Imagine this. A person you don’t know writes to you from her hospital bed, calling you ‘friend’, and offers to transfer power of attorney over her bank account to you in order that you give the money to charity. All she asks for is your personal information and bank details.
What makes clear that this is a hoax and a scam? First, there is the obvious fact that a stranger is asking for your bank account details and other personal information. Then there is the fact that the individual allegedly spoke to her minister about it and yet is choosing to empower you rather than her minister to distribute the money.
Unlike most hoaxes, the e-mail address given ([email protected]) corresponds to the name of the person who is allegedly sending the e-mail from her hospital bed. I have a sinking feeling that people are going to fall for this. Don’t be fooled!
Here’s the text of the e-mail:
Dear Friend
How are you? May God blessed you amen.
I am Mrs. Leah Cooper, I am 84 years old from U.S.A, and I am suffering from a long time cancer of the Lungs which also affected my brain, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating. According to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.
I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was married to my late husband for twenty years and we lived in London until my husband died in a fatal motor accident in London. Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the money with a bank in London. Presently, this money is still with the bank and I have not operated the account for long now due to my illness.
Presently, I’m with my laptop in Hospital, where I have been under going treatment for cancer of the lungs for over one year.
Recently, my doctors told me that I have only a few months to live so I quickly called up a pastor to give me positive thinking on this solution, He ministered to me to share my wealth to motherless baby/orphanage homes/people that need money for survivor. It is my last wish to see that some percentage (%) is distributed among the charity organizations, the poor and the motherless babies? home where I come from and some percentage (%) is for devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I wish.
I took this decision, because my time will soon be up and I do not want the bank to inherit the money if I eventually die.
As soon as I receive your reply I will issue you a letter of authority through my attorney which will empower you as the new beneficiary of my fund so far that you will give me assurance that you will do my wish. Meanwhile, furnish me with your particulars as follows:
1. Your full name
2. Your house or company address
3. Your occupation and Age
4. Your status
5. Your full Banking details where the fund will be transferred to you
I shall wait your reply.
Mrs. Leah Cooper
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