Congratulations!! I got my wealth from a Sheik in the Middle East. LOL!!!

Linda

Ummmm, and how about sharing that vast wealth with the rest of us unfortunates?????

Gosh, wish I had a wealthy freind/family memeber! ;0

Gee, how did you get so lucky!

Well goody, goody. I've gratiously accepted my gift. I'll share it with everyone.

"Why thank you so much...I'm astonished and honored.. I'm looking forward to hearing from you with the details."

(The email addy is my throw-away...so I decided to have some fun.)

Thank you for sharing your wealth with your KT friends. We will be glad to spend it all so you may now be really broke. LOL
Anyway, thank you for a good laugh

My circle of wealthy KT friends has certainly grown this past week.

Keep us updated about your ongoing correspondence with Mrs. Lady Kate Foster. I'm sure it will be entertaining.

Linda

I got my 8.5 million euros from a person with my last name and first initial. Surely they must me by next of kin! They wanted me to have the money after years of searching for me. LMAO

This one came from Venezuela and addressed to me at my home address.

Anne

Mrs LKF's prompt reply. Notice she had to tell me again who she was...like I forgot? I can't wait to spend it!!

Thank you for your response. I am Mrs. Kate Foster , I am suffering from cancerous ailment, When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 4.8 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling which were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Presently, this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. Though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer. With this hard reality that has befallen my family, and me 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.

It goes to show that you have been destined to be great and I implore you to be as honest as possible in this dealing as the spirit of my late husband will be with you always and will also bless you for your effort in seeing that persons are brought out of their predicament. It is often said that blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husbands hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill perceived ventures. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be with the Almighty when I eventually pass on. The Almighty will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to my deteriorating health and because of the presence of my husbands relatives around me. I do not want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank in UK . I will also issue you a Letter of Authority that will empower you as the original beneficiary of this fund. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope to hear from you soon and God bless you and members of your family.
I have discuss this matter with my Lawyer, he is going to work with the Bank and secure this funds from the UK Bank where it is been kept for safe custody in a very proper and legal manners and he will make the arrangement with the Bank in your name, as the new beneficiary of the fund and also my next of kin, to move the fund from England to meet you in your country with your data. However, be informed that all the expenses attached to your documentations, paper work or attorney fee will be taken care of by me. Therefore, you do not need to pay my attorney any dime whatsoever.
My Attorney is Barrister Ray McKay. Do email him at once and let him commence with the transfer modalities, his email address is:
ray.mckaylawfirm10@hotmail.com
You can reach him through his telephone number, which is +44 702 406 6927 but note that you must ensure that this is not disclosed to anybody until the money has been successfully transferred to you because of security reasons on my side. As for how I got your email, it was gotten after a proper white page search via your area zip code with the help of the lord leading me. You are implored to use this funds for the less-privileged, widows, and orphans, destitute and indigent persons in the society. Please, do your best to see that the dreams of my husband Sir Foster of blessed memory and my dream is fulfilled and make sure this is kept confidential until the transfer is completed and the good works of charity commence, as you are the only one contacted for this and aware of this too.

Sincerely yours,
Lady Kate Foster

I've emailed the lawyer... do people actually believe this drivel?

"I am so poor and destitute. I want to spread the wealth around to my indigent and needy friends."

The funds are for "widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially."

Well, I am down-trodden and physically challenged; I used to be a child; I am childless, and I'm genuinely handicapped financially, so do you think they'll send me 8.4 or 4.8 (I'll accept either amount) Great Britain Pounds
Sterling? Do ya? Huh? Maybe? LOL

I'm going to hold my breath until it arrives. Just think! I'll be able to finish the house!

I have half a dozen like that ...

... or funds left behind, languishing in the bank, owned by someone who, with all his family, was killed in a plane crash ... and a banker wants to split with me, as new-found relative.

Lots of them - quite a few from the Bank of Africa in Oagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Or, how about a winning ticket in a (usually U.K. based) lottery?

Would you like one/a few?

ole joyful

Oh, man - I never win anything. LOL Wouldn't
you think that these idiots would at least learn
how to write in English without the fumbling?

However, you won't be getting it now - because you
didn't ensure that "this is not disclosed to
anyone"... LOL

Well, I woke up this morning anticipating a response from the barrister....but nothing. That's OK, cuz I don't want a measly 4.8 anyways. I wanted 8.4. Which reminds me of people who will play the lottery when it's 150 million expecting to win, but wouldn't think of playing for 2 million.
Here's a fun site to look through. Some of the correspondences with scammers are really funny.

