We all get our share of the Tragic Person’s Email Who Selected Us Personally To Help Them With Vast Amounts Of Money, but lately there have been some unique versions. Only a day after Arafat’s death, I got an email from his wife. Prior to that, I got an email from someone who chose me because I was/am a Christian. Perhaps one before from a UAE citizen. I got the following today and thought I would share it: it’s different from what I’ve gotten so far. I fear this person might actually fool someone. (However, although I am quite clueless, I am not cluess enough not to notice the Typical Elements of a Scam Email: person with tragedy, unable to access significant amounts of money, desire to do good, wants my help, desire to keep proposal low-key.)
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Assalam-U-Alaikum,
In the name of Allah the Beneficent,the Merciful,the Master of the day of
Judgement , I greet you in the name of Almighty God .
I am formally Miguel Marcos Llera from Cuba. I was born into a strong and
devoted christian family.All through my life i have been doing business and
i was into gold mining and selling.I met our creator and the meciful one
Almigthy Allah when i was having a business deal with one of my partners
from U.A.E and from the day i was given the Islamic bath(Tawheed) my name
changed to Al Ahli Usman.
But I thank you that I believe. I believe that God changes people and God
changes things.
On 10th Feburary 2004 myself and my family and my business partner took
a flight from kish to sharjah and we flew kish airline.We had a plane crash
and all members of my family including my very good friend lost thier
lives.I give thanks to Allah that i am one of the lucky ones that survived
the crash.The airline
was under the management of one Mr Shabab Attarzadeh who was later sacked
after this incidence.I had to
return to my home town in cuba and i am now left with my relatives to take
care of me.
Owing to the fact that my relatives knows i have reverted to islam,they
have left me to suffer in pain.what
disturbs me most is stroke that i have.I have developed paralyses from my
waist region downward i am taking this bold step to let you know that i want
to leave in your care the sum of $12.8million United States Dollars i
deposited in a security company for the enhancement and propagation of the
word of Almigthy Allah. Having known my condition I decided to donate this
fund to a mosque,or an islamic organisation or better still a muslem that
will utilize this 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 prophet muhammad(peace be upon Him).I want this funds to be used
for Zakah and for helping the poor in Hajj and performing pilgrimage.Also
build houses of Worships. Allah didnt send Muhammad(peace be upon him)to one
particular tribe,but to mankind at large. Surah #2.254 "Allah commands His
slaves to spend out of what He has provided them in His way,in charity that
they may accumulate their reward with their lord and proprietor. It is for
this reason they should hasten up to do in this world before the Day of
Resurrection in which neither bargaining nor friendship nor intercession
shall avail. No one can bail himself out or can he ransom himself even if he
spent,for that purpose,and earth load of gold.Nor can kinship avail
him.(#23.101)
For now i dont want any calls from you because of the presence of my
relatives that are always around me and i dont want them to know my plans.Do
get back at me to my private mail address(
Hoping to hear from you soonest and do notify your interest to help me to
propagate the words of God.
All praise is due to Allah Who brought everything into existence and may the
peace and blessing of Allah be
upon our noble Prophet Mohammad(peace be upon him) and His virtous adorers
till the day of Judgement.
May Allah bless you as you respond to my plea.
Ma-Salam,
Ahli Al Usman.
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Posted exactly as it came to me. He should make up his mind, though: is he Ahli Al Usman or Al Ahli Usman?
Nitpicks:
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Both versions of his name are very unusual for a Muslim.
“Ahl” may refer to house or people, such as the term “Ahl-ul-Bait” or “People of the House” used by Shi’ites to refer to themselves, as they support the House of Muhammad. However, the ezafa ("-i" ending by the possessor) is used only in Persian: in Arabic it is applied to the possessed item. Hence, the Ahl of Al-Usman would be Ahl-ul-Usmani (or Ahl al-Usmani if one wants to render the article “al” without regard to the preceding vowel), although the “i” would not be pronounced since it’s at the end of a sentence or phrase. Also, this would render “Al Ahli Usman” as “Al Ahl Usmani,” unless it is supposed to follow the rules of Persian, in which case, “Al Ahl-e Usman” or “Al Ahl-i Usman” would be permissible. But what Persian-speaker would refer to Usman (in reference to the third Sunni Caliph, Uthman ibn 'Afaan, whom Shi’ites hate), seeing as a vast majority of Persian-speakers are Shi’ite and that the language of the UAE is Arabic? -
“Tawheed” means “unity” or “oneness” and refers to the oneness of God (“Allah” in Arabic). The bath, used to purify oneself, is called “ghusl.” There are various occasions when ghusl is mandatory on men and women for purification purposes, one of which is when a person converts to Islam. This nothing special for converts, though. As in Judaism, women must do ghusl after their period in order to become pure (although Judaism is much stricter - it requires immersion in a mikvah whereas Islam merely demands being rinsed with water); men must do ghusl after certain impure actions (one of which is seminal ejaculation). Nowhere is “tawheed” used to refer to the convert’s ghusl.
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Kish is an Iranian island. There is a “Kish Airlines.” But this airline does not operate any flights to or from Sharjah. They do have a Kish-Dubai (UAE)-Kish flight, but nothing involving Sharjah. The airline’s website is at www.kishairline.com. Be aware that the website was designed with Flash multimedia (didn’t work with my Firefox browser, but did with my IE browser).
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From what I have found online, the version I got is a bit different from what others have got.
Anyway, interesting.
WRS/Thû - use, give Us your money. We need to make a new Ring.