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From: "Joan Gates" <[email protected]>
Reply: "Joan Gates" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:51:49 -0700
Subject: Re: Attention Barry
My Dear Friend,
Greeting to you.
firstly, I got your email address from a mail Directory and decided to
mail you for a permission to go ahead.
I am Mrs. Joan Gates United Kingdom, married to Dr. James R. Gates who
worked with Texaco Oil Company in London, before he died in a ghastly
motor accident on his way to a Board meeting. My Husband and I were
married without any children,and I decided not to re-marry and
presently I am 69 Years old. When my late husband was Alive he
deposited the sum of $5.5M. (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars) with a Bank. Presently this money is still with the Bank and
the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to
receive the money or rather Issue a letter of authorization to
somebody to receive it on my behalf. I am presently in a hospital
where I have been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs and
inability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live so I think the best thing to do is to use the money for
charity purposes. I want a person who is trustworthy that I will make
the beneficiary of my late Husband’s Fund deposited with the bank so
that the person can get the money and utilize 70% of this money to
fund churches, orphanages and widows around the world and keep the
remaining 30% for his effort.
At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls due to the fact that
my relatives (They had squandered the funds I gave them for this
purpose before now and are around me I have been helping orphans
orphanage/motherless homes. I have also donated some money for
humanitarian needs in Sudan, South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Austria,
Germany and some Asian countries. I have been touched to the good work
of humanity through you, rather than allow my relatives to use my
husband’s hard earned funds inappropriately. I know i have never met
you but my mind tells me to do this, and I hope you act sincerely.
I want you to send me the following information, if you are interested
so as to enable me know that you are the right beneficiary. As soon as
I receive your information, I shall give you the contact details of
the bank, authorization letter as an authenticity of my integrity.
Your Full Name,
Your Contact Address, Your
Phone Number,
Your Age,
Your Occupation and
Any of your identifications
This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth. I
await your urgent reply via my private Email:
([email protected]) ([email protected] )
Regards,
Mrs. Joan Gates
Email: ([email protected])