and not to rip from anyone,
I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out, I might not have
the liberty of time due to my ailment (Dementia), therefore, I am doing
this now.Through the help of our longtime partners, Microsoft
Cooperation, we generated fifty thousand (50,000) email ID’s from a pool
of over 25,000 web of distinguished professionals and individuals drawn
from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, Africa
and North & South America. Beneficiaries are selected through the
Microsoft Computer Ballot System {CBS}. However, your E-mail Account was
among the final 5,000 Beneficiaries that was luckily selected.
I have handed all my wealth to my children, but there is part of it
which nobody is aware of I have been putting it away for this purpose
since a long time now, I want to cede it out as gift for you to help
Orphanages homes in your country, hoping it would be of help to you and
others too, as this is my last wish to appreciate God for his grace upon
my life.
I would have done this myself but for my health reason and if I do it
through my eldest son, François-Henry Pinault, I am very certain he will
not take it serious. François-Henry Pinault took me to court the last
time I gave out money out of generosity but he is still my son. I have
made life worth living for myself and my family, it is my hope that you
are able to receive this money, all I want from you is to be honest with
me and help others from it too. One can never put a price tag on the
feeling of doing genuine good deeds without any consideration of
recompense.
As I wait for your response, my Direct EMAILS ID [email protected]
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. François PinaulT