Fifth Generation

We all have received that strange email in which someone from Nigeria wants to deposit millions of dollars for them in your bank account because they are in political trouble. Well, this one is probably the most creative spam letter I have ever received. Did any of you get this one?

“Dear Friend,

I am Marina Litvinenko, the wife of Late Alexander Litvinenko, who
suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized and died three weeks later,
becoming a rare victim of lethal polonium-210 radiation poisoning. This
mail may be coming to you as a surprise or an article but it is very real.
I will want you as the receiver to read through it and think very well if
you can help or render us any assistance. My late husband Alexander
Litvinenko

Presently life has not been easy or safe for my children and I, my
traveling documents have been seized by the government and they restricted
me and my children to have access to my late husband’s funds. I just found
out that my late husband deposited the sum of twenty Million dollars
$20,000,000 in my name (Marina Litvinenko) with a diplomatic security
company in the EU. Now I want to start a new life with the money and I
want this money invested outside Russia.

What I am asking you is to assist me in receiving the money on my behalf.
You will have to represent me in receiving the money with the security
company.

Please indicate your interest and willing to assist my in receiving the
money and possibly investment our share by proving the following
Your full names,
Contact info,
Fax and Telephone numbers
This will enable me forward your information to the security company as
the new beneficiary of the funds on my family’s behalf. We will discuss
your compensation in our subsequent correspondence.

I would want us to be in partnership in any good business you may suggest
in your country as soon as the money is released. Please understand my
plight and handle this transaction with maturity and sincerity.

Best Regards,
Marina Litvinenko”