People Giving Money Away

I received a letter from a nice lady who wants to give me $8 million cash. Cool say I. Bring it on. Here is the letter.

GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
I AM MRS. CAROL STEVENS. WIDOW TO LATE MR. JAMES STEVENS, I AM 52 YEARS OLD, I AM NOW A NEW CHRISTIAN CONVERT, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST. FROM ALL INDICATIONS, MY CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WON'T LIVE MORE THAN 2 MONTHS ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS.THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE MY LATE HUSBAND WAS KILLED DURING THE U.S. RAID AGAINST TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN, AND DURING THE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULDN'T PRODUCE ANY CHILD, MY LATE HUSBAND WAS VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH, I INHERITED ALL HIS BUSINESS AND WEALTH.THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS, SO I NOW DECIDED TO DIVIDE PART OF THIS WEALTH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AFRICA, AMERICA, ASIA AND EUROPE. I SELECTED YOU AFTER VISITING THE WEBSITE AND I PRAYED OVER IT THAT GOD SHOULD DIRECT ME, NOW I AM WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF $8,000.000.00 USD TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED, PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS LYING DOWN AT A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE.I HONESTLY PRAY THAN THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL SURELY BE UTILIZED FOR THE SAID PURPOSE, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY, MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.I WAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE DIRECTIVES.YOURS IN CHRIST,MRS. CAROL STEVENS

Well Carol Stevens, you are my new best friend. So hurry and send the cash I told her. Then I received this.

TO THE ATTENTION OF:TRAMP VALUE OF CLAIM: US$8,000,000.00 USDATE: 9/05/06We write to acknowledge the receipt of your Application of Claim in view of a deposited fund at our safe-keeping unit by the original depositor (Mrs. James Carol Adams) Further to this, there is an urgent need for your claim to be registered and indemnified. Therefore, your claim will be forwarded for indemnifying as the accredited beneficiary. The indemnifying will protect and qualify you as the bonafide accreditor of the fund claim. In such, you are required to send the sum of 1,200 Euros for the formalization. It is when the formalization to indemnify your claim has been achieved, it is then that your fund can be qualified for transfer via telegraphic transfer into your bank account.The transfer of the $8 million dollars will be effected upon our acknowledgement receipt of the 1,200 Euros for registration and indemnifing of your claim. Before the formalization will commence, we will be required to send the below documents to you for your endorsement. The statutory accreditation documents secured are hereunder explained thus:

Well, she’s changed her name. Stevens, Adams, whatever. Just send the cash. As for the 1200 Euros ($1530 USD), I told then to simply deduct it from my $8 million. Fair enough? Apparently not. This is what came next.

TO THE ATTENTION OF:TRAMP VALUE OF CLAIM: US$8,000,000.00 USDDATE: 10/05/06We write to acknowledge the receipt of your mail. I wish to inform you that we cannot deduct the require fund from the total sum. Because your claim has not been registered. This can be possible when your claim has been duly formalized. Therefore, it is very important that the processing is duly formalized before any deduction can commence. This is the reason the require fund is needed. I hope you can understand.
Yours Sincerely,Mr. Peraton FenandoDirector of Operation

So I told them, go ahead and register it and deduct whatever you need. I have no problem with that. Take some extra, I said. Have yourselves a ball. You deserve it!

Now I am waiting for the next letter. I am going to offer them double that amount, held in escrow of course. How can they pass that up?