I thought it was illegal to steal money that doesn’t belong to you. Did I miss something? Okay, I’m being funny, but that’s what “Mr. Happy New Year Phillip Cole” is asking you to do. And stealing is always “risk involved”. This money belongs elsewhere, but then there really is no money to be had. It’s just Mister New Year’s means of stealing money from you, and that’s just plain sick and wrong! This is only a one-sided “benefit”, in “Mr. New Year’s” favor. So, do yourself a favor and delete this scam.
Happy New Year Mr. Phillip Cole
Monday, January 4, 2010 9:27 AM
From: "Phillip Cole" phillipcole0@gmx.com
To: undisclosed-recipients
Happy New Year
I request for your quick help in this {DEAL} that will benefit both of us without any risk Involved either now or later. I am Mr. Phillip Cole, a Chief Auditor in the International Remittance Department in one of the biggest bank in Europe. I have an amount in Excess of Fifty million Dollars ($12.5Million) only, which has been lying, in our suspense escrow account for safe keeping. For over 6 years plus now still unclaimed belonging to a "dead customer" Mr. John Paul Getty from United States of America who died on Apr. 17, 2003 after a brief illness in London Hospital (BBC News), Visit the web site below
for confirmation;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/2956897.stm
If this money reaches 7 years, it will automatically move to the Bank Vault as "UNCLAIMED FUND" and the top officials at the bank will share the money amongst themselves. All I need from you now is to stand as the next of kin to the decease and have the Bank pay you this money as the next of kin/ beneficiary of the decease. Please if you are interested, kindly get back to me as quickly as possible to enable me make all the necessary arrangement towards the documentation that will make you the beneficiary of the fund.
After you might have receive the fund in your possession, the mode of sharing would be 30% of the total Sum for you and 5% to cover any cost of expenses incurred in the process of this transaction and the rest 65% will go to me and my colleagues when we come to your place to meet with you for sharing and disbursement of the fund.
To proceed with this transaction Please send me your full name, address, direct phone number, age and occupation
I hope to hear from you urgently.
Best Regards,
Mr. Phillip Cole
The BBC news article:
Obituary: Sir John Paul Getty II
A series of family tragedies and drug addiction turned Sir John Paul Getty II into a mysterious figure.
Known as Sir Paul, he settled in Britain, but was rarely seen as he donated vast sums from the Getty family fortune to causes in his adopted country.
Born in California in 1932, Sir Paul was a son of J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon and reputedly the richest man in the world.
He studied at San Francisco University and served in the US Army in Korea, before joining the family oil business in Italy.
His second wife was Talitha Pol, granddaughter of the artist Augustus John.
Their hippie lifestyle included the use of hard drugs, and Talitha died of a heroin overdose in 1971 - the first tragedy to blight the life of her husband.
Son's kidnapping horror
The second came two years later, when Sir Paul's eldest son Paul, then 17, was kidnapped by Italian terrorists, who demanded a ransom of more than $3m.
The boy's grandfather refused to help pay the ransom, believing it would endanger his other grandchildren.
He relented only when the kidnappers cut off Paul's ear and sent it to the family.
Sir Paul moved to London, living as a recluse and receiving treatment for his drug addiction.
Tragedy struck again in 1981, when son Paul, the kidnap victim, took a drugs overdose and had a stroke which left him paralysed and virtually blind.
His father became more reclusive but, like his father before him, he became a committed Anglophile and took British citizenship.
He also started using his vast fortune for the benefit of his adopted country.
In 10 years from 1984 he gave away £140m, much of it in support of the arts.
The largest gift was of £50m to the National Gallery for the purchase of art treasures.
Ironically, Sir Paul's money helped prevent such precious artefacts as Antonio Canova's statue, The Three Graces, being bought by his father's pride and joy, the Getty Museum in California.
Other beneficiaries included the British film industry, the Imperial War Museum, Ely Cathedral, and even the families of striking miners in 1984.
Cricketing passion
Through his friend, Mick Jagger, Sir Paul also developed a love of cricket, a passion which led to a £2m gift to Lords cricket ground to build the new Mound Stand.
He bought Wisden, publishers of the cricketers' almanac, famously travelled to watch overseas Test matches on his yacht, the Talitha G, and had his own cricket ground built at his 3,000-acre estate in Buckinghamshire.
Sir Paul's philanthropy earned him an honorary knighthood from the Queen in 1986.
In 1994 he married for the third time, to Victoria Holdsworth, a former model. He had five children from his earlier marriages.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/2956897.stm
Published: 2003/04/17 15:40:28 GMT
© BBC MMX
My Response to "Mister Happy New Year":
"Happy New Year", Pal!
Unfortunately, I didn't just fall off the turnip truck this morning, and I happen to know this is a Nigerian 419 Advance-Fee Fraud Scam! Didn't you know that anyone who can use a computer can copy and paste the link to a news article, and make themselves a part of it? Figure it out, Amigo!
"Best Regards"
One of Your "Undisclosed Recipients"
He hasn't bothered to reply. Perhaps he's still recuperating from a New Year's party hangover.
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