Sponsored child letters read like a Nigerian scam.

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I have two little girls I sponsor through World Vision. I send them letters and little gifts like stickers, paper toys, musical cards ( a huge hit ) and anything else I can stuff into an envelope. The letters I receive back always read like a Nigerian scam.

Here is the one I received today:

Dearest XXXXXX XXXXX,

Warmest greeting to my sister. Hope you are happy and health! God bless you for the gifts you send I love you so much! I was very happy to get envelop. I am vey blessed to have you to my sponsor.

(some things about how they water the garden and what they grow)

Lastly we are very happy with sponsorship and the concern you have for us. I hope in the future we will get each other. God bless you so much! I love you so much!

Your child who loves you,
XXXXX XXXXX

They never ask for anything and I know it isn’t actually a scam but when I get the letters I can’t help but imagine a man in an internet cafe, writing to me.

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I’m not seeing the part where they say they have come into a large sum of monies and ask you for your bank account information.

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I’m pretty sure the reason why those scam artists sound like that is their grasp of English is subpar. It makes sense that someone else with the same grasp of English might respond similarly.

It would make even more sense if they are from the same country or a nearby region. Then again, I also think it would make sense from East Asian countries, too. Machine translation of Chinese, for example, often returns odd constructions like this.