In my inbox this morning (addressed to undisclosed recipients, which always makes me feel so extra special):

Greetings….

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never
met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to choose you
amongst the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say why I
have chosen you but do not be worried for I come in peace and something very
positive is about to happen to your life and the lives of others through you
if only you can carefully read and digest the message below….

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am
Mother Judith Alex Wilcox, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Alex
Wilcox who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 4:22
UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva…

…Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the
deprived, we also agreed to render support to an unknown individual we have
not met before due to the fact that when we were still young in life we
received an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we
have not being able to know till date, the impact we got from such gesture
gave us the impression to pay it forward by doing same to an unknown person.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me nor
will I respond to your next email because I have just concluded the assignment
which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you
happened to be the Unknown beneficiary of our last WILL irrespective of your
previous financial status. Hence, I need you to do me a favor by accepting our
offer that will cost you nothing.

Three weeks ago I deposited a cheque in the sum of US$650,000.00 with a TNT
Express United Kingdom to deliver to you upon your contact with them, but I
was unable to notify you timely because of my ill health, what you have to do
now is to contact the COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will
deliver your package to you because of the expiring date on the cheque. For
your information, I have paid the delivering cost, the Insurance premium and
clearance Certificate fee of the cheque showing that it is not meant to
sponsor terrorism in your country. The only money you are expected to pay is
US$275.34 Dollars for the Security Keeping of the cheque for three weeks. I
would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not because
they don’t know when you will be contacting them and to avoid further cost….

Note: Please do not thank me nor my husband, all I need you to do is to invest
wisely with it and do the same good to someone’s life someday as this world
would be a better community if we render selfless services to one another.

Also, be notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the
internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my ranch, at
this moment all further correspondence should be forwarded to the courier
company for the delivery of your cheque to you.

Wow! How nice is that? What a great way to start the weekend! All I have to pay is $266 ! Funny how when I researched the plane crash (that did happen) she’s not on the manifest. There was a Wilcox on the plane, and he and his wife (along with the entire flight) were killed in the crash. So she’s giving me (and my fellow undisclosed recipients) money FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! How cool is that?