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David Ellis was a bad man. He did bad things, but earned lots of money from those bad things. But then he got sick, defiled allforms of medical treatment
, saw god and decided to share his wealth with the gullible.
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH
From: david_ellis_5@sify.com
Hello,
My name is DAVID ELLIS, a nationality of United Kingdom, I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. It has defiled allforms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.I have notparticularly 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 has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended familymembers 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 alms 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, Somalia 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 Twenty Eight Million USD that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and despatch it to charity organizations.
I have set aside 20% for you and for your time.
God be with you.
DAVID ELLIS
David claims to be from the UK, his email account is based in India and he mentions a rather diverse group of countries he claims to have either donated to or been ripped off by. I have to wonder if Mr Ellis would be interested in joining the Church of the Red Breast.
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1: Posted by: Feòrag | July 23, 2005 7:47 AM
Claiming to be British, then using the American spelling of 'oesophageal' is a nice touch.
2: Posted by: Red Wolf | July 23, 2005 11:26 AM
He seems to have gotten a bit confused over the spelling of organisation too.
3: Posted by: Feòrag | July 23, 2005 1:11 PM
Either the 's' or the 'z' spelling is correct in British English as long as you pick one and stick with it.
4: Posted by: manoj | July 25, 2005 3:41 PM
Why did you tag it Nigeria if you were sure it was from India?
You can get a sify account from anywhere in the world - like how rediff (another India based portal) was popular with scamsters at one time.
5: Posted by: Feòrag | July 25, 2005 3:50 PM
I cannot speak for Red Wolf, but I suspect it has something to do with this kind of thing being known as the "Nigerian scam". See Advance fee fraud for more information.
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