This is not a political post. It’s just the latest amusing spam to show up in my mailbox. Content: typical 419 scam. Twist: be a good Muslim, receive several million dollars from this dying, devout man, and use all of it to bring the message of Islam back on target, reclaiming it from the terrorists and their allies. Nice touch: it was sent as a base64-encoded text/plain attachment, to evade many spam filters. Gratuitous silliness: his hospital ward prohibits phone conversations “due to the presence of some medical equipment which reacts to telephone waves”, so he has to use email.
From: afzal_wahid2001lhmgxr@myway.com Subject: Greetings in the name of Allah Date: January 16, 2006 8:08:31 PM PST To: ________@dotclue.org
Greetings in the name of Allah.
This email message will be of interest to you if you are a true servant of Allah with a deep love for humanity and also if you are touched by the series of strange and unfavorable events that have recently struck humanity in various parts of the world ranging from the TSUNAMI DISASTER to the FAMINE in Niger and the recent HURRICANE KATRINA disaster in the united states.
If you are a Muslim, this will be interesting to you if you are concerned about the bad name that have been tagged on Islamism due to the fact that all cases of terrorism have been associated with Islamism. Is this actually what Allah demands of us? Why do we allow group of religious fanatics to dictate the faith of this our great religion?
Anyway, I am formerly Miguel Marcos Llera from Iran but have lived most part of my life in Cuba .I was born into a devoted catholic family. All through my life I have been doing business and I was into gold mining and selling. I met our creator, the most holy and merciful one, Almighty Allah a while ago when I was having a business deal with one of my partners from U.A.E and from that day I was given the Islamic bath and my name changed to Afzal Wahid Nasir. Now my name is Afzal Wahid Nasir Llera.
On 10th February 2004, my family and I as well as my business partner took a flight from kish to sharjah and we flew kish airline. We had a plane crash and 43 passengers died including all members of my family and my very good friend/business partner .You can confirm this from the following websites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3475081.stm http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/10/lad.05.html
After this tragic incidence, I was moved over to our home city where I am presently under serious medical attention but so far I still have not improved and my case is worse because Owing to the fact that I was born into a catholic home and my family members know that i am now a devoted Muslim, they have neglected me and left me to suffer in pains. I really do not understand why they should withdraw their love for me on religious grounds. I still love them anyway and do not have anything against the Christians or any other religion.
My health position has not been encouraging and from the present development I can tell that I would not be able to survive this whole pain anymore. I know any moment from now I will be on my way to be with our creator Allah. What disturbs me is the mass of wealth that I have toiled for all my life which I am about to leave behind. Am I going to leave it like that to waste or let my family members (who are already well to do) have it when there are millions of people out there who need it more? That was the great question in my heart But by the leading of Allah, I am taking this bold step to let you know that I want to leave in your care the sum of US$12.6M(Twelve Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) which I Kept safe somewhere.
I would want you to use this fund for the enhancement and propagation of the word of Almighty Allah and the major subject area should be channeled towards enlightening Muslims that Terrorism is not ordained by almighty Allah and should be despised and fought against. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a true servant of Allah who will utilize these funds the way I am going to instruct here in.
My main aim of doing this is for the propagation and upholding of the message of Islam especially in the subject line stated above. My target area is the youth whom the future of any great country largely lies on. The message of Islam must not only be preached and upheld, but also our youths have to be called back to the right path and thereby reawaken their consciousness. High moral values must be upheld, promoted and inculcated into these young lives. Also, a major part of the funds should be used for the poor and the needy.
Build old peoples home and orphanages and support as many widows and fatherless children that you can reach, support those who have been stricken by War, famine or a disaster especially the Tsunami disaster that struck our Asian brethren recently (May Allah preserve their lives), the Famine that is presently in Niger and the Hurricane Katrina Victims in the united states.
For the fact that my relatives have turned their back on me and now considers me an infidel because of my faith, I know that if I entrust this to them, they will never utilize the funds for the purpose which it is meant. On this note I am now resting my dream on your shoulders. Even as you agree to help me carry out this duty I want you always remember that Allah won’t ask what you did to help yourself, but will ask what you did to help others.
For the now I cannot engage in any telephone conversation due to strict restrictions against the use of in my ward due to the presence of some medical equipment which reacts to telephone waves (so I was told). If you are interested in undertaking this divine assignment does get back to me to me via my private mail address:afzal_wahid2001@myway.com
Praise is due to Allah Who brought everything into existence and May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon our noble Prophet Mohammed and those who follow his footsteps till the Day of Judgment. May the peace of Allah rest upon you and your household and may he bless you richly as you respond to this call.
Wassallam,
Afzal Wahid Nasir Llera.