From: "Mr. Nikolay Tarasov" <kumano@nurse-hiroshima.or.jp>
Reply-To: tarasovnikolay861@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:22:46 +0000
Subject: Merchant

My name is Nikolay Tarasov, a merchant from Odesa Ukraine currently ravaged by war. This letter may come to you as a surprise since we have not yet met. As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because I believe everyone will die someday, considering how devastated my entire country has been with the invasion of Russia. I have been diagnosed with Laryngeal (larynx) Cancer, discovered very late due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now, I have only a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well as I never really cared for anyone, not even myself, but my business and luxury. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was never hostile to people although humans are challenging to satisfy hence I only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I know there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world, I will live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know my time is near, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and a few close friends.
I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, India, Burundi, and Eritrea. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I can no longer do this. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and donate the money to less privileged children's organizations in Sudan and Somalia, but they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be content with what I have left for them. The last of my money, which no one knows about, is a deposit that I have with a Hold firm. I want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to different charity organizations of your choice worldwide.

I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where I wait for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with a good heart.
Remain Blessed as I await your response.

Regards.
Nikolay Tarasov