Sir. Dennis Thatcher

One of the best spam/scam messages that I’ve seen in quite some time — luckily Thunderbird’s spam filter missed it or I might never have seen it…

Dear Sir

We are Attorneys and Executor of the estate of Late Sir. Dennis Thatcher, I wish to notify you that late Sir. Dennis Thatcher, made you a benefi­ciary to his will. He left the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling (350,000 BPS) to you in the codicil and last testa­ment to his will. This may sound strange and unbeliev­able to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nomin­ated to him by one of his numer­ous Friends abroad that wished you good.

Mmm hmmm? Thats why you sent it from a free webmail account in Germany is it? Thought so.

12 Responses to “Sir. Dennis Thatcher”

1. Ridley Scott

Just received the same email in my inbox today here in San Antonio, Texas. 17 August 2006

2. Karen

He left this much to me…Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling (750,000 BPS), and was sent by “Rev. John Randy” from:
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
75 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4HA
England.

He must of liked me more…haha

3. Doug+

my response to him: Great, send me a copy of the will.
Douglas E. Strack Esq.
Attorney at Law

Lets see how hard the theif is willing to work, my second email:

I notice in your email you have a draft copy of the will. I will need a copy certi­fied by the court as a true copy. Upon receipt I will assure you of my complete cooper­a­tion.
Douglas Strack, Esq
Attorney at Law

4. Marie

My signi­fic­ant other received the follow­ing e-mail today, 2÷28÷07. Thought you might be interested.

Mount Carmel Catholic Church
75 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4HA
England.

ATTN sir

On behalf of the trust­ees and executor to the Will of
late Sir. Dennis Thatcher Estates. I wish to notify
you that late Sir. Dennis Thatcher made
you a benefi­ciary to his will. He left the sum of
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling
(750,000 BPS) to you in the Codicil and Last
Testament to his will. This may sound strange and
unbeliev­able to you,but it is real and true. Being a
widely travelled man, he must have been in contact
with you in the past or simply you were nomin­ated to
him by one of his numer­ous friends abroad that wished
you good.
Sir. Dennis, passed away peace­fully in the Lister
Hospital London after a brief illness at the Age of 88
years. He was born on May 10 1915; Died June
26 2003. Although he had enjoyed success as a
million­aire businessman,Sir Dennis’ Public fame owed
most to his marriage to Margaret Thatcher the
former British prime Minister. In a tribute to him at
a news Conference with Russian President Vladimir
Putin, British prime Minister Tony Blair
said:
“Sir Denis was a kind and generous-hearted man, a real
gentle­man who had many friends here and abroad.
Until death he was a very dedic­ated Christian who
loved to give out. He was also a member of several
non-governmental organ­iz­a­tions, hisgreat
philan­thropy earned him numer­ous awards during his
lifetime. He is survived by his wife Margret, and
twins Mark & Carol Thatcher and also two
grand­chil­dren.
According to him this money is to support your
activ­it­ies and to help the poor and less privileged.
Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get
back to me as soon as possible to enable the attor­ney
execut­ing the Will conclude his job.
You should forward along your telephone and fax
numbers includ­ing your present mailing address.
Looking forward hearing from you in no distant time.
Remain Blessed.

Yours in Christ

Most Rev alex Zanders”

The e-mail address it was received from is R.V.Alzander@yahoo.com.

Thought you might be inter­ested that there is someone else using the same gimmick as others.

Out of curios­ity, will you invest­ig­ate to see where this came from? I would be inter­ested in knowing.

Thank you.

Marie Neumann
Ocoee, Florida

5. Olly

I’m not going to invest­ig­ate it any further, I just bunged it in the spam bin :)

My guess is that it’s one of the many 419 scams origin­at­ing in Nigeria.

6. Esteban

Lol i didnt believe nothing from that will…only a fool would! haha…he sent that to me in the 22nd of may

7. Will Harwood

This one’s getting more widespread and clever — made me look hard enough to find this website and speed it into the spam bin.…! (My surname’s Harwood, by the way)

ATTN Harwood

On behalf of the trust­ees and executor to the Will of late Sir. Dennis Harwood Estates. I wish to notify you that late Sir. Dennis Harwood made you a benefi­ciary to his will. He left the sum of nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling (950,000 BPS) to you in the Codicil and last testa­ment to his will.this may sound strange and unbeliev­able to you,but it is real and true. Being a widely travel led man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nomin­ated to him by one of his numer­ous friends abroad that wished you good.

Sir. Dennis, passed away peace­fully in the Lister Hospital London after a brief illness at the Age of 88 years. He was born on May 10 1915; Died June 26 2003.
Although he had enjoyed success as a million­aire businessman,Sir Dennis’ Public fame owed most to his marriage to margaret Harwood . In a tribute to him at a news Conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, British prime Minister Tony Blair said: “Sir Denis was a kind and generous-hearted man, a real gentle­man who had many friends here and abroad. Until death he was a very dedic­ated Christian who loved to give out. He was also a member of several non-governmental organizations,his great philan­thropy earned him numer­ous awards during his lifetime. He is survived by his wife Margret, and twins Mark & Carol Harwood and also two grandchildren.

According to him this money is to support your activ­it­ies and to help the poor and less privileged. Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable the attor­ney execut­ing the Will conclude his job. You should forward along your telephone and fax numbers includ­ing your present mailing address. Looking forward hearing from you in no distant time. Remain Blessed.

NOTE:REPLY(revthomasellis@yahoo.com)
Yours in Christ
Most Rev john ehis

8. Mary

On August 11th I received an e-mail saying I inher­ited 30 million pounds…woohoo!! LOL I laughed it off and left it to the junk collect­ors. My husband saw it and I showed him..and so we researched it..and I came across your website. Just thought I’d share and hey..evidently..I’m more import­ant since I’m getting millions lol.

9. Montie

I recieved an e-mail today on this Sir Dennis Thatcher.…Guess they thnk we are stupid…I was left 30 mil.:)

10. Gordon.H.Parker

I have received one concern­ing Sir Dennis Thatcher, this from a Barrister, I have played him along, now come to the end so am sending all the papers to Met.
Police, I have another one on the go at the moment a
Mrs Sandra Fox, she has a mere 15.000,000US$ to give
away. I enjoy receiv­ing these Scams, I play them along
with them think­ing they have a fish hooked and at the last minute their dreams are shattered. In recent weeks
I have inher­ited 325,000,000 US$

Sincerely —  — -Gordon.H.Parker

11. Bob R

I got mine today. I respon­ded that if they are going to try to scam me, at least get the spelling right (it’s supposed to be “Denis” not “Dennis”)

Idiots.

12. August

Actually, quite frankly, the comment­ary is more inter­est­ing messages themselves. (Not to insult the author, of course:))