I've had offers from princes and queens and widows and dying people and lotteries from around the world to give me millions of dollars through secret accounts before being taken by evil kings and the like. But this is the first time that I received a photo (posted on costcophotocenter.com) of a dying women and the following:
Elizabeth says...
Beloved In Christ,
I am Mrs.Elizabeth Cole a widow,Iam 79years old,suffering from breast cancer.
My doctor Indicate that I may not survive,my family were killed on a Crisis.I have $4.5.m to donate,This is the procceeds from the properties i inherited from my husband, it is strictly for the work of God if you are honest to use it for the work of God please reply for details.
God Bless you..
Mrs.Cole
and here is her picture:
http://www.costcophotocenter.com/sha...=SYE/otsi=SALB
This seems legit. Should I go for it?
~rthomas
When it comes to anonymous emails promising riches and good fortune, I think it's wise to give the sender the benefit of the doubt.
However, it doesn't say anything about Nigeria, so it could be a scam...
But fortunately for her, Costco also sells caskets! (though I believe shipping the caskets can only be done in the state of California) If she is considerate enough to purchase one, that's an extra grand or so that you can use to do the Lord's work.
http://www.costco.com/Common/Categor...10*&lang=en-US
Congratulations on your new found riches. Just make sure you give a bunch of it to Jebus like she asks.
Forgot to add. there's a new one - a variant on the Nigerian scam.
I just got one warning me about the scam and telling me that there is now a fund set up to compensate those fooled by the last series of scams. All it takes is $X to get "compensated' for the potential fraud perpetrated on me.
So...we have a derivative scam on a scam. geesh
BTW...there are also a lot of IRS-based scams now. If anyone is interested, my wife works very closely with the police here in NYC (civilian volunteer) and I have a lot of information on these and others...
Interesting. Crisis is capitalized to indicate that this disaster was of particular import, perhaps a tornado made of fire or a ball lightning attack. However, its preceded with an "a" not a "the" so while the crisis may have been impressive enough to denote it with a capital "C", it wasn't a singular unique event that everyone could identify with such a ubiquitous term. How one dies ON a crisis as opposed to IN a crisis I haven't figured out yet.