Die Nigeria Connection oder Tränendrüsen-Briefe per E-Mail kennt man ja mittlerweile zur Genüge. Dass diese wankenden Gestalten jetzt aber auch in aller Herrgottsfrühe per Fax den Hausfrieden brechen und zudem Tinte bzw. Papier auf Kosten des Empfängers verschwenden, ist mir in bislang nicht untergekommen.

Hier der Wortlaut des Schreibens:

CHARITY FOUNDATION

Dear Beloved,

Let me first of all inform you, 1 got your fax number from a fax Directory and decided to fax you for a permission to go ahead. I am Mrs. Janice Uswatta, I am married to Dr. Froddy Uswatta from Mauritius who worked with a. construction company in Asia for twenty five Years before he died the tsunami disasters, we were married but without Any children. Since his death I decided not to remarry and presently I am 69 Years old. When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of $15.5 million (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand. Dollars) with an European security company.

Presently this money is still with the security company and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the deposited consignment or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over. I am presently undergoing treatment for Cancer of the lungs, I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. I want a person that is trustworthy that will utilize 80% of this money to fund orphanages, disaster victims and widows around the world but in our name Dr. and Mrs. Uswatta Foundation.

Because my time is short I have decided to give most of this money to Charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do oil earth. For all your good efforts you will receive 20% of the Funds and disburse the rest. I hereby direct you to contact the attorney who will assist you to mediate between you and the security company to ensure the release of the deposited consignment to you. Below are the contact details;

Name: Barrister Georgios Garden
Tel: +44 7045 716 671
Fax: +44 7005 930 639
Fax: +44 7005 930 667
Email: georgiosgar@gmail.com

I will mandate him to issue you with the authorization letter that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this deposited consignment. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here in this letter and Keep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody. This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.
I await your urgent reply, You are blessed.

Mrs. Janice Uswatta
Efax: +1-206-337-8091
Email: uswatta@gmail.com

Wer nun Lust hat, ihrem „last wish on Earth“ zu entsprechen, möge dies nach allen Regeln der Kunst tun. Erfolge werden gerne hier veröffentlicht.

Aktualisierung vom 01.10.2010:

Frank Ziemann von Hoax-Info.de meint zur Thematik:

…Betrügereien der so genannten „Nigeria Connection“ per Fax [sind] *nicht mehr* so verbreitet… Es hat sie bereits vor 30 Jahren gegeben, zunächst postalisch, dann mit dem Aufkommen von Faxgeräten auch per Fax. Seitdem das Internet keine Domäne der Universitäten mehr ist, hat die wachsende Verbreitung von E-Mail zu dem heute bekannten hohen Aufkommen an Nigeria-Mails geführt. Dabei hat das Fax als Medium an Bedeutung verloren. Heute nutzen die Nigeria-Betrüger auch eBay, Skype, Facebook, Twitter und was es sonst noch alles gibt.

Es gibt zahlreiche andere Opfer des Scam-Angriffs: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-206-337-8091