FW: want

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
January 9, 2009

Hello Ingvild, Sandy, Shane, Bencie and everyone -

Thank you for this message, Ingvild. I can really understand your  
concern.

I believe that the message you post below is definitely a scam,  
because I have received that exact same message several times...I have  
several email addresses, and when I receive the exact same message  
from a stranger, to all of my email addresses all at once, I become  
suspicious, and when I receive the same message several times in a  
week, which I have this one, I don't think there is any doubt that it  
is a scam.

These scams are very hard to police, but there are agencies on the web  
that make it possible to post a complaint...I am not sure which one is  
best or if it can even be fruitful...does anyone know of the place to  
post a complaint?

Val ;-)

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On Jan 9, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> this is not about Sign Writing at all - but as I got this message  
> into my e-mail box at work, I became concerned. It seems to me to be  
> one of the infamous 'Nigera-letters' that try to con people out of  
> money - and this time the Deaf are under attack. As we know, many  
> Deaf people do not get as much general information as hearing  
> people, and thus can more easily fall pry to such a scam. Therefore,  
> I ask you to help warn your Deaf Friends that such letters do  
> siculate, and are not to be acted upon.
>
> In addition, I would ask someone in UK (Sandy? Shane? Bencie?) to  
> check that this really is a scam (I would be much surpised if it is  
> not, but if it should turn out to be true, then it would be hoped  
> that these two children could be helped)
>
> Ingvild
>
>
>
> This is the original message:
>
>
>
> Hello honest people
> My name is james martins and i work for the uk deaf government..in
> manchester .i will really love to pass this information to all good  
> and
> the honest one that is really willing to take good care of 7 years old
> girl and 7 years old boy that .Their mother and father came from  
> unknown
> area and they live in uk..in 3 months ago their parents died and  
> they left
> the some of 3million pounds in their account.and when u convert into  
> u s
> dollars its about 6.5million dollars.the 2 deaf kids are in the uk
> hospital were doctor benedict is taking good care of them cus they  
> were
> involved in the accident that happen, to God be the glory that they  
> were
> not dead like their parents.we shall love a good honest deaf or  
> woman who
> can accept the 2 kids and take good care of them and after 2 months  
> the uk
> government will always come to check after them..and such that  
> person will
> be given the 3million pounds to take good care of the kids.Please  
> write me
> back if u are intrested so that we can contact the bank that whole the
> money as soon as possible and also contact the uk government so that  
> they
> can sign and agreed the kids to go with u and the money..pls contact  
> me as
> possible in this email adoptionjames at gmail.com phone +447031898736
>
>
>
>
>
>
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