Whenever I get an email like that, I answer back "Just mail me a check." I have a post office box I can use to receive it. I wouldn't even give them my street address.

I was hoping you would fund my possum hospital. About a million should do it up nicely. I will even name it the Lindakathy Possum Hospital. I will even name two possums after you. I can change Gretchen and Celeste's name to Linda and Kathy. I'm sure they won't mind, knowing it is for the welfare of all the less fortunate possums and both of them are handicapped anyway.

Boy for a gal so weak she cannot take a phone call.....she sure can type an exhaustingly long email.
Ha!

I sure bet you are excited~ How fun!

Trin

I read in Readers digest about a guy who actually pursued this. He asked them to mail him a plane ticket so he could go to Africa personally to pick up the money (in cash/ or maybe it was gold). I think he's still waiting. He did make some money because Readers Digest paid him $50 for his story.

Lol, very funny comments trinity and marilyn! It does amaze me that they sit and think up these scams and don't think for a second to use a spell checker or grammar checker...
Suzan J

Well...I finally heard from the lawyer this morning. Now he's MY lawyer, too. We're almost there. Wish he wouldn't yell at me though. Guess he thinks I can't hear him from across the ocean.
Think he's going to ask for my bank a/c # next? So he can transfer all that $$$? We'll see. I'll send back garbage info.
TO THE ATTENTION OF : WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

THANKS FOR WRITING MY OFFICE, MY CLIENT MRS. KATE FOSTER DID INFORM ME TO CONTACT YOU IN RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS 4,800,000.00 GBP (FOUR MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STARLINGS ONLY) DEPOSITED WITH A UNITED KINGDOM BANK 2 YEARS AGO, WHICH SHE SAID SHE HAD DISCUSSED WITH YOU.

I MUST THANK YOU AND WANT YOU TO HAVE IT IN MIND THAT I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWERS AS YOUR ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WHICH YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO LAY CLAIM TO THE FUNDS WOULD BE PREPARED BY ME AND I WANT YOU TO SUPPLY ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. FULL NAMES:

2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

3. POSTAL ADDRESS:

4. EMAIL ADDRESS;

5. PHONE/FAX NUMBERS;

6. OCCUPATION:

7. PLACE OF BIRTH;

8. AGE;

9. CITIZENSHIP;

IN SUBMITION TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION I WILL BE ENABLE TO PREPARE THE LEGAL DOCUMENTATIONS. AS SOON AS I AM DONE I WOULD SEND THE DOCUMENTS TO THE BANK AT ONCE SO THAT YOU CAN CONTACT THE UK BANK AND GET THE FUNDS WHICH MRS. KATE FOSTER INTEND TO TRANSFER AND DEPOSIT IN YOUR ACCOUNT.

HOWEVER YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER YOURSELF A LUCKY INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THE FOSTER'S FAMILY. YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO GET THIS FUNDS AS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT SHE IS VERY SICK AND WISH TO FULFILL THE WILL AND WISHES OF HER LATE HUSBAND THE HONORABLE SIR FOSTER AND YOU COULD EFFECTIVELY GET THIS FUND THROUGH THE UK BANK WHERE THE FUNDS IS DEPOSITED WITHOUT MUCH DIFFICULTIES DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT WITH THE HELP OF ONLINE BANK TRANSFER.

GOOD DAY, AS I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOONEST

Yours-in-Service,
RAY MCKAY LAW FIRM.Barrister Ray McKay esq.(Barrister & Solicitor)Contact Details:

53 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR England
Phone: +44 703 192 4490
Fax: +44 870-974-4098
Office Open From: Mon-Sat 9am-4pm UK TIME

gotta see how stupid this person is.

1. FULL NAMES: Amelia Earhart
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 2 Airplane Way.

Farollone Islands

Ca, USA

3. POSTAL ADDRESS:
4. EMAIL ADDRESS; see above
5. PHONE/FAX NUMBERS; 415 555- 4729
6. OCCUPATION: pilot
7. PLACE OF BIRTH; Boston, Mass
8. AGE; 87
9. CITIZENSHIP; yes

I thought you would find this interesting. I did a search on the name and found this. You probably already have done this but I thought I would post anyway. This was in the blog, "My research shows that Lady Kate Foster was already 159 as of this year and died in 1934."
Clare

RFLMAO
No...I didn't find anything on Snopes, so I assumed it was for real.
It just means that no one has accepted the $$$ since at least the end of 2007.
Aren't I the lucky one?
This LKF must be the granddaughter.

snort

Marilyn,
Can you roust up a couple more possums? Looks like you may need to name them Whom It, and May Concern before this is all over....

