[fse-esf] Poverty Cry - message from Russia

[Michal Polak]

Hi,

I'm sorry, but this e-mail is not genuine. The man does exist, but he's 
not all he seems. More on 
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/valentin.asp. A small quote:

"Subsequent to [Valentin Mikhaylin's] e-mailed plea for help, his box 
was receiving so many parcels that the service deemed his operation a 
money-making enterprise and attempted to charge him the business rate 
for his box."

Michal Polak


Simó Endre  wrote / napísal(a):
> Let me relay this message coming from Russia.
>
> ---------- Továbbított levél ----------
> Dátum: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:03:06 +0300
> Feladó: Valentin <valya.v.michailin at mail.ru>
> Válaszcím: valentinm at eposte.ru
> Címzett: undisclosed-recipients@(null),
>         (null)@(null)
> Tárgy: Message from Russia
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Please excuse me for this letter.
>
> My name is Valentin. I'm student and I live with my mother in a small 
> town Kaluga, Russia. My 
> mother is invalid. She cannot see and she receive pension very rare 
> which is not enought even 
> for medications.
>
> I work very hard every day to be able to buy necessities for my mother, 
> but my salary is very small, 
> because my studies still not finished.
>
> Due to deep crisis authorities stoped gas in our district and now we 
> cannot heat our home. I don't 
> know what to do, because the winter is coming and the weather will be 
> very cold. I am very afraid 
> that the temperature inside our home can become very cold and we will 
> not be able to survive.
>
> Therefore I finded several e-mail addresses and thank to the free 
> internet access in our local 
> library I decided to appeal to you with prayer in my heart for small help.
>
> If you have any old sleping bag, warm blanket, electric heater, warm 
> clothes and shoes, electric 
> water-boiler, canned and dried food, vitamins, medicines from cold, any 
> hygiene-products, I will 
> be very grateful to you if you could send it to our postal address which 
> is:
>
> Valentin Michailin,
> Rileeva Str, 6-45.
> Kaluga. 248030,
> Russia.
>
> If you think that it would be better or easier for you to help with some 
> money, please write me 
> back to my e-mail valentinm at eposte.ru and I will write you how to 
> send it safely, if you agree. In 
> this case I will be able to buy a portable stove and heat our home 
> during the winter.
>
> I hope to hear from you very soon and I pray that you can help us. I 
> also hope very much that this 
> hard situation will become better in our region very soon.
>
> >From all my heart, I wish you all the best. I wish that all your dreams 
> come true and your life will 
> be full of hapiness.
>
> God Bless You,
>
> Valentin and my mother Elena,
> Kaluga.  Russia. 
> E-mail: valentinm at eposte.ru
>
>
>
>
>
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