Internet scams involving fake emails with offers of millions of dollars to unsuspecting recipients are now hitting Australia in an unprecedented blitz.
The latest comes overnight with a tear-jerking plea from a so-called cancer-ridden Mrs Dorothy Woodhall of London whose fabulously rich husband supposedly died in a plane crash in Salvador a year ago.
From her husband's diamond riches, Mrs Woodhall is now so generous she wants to give away £7.5 million GBP to anyone who applies.
Fair dinkum, you would wonder how these scammers keep going but unfortunately there are enough gullible and naïve citizens around the world to keep these scams alive.
The Australian Government has laws which it can invoke to stop these emails entering Australia. They can serve notices on ISP's which would eliminate almost all of this heinous activity at the stroke of a pen.
These bogus emails with offers of fabulous riches are hurting too many Australian families who cannot afford the money they fork out in these difficult economic times in the vain hope of securing a large pot of gold for their families.
This needs to be stopped.
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd can stop it today.
Here is a copy of the scam email from Mrs Dorothy Woodhall supposely of 52 Oxford Street London which hit Australia overnight:
From: dorothywoodhall317@msn.com
Subject: DEAR BELOVE BRETHREN
From: Mrs. Dorothy Woodhall,52 Oxford Street,London, SW1Z1BV UK.
Dear Friend,
Here writes Mrs. Dorothy Woodhall suffering from cancerous ailment.
I am married to Mr. Sean Woodhall, an Englishman who died in plane crash, he died in a plane crash when he was going for his business proposal in Ilhéus flew through Salvador on Friday 2nd of May 2008.
Please copy and paste this Internet link for more information on the incident:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/05/britons.missing.after.brazil.plane.crash
My late dear husband was into Diamond Business Practice all his life before his death.
Our life together as a man and wife lasted for three decades without child.
My husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals as he had passion for persons who can not help themselves due to physical disability or financial predicament.
I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from this relationship, which never came.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 7.5 Million(Seven Million, Five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds) Sterling which were derived from his vast diamond business, real estates and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK.
Presently, this money is still with the Bank.
Before his death, 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 eality 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 less previlege, and the destitutes.
Please contact me to enable me instruct you on how you are to go about distributing these funds on my behalf.
May God Almighty bless you as well as the nurse (Miss Whitney Merck) who helped me to typed this message.
reply to this email,
Hope to hear from you soon.
Warmest Regards,
Mrs. Dorothy Woodhall
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CR PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au
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