1. FULL NAMES: Potassium Nitrate
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Corner bench on Shady Deal & 32nd Place
Fulla Slivers, Texas 76644-12AA

3. POSTAL ADDRESS: Same as above - c/o Bench
4. EMAIL ADDRESS; Lady Kate hasn't returned it yet.
5. PHONE/FAX NUMBERS; 1-800-972-6242 (Santa's hotline)
6. OCCUPATION: Red Mitten Restoration.
7. PLACE OF BIRTH; Uterinefree, TN
8. AGE; 52 years, 8 months, 4 weeks, 4 days
9. CITIZENSHIP; C+

Trin

Weeelllllll, now, and what are you going to do with four million eight hundred thousand starlings? You might just strike it rich as a guano processor. Supposed to be some of the best fertilizer out there.

Hey LindaKathy,
Are you watching Oprah tonight?
It's a real eye opener!
Kathy G in MI

hmmmmmmmmmmmm, posting a negative to this post!
Always get a negative to my posts :o(

Kathy G in MI...I don't watch Oprah. Didn't even know she was on at nite. A special? What was it about?

Well, due to certain circumstances at work right now, I might have to hit you up for a loan!!

Oprah at night is just a rerun of the daytime Oprah. And last night it was about scams! These seemed to be a lot of Nigerian scams, but what an eye opener. I couldn't believe the people who really believed that they had either won the Australian lottery, or thought they were helping some poor guy who couldn't get his money out of his country! Duh people!
Also had some about Ebay scams, banking scams, etc.
Kathy G in MI

Kathy...did they have any people on who had conducted the scams? I think Dr. Phil did a show like that, but I didn't get to see it. I always wonder if they try to justify their actions.

I looked to see if I could watch it online...but can't. Sounds like an interesting show. I'd like to hear the scammers explanation also.
I've responded to the latest...(don't these idiots read what we wrote?)

"What next? I'm so grateful and so are my indigent friends...especially the possum rehabber who lives on the bayou. When can we expect the $$$?
yours in anticipation, Amelia"

ATTENTION , THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION I WOULD IMMEDIATELY BEGIN WITH THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS TO ENABLE YOU LAY CLAIM TO THE FUND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MRS. KATE FOSTER, I HOWEVER ADVICE THAT YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER IN CASE SHE WISHES OTHERWISE TO REVOKE HER REQUEST. FURTHERMORE, I ALSO WANT YOU TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS KEPT VERY CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL THE FUNDS WHICH WAS DEPOSITED 2 YEARS AGO BY HER LATE HUSBAND IS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE BANK WHERE IT IS BEEN KEPT, SAFELY TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY. UPON COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATIONS I WOULD FORWARD SAME TO THE BANK FOR VERIFICATION, TO ENABLE THE FUNDS TO BE RELEASED TO YOU. I WOULD SEND A WORD ACROSS TO YOU ONCE I AM DONE WITH MY DUTIES, IN THE MEAN TIME YOU ARE REQUESTED TO ALWAYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LADY KATE FOSTER AS SHE HAS SO MUCH FAITH AND TRUST IN YOU. ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL.

Yours-in-Service,
RAY MCKAY LAW FIRM.Barrister Ray McKay esq.(Barrister & Solicitor)Contact Details:

53 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR England
Phone: +44 703 192 4490
Fax: +44 870-974-4098
Office Open From: Mon-Sat 9am-4pm UK TIME

No, they didn't have the scammers on the show, just some of the people who were scammed. The guest on the show had written a book about scams, I think. I was amazed at why these "victims" thought these things were real. They were educated professional people. One of the big flags they said was the incorrect grammar in the emails and letters.
A representative of Ebay was on too and he was quite informative. He said that they, scammers, will watch an auction for a large $ item. For example, the lady really wanted this wedding gown (very emotional purchase) and even tho she did not win the auction, the scammer emailed her and said "she" would like her to have it for the $2,400 she had last bid. When "she" contacted the buyer, "she" used a very real looking Ebay logo on her email. Also, "she" said that her paypal account had been shut down because of someone trying to get into it and it hadn't been reopened yet so the buyer would have to send money thru Western Union! What a bunch of bull!
She was a he apparently. Ebay did come thru with a gown for her as a good will gesture. I don't know if the scammer was caught or not, didn't see the complete show.
Kathy G in MI