Just in time for Christmas comes this terrible sob story from Russia. Elana is contacting you because she found your email on the Internet. Sounds reasonable doesn’t it? Of course it doesn’t, so don’t fall for it.

This email scam is better written than some of late, but make no mistake, the clear aim is to separate you from your money. If you really want to help someone from Russia this year send money to – Charitable Foundation To Help Children With Cancer.

If you get the following email do not respond to it. Help the children with cancer instead.

My name is Elena, I am 32 year and I live in Russian province. I work in library and after my work I allowed to use computer when it possible.

I finded your email in internet and I decide to ask you for help. I have 7 year daughter, her father abandoned us and we live with my mother. Due to crisis my mother lost job and our situation became very difficult. Price for heating our home is very high and we cannot afford it anymore.

The winter is coming and weather becoming colder each day. We don’t know what to do and we very afraid.

We need portable stove which give heat from burning wood. We have many wood in our region, but we cannot buy this stove in local market because it cost equivalent of 193 Euro and very expensive for us.

If you have any old portable wood burning stove, I pray that you can donate it to us and organize transport of its to our address or help us to buy it in our local market.

This oven are different, they are from cast iron and weight 100-150kg. I pray for your help and I hope that our situation will improve in the New Year.

I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Elena.