Amina Abid is seriously ill...

The lads sent a 'dying widow'-letter. Bishop Jan Dorie is always glad to add another sheep to his flock of followers of St. Fladderack...

Index

Mail 1: Opening gambit

(Most 'dying widow'-letters are from 'Christians' who as a rule have somehow forgotten about the eight commandment. This one's a Muslim. On the other hand, she's probably neither a she, nor a Christian or a Muslim anyway. As a rule I wouldn't think of converting anyone to any other kind of religion, but there's an exception for scammers. Let's see if she can be converted to the True Faith of St. Fladderack...)

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:47:57 +0100
From: aminabid2@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: FROM YOUR SISTER
To: aminabid2@tiscali.co.uk

Daer,

Assalam U Alaikum,

I am AMINA ABID from Niger.I am married to Late Mallam AMINA ABID of blessed memory who is an oil explorer in Niger and Kuwait for twelve years before he died in the year2000.We were married for twelve years without a child.He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we were both devoted Muslims.Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he deposited the sum of $5.5million (Five Million, Five Hundred thousand U.S Dollars) with a Finance Company .

Recently,my doctor told me that I have only six months to live due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness.Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund toeither a Muslem organization or devoted Muslim individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instructs herein.

I want this Muslim organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund mosques, orphanages, widows, and also propagating the word of ALLAH and to ensure that the society upholdsthe views and belief of the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran emphasizes so much on ALLAH'S benevolence and this has encourage me to take the bold step.I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are new Christian's converts and I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an Unholy manner.Hence the reasons for this bold decision. know that after death I will be with ALLAH the most beneficent and themost merciful.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With ALLAH all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply on Email: amina1@mail8.com

I shall give you the contact information of the Finance Company and the country in oversea where the money was deposited. I will also issue a letter of authority to the Finance Company authorizing them that the said fund Have being willed to you and a copy of such authorization will be forwarded to you. I want you and the Muslim community where you reside to always pray for me.

My happiness is that I lived a true devoted Muslims worthy of emulation. Whoever that wants to serve ALLAH must serve him in truth and in fairness. Please always be prayerful all through your life.Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for a Muslim organization or a devoted Muslim for this same purpose. Until I hear from you, my dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders.May theAlmighty ALLAH continue to guide and protect you.
please reply on Email: amina1@mail8.com

Regards,

HAJIA AMINA ABID.

Mail 2

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:34:39 +0100 (BST)
From: "Jan Dorie" Subject: Your proposal
To: amina1@mail8.com

My dear,

I was sorry to hear about the situation you are in. Of course I am willing to help. My name is Jan Dorie Fzn., and I'm the bishop of St. Fladderack's church of Rottumerplaat. Please let me know what I can do to help you.

Yours,

=====
Jan Dorie Fzn.
Bisschop van de Heilige Kerk van St. Fladderack
Hooghoudtplein 1, 1032 AF Saaftinge,
Republieck Rottumerplaat

http://st-fladderack.faithweb.com/index.html

Mail 3

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:37:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" Subject: JAN, FORWARD THE BELOW APPLICATION TO THE BANK
To: jan_dorie

Dear Jan Dorie,

Thanks very much for your response,I acknowleged your mail. I thank Almighty Allah for providng you as a bishop to run this project with me,I have confidence and trust in you as a bishop, now I have no fear about how the money will be spent. I want to use this medium to sent to you my old and new pictures, meanwhile I need your full name, phone /fax numbers, and your contact address. Below is the application you will send to the bank immediately and please kindly call me for more information.
Please contact me with this number, it's a hospital number,(234-80-35437344) tell them to connect you to extension 202, I'm in ward 36, room 3, or you call my doctor, he knows everything about my condition, his name is doctor Idris Usman, I will be waiting for your call.
Thanks and God bless,
Yours Sister
AMINA ABID
.................................................................

The Board Of Directors
Standard Trust Company
17 Sakatinubu Street
Victoria Island
Lagos-Nigeria
Tel/Fax: 234-7590169
EMAIL-paciflc_sec@138mail.com

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Re: Claim of my late relatives fund Value US$10million on Account #: 14-255-2004/STC123-99

I am the next of kin of the late Michael Post who died on 21st April 2000 and have the legal status to inherit his money. I recently discovered that my kin was maintaining an account/ deposit with your bank.

I would like to obtain more information on how to retrieve my late kin's funds.

Thanking you for expediting this matter.

Regards,

Jan Dorie

'She' sent these two pictures, the originals show the obvious pixellation of the magazine they were scanned from. And this lad ought to be bloody well ashamed of himself...

Mail 5

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:37:09 +0100 (BST)
From: "Jan Dorie"
Subject: Re: JAN, SEND THIS APPLICATION TO THE BANK IMMEDIATELY
To: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>


Dear Amina Abid,

Thank you for your kind mail. I was really shocked to see your pictures. It is quite clear that you must be at the end of your tether. As a bishop I would appreciate that, at this crucial moment in your life, you would learn to the light of the teachings of St. Fladderack, a shining example of Christianity. You can learn more about St. Fladderack and our church at our website. Please repent before it's too late!

