not from Kenya any more

[Tarheel]

I suggest you send Terry all your money. What could go wrong?

I'm jealous, never having received such a generous offer. I probably will now, though

My dear Mookien. I am a kilted brother from another mother. Let me be the first to extend the opportunity for you to send all of your money to a well deserving X Mark member. If not, so be it.

[Laird_M]

I've seen a LOT if these scams. They say they'll wire X thousand sterling/dollar, get your bank details and wipe you out to your full overdraft.
The police rarely manage to trace them and so you lose your money, your credit rating and the banks won't wipe off the bad credit, you still have to pay them bakc... Definitely one for file 13 (the waste basket).

[TomFromBama]

A "red flag" jumps out for me with the statement "diseased customer". I could see a deceased relative being cause for claim but can't figure out what they want from you if someone else has a malady. Get a contract before giving up any vital organs or financial records.

LOL!!! I wonder, could this be Ebola related???

I am reminded of a letter one of my clients received many years ago from an attorney demanding that he "Cease and DECEASE".
I thought, that's a hell of a demand!!!

[mookien]

My dear Mookien. I am a kilted brother from another mother. Let me be the first to extend the opportunity for you to send all of your money to a well deserving X Mark member. If not, so be it.

Tarheel: Thank you for the most generous offer. If you will simply send me a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope containing a 10-dollar bill, and the directions to Frenchman's Bend, I will give it all the consideration it is due.

mookien

[Theyoungkiltman]

I got a scam/spam email before from london. It said that I won a coca cola photo contest or something like that. I have also received the more common "nigerian lottery" ones before as well. You would think that a real company (or even the scammers) would at least know how to spell "de(c)eased"

[tpa]

You would think that a real company (or even the scammers) would at least know how to spell "de(c)eased"

Don't think I've had a scam email without a spelling or grammatical error and I get lots of them.

[Tarheel]

Tarheel: Thank you for the most generous offer. If you will simply send me a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope containing a 10-dollar bill, and the directions to Frenchman's Bend, I will give it all the consideration it is due.

mookien

Now would that be from Tupelo, down the "Trace", past Witches Circle or from Brandon? Will you accept American Express instead?

[mookien]

Sholy now. I suspect it's nearer Brandon than the Natchez Trace.

[Tarheel]

I must warn you, though a fine jousting opponent as you have proven to be, I have my late father-in-law's (Dr. Evans Harrington, former dean of the English Dept. at Ole Miss and co-founder of the Faulkner Conference and it's most eminent scholar) library at my disposal. I will if necessary refer to a map. Let us parlay a truce along the lines of this thread and declare, "money begged by those diseased or otherwise is forbidden." I tip my hat.

[mookien]

I must warn you, though a fine jousting opponent as you have proven to be, I have my late father-in-law's (Dr. Evans Harrington, former dean of the English Dept. at Ole Miss and co-founder of the Faulkner Conference and it's most eminent scholar) library at my disposal. I will if necessary refer to a map. Let us parlay a truce along the lines of this thread and declare, "money begged by those diseased or otherwise is forbidden." I tip my hat.

And a tip of the hat to you, too, especially for those excellent directions.

I have absolutely no connection to Faulkner beyond him being one of my favorite authors, along with Conrad and the Bronte sisters (or the Bell brothers). You have me at a complete disadvantage as I did not realize we were fencing - post, parry, riposte, and all that.