Here is a letter that I received from my ‘Sister’ Rita Osborne.
From:Madam Rita Osborne.
42 Dryden Street, Leicester, L15,
England.Here writes Madam Rita Osborne, suffering from cancerous ailment. I am married to Sir Williams an Englishman who is dead. My husband was into private practice all his life before his death. Our life together as man and wife lasted for three decades without child.
Contact my lawyer with this specified email address Barrister Timothy Martins (ESQ) barrmartinslawchambersuk@yahoo.de Tell him that I have WILLED E10,000,000 to you by quoting my personal reference number Law/chamber/solicitors/rt/osb/WILL/9834520012 and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a specific and good work.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will Jeopardize my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don’t want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.Remain blessed.
Your Sister,
Madam.Rita Osborne
I apologise to ‘Sister’ Rita Osborne for putting up this letter on my blog while she wanted me to keep this confidential.
This is just one of the many scams that I receive everyday in my mail box. I wonder whether the person(s) who send mails like these, really think that people would fall for them?
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April 30th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
LOL
May 1st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Sadly, the elderly and gullible fall for such scams. One such person from UK actually went to Nigeria to meet the spammer and got killed by the spam gang. Its tragic.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:23 am
I also got a letter from theis “poor woman”, among many others of similar nature. Is there a “Dumbass” mail list somewhere that I wound up on, and if so, how do I get off of it??
May 17th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
yes I too today 05/16/2007 recieved a letter from this so called person. I have recieved several of these offers to “help” dying people. Any one with “real” money does not need a strangers assistance with donating their money to charity. After all is that not what Lawyers are for???
May 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Here is the letter i got today….lol
Hello Beloved,
I’m Madam Rita Osborne suffering from cancerous ailment, Married to late William Osborne . i humbly request you contact me on my private e-mail address , As i have a kind request i do hope you would help me accomplish while i’m away at my hospital bed been treated of cancer.
Further details awaits you as your respond to me request, Due to my illness i would stop here you could as well contact me through my private e-mail rt_osborne7@yahoo.co.uk
Remain Blessed.
Your sister.
Rita Osborne
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Hallo,
Also I got such mail, And how you know that this perhaps isn¨t truth. I will try ego
what be, be! :-). Say you, what will be accurring forward.
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
One of the things that I’ve noticed about these people is that they use free e-mail services, usually Yahoo. If they had that much money, wouldn’t they have something a little more private?
I must also be the luckiest person on the face of the Earth, because over the past two months, I have also had two other “mortally ill” people want to leave me large sums of money, and I have also won at least 16 different lotteries or other payoffs. The total of all of everything that I have either inherited or won is over $750 million USD.
One thing that I’ve noticed is that the person that I must reply to always has a Yahoo e-mail address, even the “officials” and payment agents for the various lotteries that I have “won”. Some of them aren’t even in the same country where the “lottery” was supposedly drawn.
August 7th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
I got the e-mail today and unfortunily I e-mailed them back asking if it was a spam e-mail and if it was real I would help. But no I realize it was spam. Thanks guys for clearing that up for me.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:02 am
I recieved this e-mail today Aug. 24/07 red flags went up imediatley, due to a scam a few months ago about a so called relative leaving me over $10 mill USD. These people also used the yahoo.co.uk Be very carefull these people make it sound so real.
August 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
How the scam works: The person woking the scam will actually send you a check. Your bank can even call and verify the check is good. What the scammer does is find out the account number of a legitimate corporation, then forge a check with a differnt name using the account number of the legit corporation. Initially, the check will clear, and then the scammer has you send any fees, taxes, etc. through a wire service, such as Western Union. It takes up to 12 weeks for the check to be discovered as fraudulent or counterfeit. Then YOU are responsible for repayment of any funds that have been spent and/or not accounted for, as well as any fees and/or penalties that are incurred (and possibly criminal charges as well). Meanwhile, the scammer(s)has disappeared with the money that you had wired. Once wired, the transaction cannot be cancelled.
One way to find out if the person contacting you is on the up and up would be to request the funds be wired to your bank accout (set up a separate account, which can generally be done with about $20 US, and use that account). Tell them to deduct their fees from the wire transfer. If it’s a scam, they won’t do it.
If by any chance you DO receive a check under the guise of a Lottery where you did not actually purchase a ticket, or an “inheritance” where you do not actually know the benefactor, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CASH IT, and DO NOT DEPOSIT IT IN A BANK ACCOUNT!! The best thing to do is to turn it over to the authorities (National level, such as US Marshal Sevice or FBI in the US) and let them deal with it.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:53 am
i got a letter like that two !
but i was suspicious when i saw this :
Tell him that I have WILLED £10,000,000 to you by quoting my personal
reference number Law/chamber/solicitors/rt/osb/WILL/9834520012.
It says solicitors !
November 8th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
I received the very same email this morning. These people have nothing better to do with there time, but send out crap………….
November 18th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
some peace of advice please stop fooling around with people’ mails because i too received such a mail ending up asking for large sums of money for processing the funds and mr lawyer Timothy sorry for you!!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I have received the same letter from Madam Rita Osborne, and this gives us an indication of the penetration of our Personal information, which requires further action anti That types of tampering.
Best Regards
May 18th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Yeah I got one today and looked up Rita Osborne. This is the site that I found and wanted to let everyone know that if you get it again, mark it as spam and let yahoo.com know that it is happening.
May 19th, 2008 at 12:08 am
The letter I received today…
Greetings,
My name is Mrs Jane Mayon,I have decided to donate what I have to you.I was
diagnosed for cancer for about Few years ag.I have been touched by God to
donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to the you forthe good
work of God,I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $10,000,000:00USD to you.
Contact my Physican Dr Jack Ryan with this specified email; {
drjackryann@aim.com or drjackryan444@live.com }, Tel;+447 0457 87160(Working)
and tell him that I have WILLED $10,000,000:00 my personal reference number
law/chamber/solicitors/je/ws/WILL/9834520012.I know I dont know you but I have
been directed to do this.Thanks and God bless.I will appreciate your utmost
confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don’t want
anything that will Jeopardize my last wish. Regards, Mrs Jane Mayon NB; Do
Send Him The Necessary Below information To Faclilate The Funds Release WILL
For You(i)FULL NAMES (ii) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE.(iii) AGE, SEX AND MARITAL STATUS. (iv) DIRECT PHONE NUMBER
(v)OCCUPATION (vi) EMAIL ADDRESS