I would like to give you my phone number, but as you can read on our website the Church of St. Fladderack does not use telephones. However, you can reach me by e-mail and by ordinary mail of course.

I have sent the letter to the bank and I await their reply.

Yours in Christ,

=====
Jan Dorie Fzn.

Mail 7

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:00:09 +0100 (BST)
From: "Jan Dorie" Subject: Claim for funds
To: paciflc_sec@138mail.com

Dear Sir, Madam,

Attached please find my application for the funds of my deceased next of kin. I trust you will handle this with all expediency neccesary.

Yours in Christ,

=====
Jan Dorie Fzn.

I love to 'retype' these letters...

Mail 8

[Great, she's thinking about adopting my faith...]

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:12:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com> Subject: Amina Abid.
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Jan,

I thank Almighty God who you worship for giving us this day, I read your mail and I was touched by the word of knowledge you gave to me, saying that I should give my life to God. Please may I ask, who is that Christ? and how does he works? How is your work presently? and what kind of trust does the followers have in Him? please I want to know about christ more, before it's too late for me to be a born agian, and please what is to be a born?

As you said that you have sent the application to the bank, let's wait for their response,and keep me posted .

Thanks,
Sister Amina Abid

Mail 9

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 02:18:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: "standard trust" <standard_trust_int@yahoo.com>
Subject: Documents needed urgently ,including your telephone number
To: jan_dorie

His Holiness
[Now THAT's the way to address a Bishop]
Bishop of the most holy church of St Fladderack
Dear Mr Jan Dorie Fzn

We acknowledge the receipt of your application letter , we are willing to do what is necessary to ensure that you the benefactor of our deceased customers deposit is fully paid to you.To this end and before we effect payment to your account, you are advise to forward certain documents which must make your claim fully legal according to relevant status.
We require the followings-:
1. Death Certificate of the Deceased
2. Letter from the probate registry awarding the above claim in your
favour/ legal sworn affidavit backing up your application for legally
acceptance in any court of arbitration.
3. Certificate of Deposit by late Mr Hassan Abid.
Once you provide the above requirements, the Governing Board of STANDARD TRUST FINANCE COMPANY will deliberate on your demand and effect order for the release of the fund to any of your stated account, through our affiliate Bank in , Europe, or United States of America.
As soon as we receive these documents, we will release the fund to your account immediately.We wish to express our heartfelt sympathy on the demise of your uncle.
[How touching...]
Await your urgent compliance.

Yours faithfully.
Dr. Ben Nnaji
Manager, Treasury Deparment

Mail 10

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:12:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Amina Abid.
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Jan,
I thank Almighty God who you worship for giving us this day, I read your mail and I was touched by the word of knowledge you gave to me, saying that I should give my life to God. Please may I ask, who is that Christ? and how does he works? How is your work presently? and what kind of trust does the followers have in Him? please I want to know about christ more, before it's too late for me to be a born agian, and please what is to be a born?

As you said that you have sent the application to the bank, let's wait for their response,and keep me posted .

Thanks,
Sister Amina Abid

Mail 11

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:24:10 +0100 (BST)
From: "Jan Dorie" Subject: Re: Amina Abid.
To: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>

Dear Amina,

Thank you for letter. Praise the Lord you wish to be saved and Born Again! This is Good News! The creed of St. Fladderack is a bit difficult to explain through email. However, I am willing to send you St. Fladderack's book by ordinary mail if you wish. St. Fladderack lightens our hearts, his most holy life is an example and inspiration for all his followers. To live by his rules means (among others) giving to the poor, visiting the weekly church service, giving your heart to the Lord, and if at all feasible a pilgrimage to the church in order to see the shrine of the Holy Mackerel. Please give me your address and I will send you the book. In the mean time, please feel free to become a memeber of our church by filling in and returning the form attached.

I received word from the Standard Trust Company. Now there's a bit of problem. They ask for all kinds of documents. How do I get these? Can you help? Here's the letter they wrote:

[See mail # 9]


Yours in the Lord,

=====
Jan Dorie Fzn.

[Added a pdf-file form to be filled in...]

Mail 12

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:20:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>
Subject: i will fill the form and return by week end
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Dear Mr Jan Dorie Fzn

Thankyou for your mail and the forwarded mailfrom the bank and their requirements. First and for most i thank you for the form you attached and your efforts to convert me to be a christian.

I don't have any objection,i am seek and in a very big dilemma and needs the intervention God almighty. I will fill the form and return to you . On the issue of the documents required by the bank, we will need a lawyer to help us due to that i am sick and cannot do any thing. I have the death certificate of my husband, Deposit certificate is with me, Affidavit will be swear by a lawyer on your behalf, the lawyer said that he needs your contact address and telephone number.

