Until now, I always thought that strangers sending you e-mails (usually from Nigeria, Russia, or somewhere in Europe) want money - no wait, they just need a tiny bank processing fee so that you can get access to the 129,312 zillion Euros that are waiting in a bank for you, left by a recently deceased rich uncle that you never know you even had. But this e-mail is different, because, well, they're not asking for money, but for something else; at least at this point. See for yourself:

Hello,

My name is Elena, I am 32 years old and I write you from a small province in Russia. I work on in town bibliotheca and I provided to use computer when I finish work if allowed. We have a big problem and I decided to write you this message in despair.

I having daughter Angelina - she is 8 years, her father abandoned us and we live together with my mother.

As effect of deep economical crisis lately my mother miss job (bakehouse where she was used to work has been bankruptcy) and our position became horrify.

Cost for gas and electricity are very expensive in our town and we unable use it to heat our home anylonger.

The winter arriving and weather is very cold here already. We are distressed and we havenot experience how to do.

The only possible way for us to heat our home is to use moveable wood-fire oven which supply with heat from burning wood. We have plenty wood in our region and this oven will provide heat for our household entire winter with minimal cost.

We urgently in need of this oven, but we cannot purchase it in our town because it price 8101 rouble (equivalent about 191 Euros) and we cannot to afford it because this amount is fortune for us.

If you possess any old conveyable wood-firing oven and if you discontinued to use it, we will be very happiness if you could donate it for us and prepare delivery of this oven to our adress (165 km from Russian capital). That oven can be difference , they can be built from cast iron and weight 100 - 150kg.

I expect your answer.

Elena with family.
Rusia


Maybe an oven is indeed worth a fortune for some people - and if they actually are sent ovens from faraway (though I wonder who'd do that), they might soon have enough ovens to sell them, and make not just one fortune but several! XD