My Financial Troubles Are Over!

So, I’ve already shared with you that I have recently lost my job, and I am looking franticly for work that will allow me to join a friend of mine in starting a new church plant in Aiken, SC.  I have to admit, the last week or so has found me increasingly worried about where my next paycheck will come from…with bills coming due and no income to be found.  I’ve been fairly stressed about this….until now.  Check out this email I just received:

Notification of Request
E.W. KENNEDY SOLICITORS
Rm 41, 16 Baldwin’s Garden, 
London EC1N England,United Kingdom
http://www.btinternet.com/~Kennedy.Solicitors
Notification of Request
Dear Friend,
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Prof Roger
Michael Needham. I once again try to notify you as my earlier  letter was returned undelivered.I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL.I wish to notify you that late Prof Roger Michael Needham made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Fifteen Million, One Hundred thousand United States Dollars to you in the Condicile and last testament to his WILL.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you with the current upsurge in
cyber crime and the likes, but it is for real and true. Being a widely
traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good.
Prof Roger Michael Needham, an engineer/Computer scientist who worked as
Director, Microsoft Research limited,Cambridge before he died on 1st
March in the year 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Needham),
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/04/12/db1201.xml),
and was patron/life member of the Royal Academy of Engineering and also
memberof various societies and organisations . He was a very dedicated Christian wholoved to give out.
His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time one of
which was the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Late Roger Michael Needham died on the 1st March in the year 2003 at the
age of 68 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.
According to him this money is to support humanitarian/philanthropic
activitiesand to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you as I am hopeful,endeavour to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time. Your are advice to send the following information so that i can proceed immediately:
1. Your fullname……………………………………….
2. Residencial address………………………………………
3.Privatetelephone number…………………………………….
4. Fax number if any………………………………………..
5.Age and occupation……………………………………
Note: You are advised to contact me through my secured,E-mail address  edmkennedy@googlemail.com
I await your prompt response.
Yours in Service,
Edmond W. Kennedy ESQ.
Disclaimer:
The content of this message is meant to be received by the addressee only.
Use of the content of this message by anyone other than the addressee without the consent of the E.W. KENNEDY SOLICITORS is unlawful. If you have received this message but are not the addressee, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the message. No rights can be derived from the content of this message
Well there you have it…total financial freedom just came my way in an email.  Let’s ignore the numerous typos and grammatical errors, the fact that my name appears nowhere in this correspondence, and the fact that I have never encountered anyone named Roger Michael Needham, or anyone from England for that matter.  And you KNOW that a sum of 15 million, one-hundred thousand is MUCH more believable than an even 15 mil.  I dunno, guys…should I bite?
I hate this kind of scam.  People who prey on the hopes and dreams of those who are less fortunate or going through financial problems (because let’s face it…those are the ones who are going to give this a shot).  Has anyone else out there received a similar email recently?  I can’t believe these things actually work in this day and age.
But then again, I could be pocketing 15 mil.  Hmmmmmm.

4 Responses

  1. Frank Verhoef Says:

    I had the same e-mail today.

    I was searching for ‘Edmond W Kennedy ESQ’ and found my way to this blog entry. Hi.

    Did you notice the e-mail comes from pleaseget_back@live.com and that you should answer him at edmkennedy@googlemail.com? Pretty strange, isn’t it?

  2. KC Says:

    Better pass on this one. If it sounds too good to be true…then it probably is.

  3. bfbs Says:

    Yes I have also received one. I even checked the list of lawyers & firms in London England. I couldn’t find anything in the Lexis/Nexis. I also noticed that the website isn’t even ready for viewing yet! and I also found this blog entry by googling the firm name.

  4. Chris Stout Says:

    This type of scam has been out since before ISDN was invented and 9,600 baud modems were the in thing. It’s a phony as your sarcasm suggests. Best bet is to delete and carry on smartly. Nothing is free, nothing!

    Good luck on your endeavors. Prayers are with ya!

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