Letter of Administration from probate awarding the fund to you will cost money to obtain,beside that other documents are ready, i willneed your help to procure the letter of administration.

My address is :
Amina Abid
5th Avenue P Close
House 3 Festac Town
Lagos -Nigeria

Please send the book through my home address. More importantly, write to the bank,tell them that your lawyer will submit the required documents to them on or before tuesday 3rd August 2004.
Please write to them immediately. I need seriously your financial assistance to enable the lawyer procure the letter from the probate registre of the high court.

Please continue pray for me.

I await your response
Regards

Amina

Mail 13

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:47:54 +0100 (BST)
From: "Jan Dorie"
Subject: Re: i will fill the form and return by week end
To: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>

Dearest Sister in the Lord,

Thank you. I'm happy that yoú are willing to consider to become a member of our Church. As a Church we denounce the teaching of the Convent of the Holy Flagelation and of course we will want you to support this credo.

I have sent the Book to your home address. To help you in this hour of dire need I made free to put USD 500 between the leaves of the book, to show my trust in you and to help you cope with the medical costs now that you're in this difficult situation. [It always pays to play on their greed]

I expect to hear from the lawyer.

Yours,

=====
Jan Dorie Fzn.

Mail 14

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:18:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>
Subject: your telephone number needed
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Jan Dorie Fzn

Thank you for your mail and your gift of US$500.00, may God bless you abundantly. I will wauit to receive it, which means do you used to sent it, By snail mail *post) or courier service.

My lawyer Mr Michael Abaeze has gone to court to swear the affidavit of claim on your behalf, i have given him your contact to scan the documents to you. my lordship, you did not comments on the money for the most essential Letter of Administration, the little money i have cannot be enough, please assist, the lawyer said that it will cost us US$3000.00. i have with me very less than half. Why is it that you don't want to give me your telephone number, why are you hidding it. please give me your phone number to enable the lawyer talk to you one in one .
[Well blow me down. You promise them $500 and the next thing they do is ask for more!]

I hope and sure that you have contacted the bank and tell them that the lawyer will submit the documents by next week tuesday.

If not please do that.

I await your response.

Amina Abid

Mail 15

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 06:31:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Amina Abid.
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Bishop Jan,

How are you sir? I hope you are doing fine. Please attached below are the application forms you gave to me. I have filled them and send it, please go through them and see how i fill them.

Again, how about the lawyers fee, you have done anything about that and the lawyer has been reaching me complaining to me in that regards.

I am waiting for your response.

best regards,

Sister Amina.

I never laughed so hard in my life...

Mail 16

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:55:09 +0100 (BST)
From: "Jan Dorie" Subject: Re: Amina Abid.
To: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>

Dear Sister in the Lord,

I am very grateful that you decided to join our faith. Be blessed in the name of St. Fladderack.

In a few days' time you will receive St. Fladderack's book. In it you will read, among many other things, the following: "When speaking with thy brethren, thou shalt look them in the eye, as is meet among the faithful. Thou mayest send word to thy brethren in writing, but better by far is it to converse with thy brethren, the faithful, face to face."

Based on this word of St. Fladderack my predecessor Bishop Jan Salie ordained in 1917 that the faithful of St. Fladderack were under no circumstance to use the telephone. After all, when speaking on the 'phone, you can't see who is on the other side. Jan Salie saw the telephone as an instrument of the devil's making. I would like you to forswear the use of the telephone. Fortunately, we can use this new-fangled e-mail and as far as we're concerned it works just as fine as an ordinary letter.

I do not quite understand about the lawyer's fee. Can the lawyer please contact me on my email address?

I pray for you, dear sister, and for your wellbeing, and may you find strength in the words of St. Fladderack.

Yours,

=====
Jan Dorie Fzn.

Mail 17

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com> View Contact Details
Subject: Re: Amina Abid.
To: "Jan Dorie"

JAN DORIE,

I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT THE LAWYER'S, THE LAWYER HAS BEEN DISTURBING ME ALL THIS WHILE, I HAVE GIVEN HIM THE LITTLE I HAVE, SO SEND THE MONEY TO HIM SO THAT HE WILL PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS, I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

THANKS,
AMINA

Mail 18

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 02:42:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Amina Abid.
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Jan,

I'm still waiting to hear from you, Have you contacted the bank? please if you are not interested, do let me know, why I contacted you was because you are a bishop, I have trust in you that you will help, so if you will help, please let me know, if you can't help, no problem, so that I will look for another bishop to complete this with me.

I await you urgent response.

Tahnks,

Amina.

Mail 19

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 04:11:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: "amina abid" <amina_abid7@yahoo.com>
Subject: What is happening?
To: "Jan Dorie"

Dear Jan Dorie,
How are you today? I have not heard from you since your last mail.
I have have contact the bank, and they said that you never contacted them, does that mean that you are not telling me the truth?

You said that you sent something to me, I haven't seen anything yet, what is happening?

Amina.

[To be honest, what happened, I went on holiday and so I dropped this bait...]