Dear American Digest,

We have also been recieving emails from the Taylor family asking assistance in relocating their money. I was questioning how they recieved my email address and personal information. Please contact me if you have any more information as to the legality of their propositions or what needs to be done.

Thank you very much,
Ellen Calentine

Dear American Digest,

I have been receiving email from John Richardson Garba asking for transfer of money as well. Please post any information about the validity and legality of this letter. Thank you.

And curiously, I have checked his name on the internet. He has been numerously and repeatedly indicated for a scam. How did these letters became a scam and how will they affect us if we replied to their mail? Are they all criminals?

Thank you again.

Lisa

Dear American Digest,

I received an e-mail today from Jewel Taylor
requesting assistance to transfer her money
into my account....she suggested she would
assist in opening a BodyTalk Clinic in the USA.
(BodyTalk is a holistic method of healing which
I currently practice). How she got my name and
e-mail address I do not know.

Thank you.

Sandra Wenrich

THIS IS A SCAM. I repeat...SCAM. I found this site because I received this specific letter today in my email as well. You probably know this already, but for those who dont,

It is a simple extension of what is popularly referred to as the 419 or Nigerian Email Scam. You send them negligable amounts of money in hopes of getting a huge sum at the end...

Only they always need more and more small amounts (small = 1K-20K, nothing compared to the millions you are always promised), to bribe officials, get documents, etc. It never ends until you wake up poor realizing FINALLY that you've been scammed.

More details at these websites (sorry I didn't see an option to edit as html so they're not linked, just copy & paste):

http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/nigerian/internet_scam_nigerian_jewel_taylor.html

and

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

Do NOT give these people any money or personal information. Seriously, as a couple comments say above, why the heck would Jewel Taylor contact lil' ol' you anyway...EXACTLY.

Dear American Digest,

Well I can See by what I have read here im not alone. I was in a chat room when I got a IM. and the same scam started.The name of the user that layed me to test was that of someone calling them self"joyfulnessfulfilnessinchrist" I am posting some of the talk here.
Thanks. Carl

joyfulnessfulfilnessinchrist:Hello,
i dont know you but i got your contact in yahoo chatroom i got your contact this very today that i finish my three days fasting and prayer over my late mum Heritage,and i am presently in nigeria to retrieve this fund from the safekeeping company and below is about me
My name is joy taylor the only child and daughter to Mrs Jewel Taylor the wife of former
Liberia president, Charles Taylor who is presently in custody of the United
Nations War Crime Tribunal in Sierra Leone after his attempt escape from his
exile/asylum home in the south eastern part of Nigeria (Calabar).
joyfulnessfulfilnessinchrist:
i am also 21 yrs, i gave my life to christ 4 yrs ago when i gained an admission into the university Before we
depart Liberia for exile/asylum the south eastern part of Nigeria (Calabar)
when President Taylor was in power, with the help of some Foreign businessmen, she was able to move only two trunk box
containing foreign currency totaling (USD 2.8) Million United States Dollars
TWO.EIGHT MILLION US DOLLARS
cash with safekeeping company in nigeria.
joyfulnessfulfilnessinchrist: and if you agree to assist me, I will
go ahead to present you as the beneficiary of the funds with the documents in
my care. Then the funds will be in
your custody until my plan arrival to your country. For your kind
assistance a reasonable percentage will be assigned to you while you will
invest the remaning in any lucrative investment on my behalf. Recently Mrs
Jewel Taylor spoke to the security company that arrangements are being put in
place for the claim of the two trunk box deposited by her to the security company before the sad news of her sudden death over late dad arrest .
joyfulnessfulfilnessinchrist: Note: There is no risk involved in this transaction as I am involved as late mum next of skin
trusted confidant for the past years,so if you are realy interested in the business as mentioned,kindly send to me Your full name,Tel/Fax and your full address,so i can quickly furnish the security company head office here in nigeria where late mum deposited the trunk box before her sudden death
keep it as top secret and be prepared to invest part of this money
after completing my university in your country.
I await your urgent response.
joy taylor.
joyfulnessfulfilnessinchrist: BROTHER CAN U HELP ME?

All I can say "Dont be a fool"
Thanks again. Carl.

i receive a similar letter like others, is it possible? is it legal??

THINK ABOUT IT. IF SOMETHING SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS.