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If you look under the category “Charity Scam” you will find a selection of e-mails using this story.

This one is just an adaption of the same story into an Islamic background.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: FROM HAJIA JAMILA BELLO <jamila_bello01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Subject: ASSALLAMUALAIKUM,MY DEAR PLEASE USE THIS FUND FOR THE WORK OF ALLAH AND FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGED ONE
To:

ismillāhi-r-Rahmāni-r-Rahīm,

Al-Hamdulillāhi Was-Salātu Was-Salāmu ‘Alā Rasūlillāh,Wa Ba’d,

As-Salāmu ‘Alaikum Wa Rahmatullāhi Wa Barakātuh,

Wasalaam to you,and how are you doing?. My intention of contacting you is to solicit your assistance for a project, which will be mutually beneficial. Though I know my decision to contact you is to a large extent unconventional, the prevailing circumstances necessitated my action. I am Hajia Jamila Bello from Indonesia. I am married to Late Mallam Mustafa Bello of Dakar Senegal and am currently living in a hospital in Senegal, My late hushand of the blessed memory was an oil explorer in Libya and Kuwait for twelve years before he died in the year 2000.

We were married for twelve years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both devoted Muslims. Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he made a huge deposit, in millions of US dollars with a Deposit Company here in Dakar Senegal. (I will tell you the amount as we proceed). Recently, my doctor told me that I have only six months to live due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a Muslim organization or devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want this organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund orphanages, widows,less priviledged and also propagating their religion and to ensure that the society upholds the views and belief of their religion.As a Muslim, i laid emphasis so much on the ALLAH’S benevolence and this has encourage me to take the bold step. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are into some radical Organizations which I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an Unholy manner.

Hence the reasons for this bold decision. I know that after death I will be with ALLAH the most benefficient and the most merciful. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health conditions and the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development. With ALLAH all things are possible(second Sura,( verse 257) which says: “There must be no coercion in matters of faith”).As soon as I receive your reply on Email: Jamila_bello02@yahoo.com
I shall give you the contact information of the Deposit Company in Dakar Senegal where the money was deposited. I will also issue a letter of authority to the Deposit Company authorizing them that the said fund Have being willed to you and a copy of such authorization will be forwarded to you. I want you and the community where you reside to always pray for me. My happiness is that I lived a true devoted Muslim life worthy of emulation. Whoever that wants to serve ALLAH must serve him in truth and in fairness. I will not stipulate any precise amount to reward you, as it will have to be on pre-negotiated terms based on your level of involvement. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for another organization or a devoted Individual for this same purpose. Until I hear from you by email, my dreams will rest squarely on your Shoulders.

“And I (Allah) did not create jinns and humans except that they worship Me(alone)”

Qu’ran 51:56

May the Almighty ALLAH continue to guide and protect you.
Allah Hafiz.

Hajia Jamila Bello.

Tags: 410 Scam, Adaption, Allah, Amp, Ba, Cancer Problem, Cancer Story, Charity, Charity Scam, Dakar Senegal, Fibroid, Intention, Islam, Islamic Background, Jamila, Libya, Muslim Organization, Muslims, Sincerity, Six Months, Twelve Years, Year 2000

Of course, Franca Donna is just a fictive name, just like so many others used for these scams

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:mrsfrancadonna02@sogou.com
Date: 2008/4/16
Subject: Dearest Friend PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND GET BACK TO ME.
To:

Dearest Friend, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND GET BACK TO ME.

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not know before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation. You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came by your contact information because there are many such possibilities these days.

I would like to introduce myself as Mrs. Franca Donna, of Repulic of Benin, widow to Late Mr.Sheik Donna (for Consular of the benin embassy in Madrid,Spain.I have been recently been daigonosed of Cancer of the Pelvics. I am writing from my sick bed in a CHINESE HOSPITAL here in Benin Republic.

There is this consignment (containg US$29.5Million cash, in US$100 bills) my husband deposited with a security company, here in Cotonou,Republic of Benin of which I am the next of kin. With my health condition and because my husband and I have no children, I am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of kin. This person will apply to the company and request, from them, the procedure towards retrieving the consignment from them.

This is on the condition that you will take 25% of the fund for yourself, 5% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 70% for the less previlege people in the society. This is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband: that a substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less previleged.

If this condition is acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately with your full names and contact information so that I will send you all the documents that the company gave to my husband when the consignment was deposited. So that you will contact the company directly, and demand from them the procedure towards retrieving the consignment from their company.

I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time you will recieve the fund, but you should please ensure that the fund is used as i have described above, I look forward to hear your response at this Email:(mrs_francadonna01@yahoo.com).

Best Regards
Mrs. Franca Donna. ________________________________

Tags: Benin Embassy, Charity Scam, Chinese Hospital, Consignment, Credible Person, Dearest Friend, Franca, Fulfilment, Full Names, Health Condition, Indulgence, Last Request, Madrid Spain, Mail, Previlege, Republic Of Benin, Scams, Security Company, Sheik, Sick Bed

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jairzinho Ramos Medina <jar46@drexel.edu>
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Subject: Here writes Mrs Stella Cole
To: undisclosed-recipients
 
 Here writes Mrs Stella Cole. I am married to Pharmacist Dave Cole an
 Englishman who died years ago. When my late husband was alive he deposited
 the sum of 7.5 Million (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain
 Pounds Sterling which were derived from his vast estates and investment in
 capital market with a security company here in UK. Presently,this money is
 still with the bank.My Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due
 to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. I have decided to donate
 this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands
 effort to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-
 trodden,physically challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove
 to be genuinely handicapped financially.please get back to me so that i can
 give you contact address of my bank and barrister here in UK. Hope to hear
 from you soon and God bless you and members of your family.
 NOTE: I will prefer you contact me on my most private and confidential
 email address: mrsstellacole3@yahoo.com.hk
 Faithfully Yours
 Mrs Stella Cole

Tags: Barrister, Charity Scam, Contact, Contact Address, Email, Email Address, Hk, Hundred Thousand, Mail, Money, Security Company, Yahoo

I don’t know exactly how many Christian communities have fallen for this type of scam, but it is a lot.

To be honest, what God loving Christian would not want to help others with a sum of money like this? And that is the problem.

There have been enough Christian leaders who thought they were doing good and lost their community funds in the process. It happens.

————— Original Message —————————-
Subject: Donation of fund for work of God (10-Apr-2006 13:12)
From: rosewilly@atlas.sk
To: undisclosed-recipients

Fellow brethren,
You may be surprised to receive this letter from unknown person, being that you have not see me before. In a brief introduction, I am Mrs. Rose Williams from Sierra Leone in West Africa, I am a devoted christian living in Abidjan Ivory coast.
My dear, I inherited the sum of $820,000.00 (Eight hundred and Twenty thousand Us dollars) from my late husband who died in a motor accident on the 15 of January, this year 2006 on his way coming back from his office. My dear, I and my late husband married for a long time without a child and due to my present situation of health which my doctor has declared that I will not spend long on earth, that is why I contact you, so that you will handle this money into a good business investment for the future benefit of our fellow brethren that are suffering financially at their homes inn your country. Understand that my contacting you is not by my power, rather a divine direction from God and I know that you will not betray his trust in you.
I will be looking forward to hear urgently back from you after reading from your sister so that I will confirm whether you are ready to handle this work our living Almighty has chosen you to do for his obediently children.
Yours beloved sister in Christ,
Rose Williams

Tags: Rose Williams, Christian Charity scam, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Tags: 419 scam, Africa, Charity Scam, Contact, Heir, Money, Sum Of Money, Surprise, West Africa