Do you believe in this one?

It is most likely a scam. How can they get money from forwarding e-mails?

If this is true sign me up. However I know it isn't. I have received and seen so many of these scam, everything from the Nigerian scam to the European Lottery scam. If it sounds to good to be true it usually is. Good Luck and Gods Bless

The fact that "…" is in the email and Engineer is used as a proper noun (an incorrect usage) leads me to believe that this is fake. Usually things like this would never be circulated via "chain" email if they were real, at least in my thoughts.

Hi there! I haven't seen or received this specific email, but unfortunately it sounds to be another hoax like so many other "junk" emails that get sent around cyberspace asking, begging, pleading for money due to a tragic accident. If they don't ask for money, they encourage the recipient and reader to pass on the email to as many people as possible promising that AOL, Microsoft, etc. will donate 10 cents or some other small amount each time the email is forwarded and read. This sounds all too familiar and similar to other emails I've received from random people. If you ever have questions or doubts about possible "urban fables" such as this email, a good resource is www.Snopes.com, in case you haven't heard of it before. You can search a topic to see what a reputable source has to say about it. I'm really glad you posted this discussion because so many times it's too hard to figure out of something is valid or not! I wish you the best of luck in figuring this thing out. Take care!

The problem with these things from my point of view is that they could be true as well as a total scam. There's no way of telling and some people would do this to get money from people. One way is to ignore them. Thats probably best. Another is to investigate the authenticity but that could lead to a worse secenario. In today's world of crime and suchlike horrors its best to leave these things alone. Peter does indeed pay for Paul.

longbangod- I have gotten so many emails that have heart-wrenching stories. They are all scams. It is possible, barely, that one real request may make it's way to your inbox, but I would not trust any of them. The truth is, that many Americans myself included, have a very strong level of compassion for others in need, and other people in the world know it. They send emails by the thousands, and if they only get .5% responses, they rake in thousands if not more. I simply do not respond at all to any requests for money whatsoever. I am not rich, and my money can be put to better use. It is so sad that people are scamming Americans at such a geometric rate. You cannot even join a dating site without getting scammed. A hot girl will see your profile and if you seem to be "a nice guy", they will send their picture and a greeting, usually a gorgeous girl from overseas. After a week or more of writing and sending several gorgeous pictures, bam. They are stuck in a hotel in Nigeria and their family or friends or whomever have ditched them there and left them to pay the bill, but their money was taken also. So they need you to send them $500usd or the hotel manager will never allow them to leave the premises. It is all a bunch of hooey- just ignore anything of the kind.

I dont beleive all these I feel it is just a scam, but sending emails to our friends do not cost us any thing if we have a feeling towards them , we can forward this to few our friends. However, most of these emails will be fraud.

wow that would be a hard one to ignore. I do know people can be doing things to get money but it says just to send it to others they are not asking you to send them money directly so if it were me chances are I would send it on. If it is a hoax well they put a lot of emotion into it but if not it breaks my heart. I do hope that if it isn't that they are able to reach the money they need.

I get several variations on this email every week. Think of it as an evolution on the original Nigerian scam email.

This kind of email is really hard to ignore. You'll gonna have to think not once, not twice if you're going to forward this or ignore this. At least this email doesn't require you any cash deposits, you'll just gonna forward it, am I right? Well, there's no harm in trying to help. But be very careful with your next step. If this really happens, I hope her husband will recover soon.

Let's give Nirosha Silva the benefit of the doubt and assume she was merely using the money. After all only God knows.

i been receiving a lot of emails with this kind. the story is heart-breaking, but sad to say, i don't believe in this kind of scam. sorry long, that's how i look at those types of forwarded messages...

I am sorry. I have not seen this email, but I hate to say that sometimes people exploit bad things to get money or attention. We never know what is real or not.

I don't like to MISjudge but I lost my son in an instant and I just can recall that I didn't really think about money or communicating through emails with strangers. I find these schemes are too frequent and too predictable. Usually when this situation arises there is a bank account set up in that persons name so you know who you rally are contributing to. It is a shame that people will prey on the goodness of others.

No, this is a scam. The thing that gives it away is that it states that "it will add 5 cents per email ID to AOL and they will deposit it into my bank account." In the first place, that cannot possibly happen because it is bound to be forwarded by numerous email providers and AOL does not and cannot track them. Secondly, AOL do NOT add 5 cents to an account in this way. I'm afraid that this (and many others like it) are really ways of harvesting email addresses. Most people are very green about forwarding mails (even supposing it is something they SHOULD forward!). They will simply hit the Forward button and add all the addresses they want to send it to into the To: box. Also, they frequently don't bother to delete all of the previous email addresses in the body of the mail. I have received such forwarded mails with over 200 email addresses in them! Spammers delight in such emails (and will have innocent friends whom they encourage to forward such mails to them). They harvest the email addresses from them, feed them into their mailbots and the next thing you know is that you have a dozen offers of Viagra and 'Rolex' watches every day! My advice to you is NEVER to forward such mails (even if it says you will have seven years' bad luck if you don't!). If there is something that you must forward to friends, then this is the way to do it: 1) Hit the Forward button or link. 2) EDIT the mail! Delete all of the addresses and signatures in it and leave only the content that you want others to see. 3) Find the Bcc: box. Sometimes you need to use an extra option to see it but it is always there somewhere. It is not the same as the Cc: box! 4) Put ALL of the addresses you want to send it to in the Bcc: box. 5) Either address the mail to yourself or use a spoof address such as all@friends.com (you will get an error message back, saying that the mail can't be delivered to this address but that doesn't matter!) By doing this, everyone who receives the mail ONLY sees their own mail address and yours.

Well this is a new thing I am seeing these days. Some days back there was this photo of an Iraqi girl horribly burnt by fire due to bomb blast in her country. There was an appeal to forward the mail to as many as possible as again the more email forwarded the more money accumulated for plastic surgery to be done on her. I forwarded the mail to many mainly because though there was no way I could verify the authenticity of the mail yet I was not having to pay any direct money. So if my forwarding of the mail can reach money to some needy persons, why not? But frankly speaking, I really don’t know how this system works? Who can forwarding emails deposit money in somebody’s account? And if this is not so, what’s the scam really about?

i also received similar mails. i just forwarded them to others. i did not play heed. i do not know whether it is scam or not.but its hard to recognize these

It's a scam. They are ALL scams.

I don't think this email is true .Everything may be a joke or fraud ,but sometime ,it may be true ,and what u do can help people who is said in email .SO I think ,if u believe or not ,please forward this email ,If its true ,U help them ,if not ,u lost nothing ,so why don't we try ?

Speak franklly ,i don't believe that.What's the meaning of 5lakhs? is that a kind of money?