***SPAM*** From Mrs Monica Tkachenkov

Hello Dearest,

I am here to seek your humanitarian assistance "Help" on behalf of my
Daughter Zlata.

My name is Mrs Monica Tkachenkov, my husband and two of my children were killed by the Russian military who invaded my country Ukraine. I am presently in the hospital as a result of the injury I sustained from a bomb that blasted in our home that left my husband and two children dead. It's still like a nightmare. I'm yet to recover from it.

My husband until his death was one of the senior directors with the YENAKIYEVE IRON AND STEEL COMPANY here in Ukraine. I have a surviving daughter in Poland and her name is Zlata. I have a severe health issue and the doctors said I may not survive the injury as I have undergone multiple surgery due to the injury I sustained on the night of the attack.

At this point I know my life is hanging in the balance, the doctors are doing their best to save my life but I was just told the last operation (surgery) they are to carry out on me is based on 50/50 chances to live or die. I have no one to reach out for assistance. Our friends, relatives/family members have run out of Ukraine, many have died while the lucky ones are scattered all over Europe seeking for people to help them.

THE REASONS I SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE:

My husband has a deposit of($12,000,000 United States Dollars ) with a Finance institution outside Ukraine.This money was moved from Ukraine to a Finance institution at the point it was obvious that Russia (Putin) soldiers were going to attack our country Ukraine. I seek your indulgence to please adopt my daughter Zlata in your care and have her grow up among your children/family under your care. I will ask the finance institution or our lawyer in charge of the funds to reach you once you assure of your sincere and honest commitment to assist my helpless and only surviving daughter Zlata, who is presently in Refugee camp in Poland.

I plead with you to assist Zlata take her away from the refugee camp in Poland and give her the life she deserves being her new Father/Mother/Guardian. Zlata is a beautiful and unique girl you will love to meet, comfortable while growing up around her family before the demon Putin and his Russian soldier invade our country and destroy everything the Ukraine people labored for.

You will invest 50% of the money into a profitable interest yielding business, the proceeds of the interest will be used to look after my daughter "Zlata" until she grows to maturity to value life and things around her. 10% of the amount will be a fixed deposit in a bank in Zlata's name with an instruction that the money will be accessible to her when she
turns eighteen (18) years of age. 30% is for yourself and family while the remaining 10% is for miscellaneous expenses encountered in the process during the transactions.

My prayer is to see my daughter again after my surgery and health situation.

I will be happy and appreciate reading from your reply to the email accepting to
assist my daughter have a life even when I'm gone, I believe in my heart
you are a good person, my daughter is in safe hands.

Mrs Monica Tkachenkov.

***SPAM*** From Alex Cole

Hello
Do you have a viable project that is in need of funds injection? We just
might be able to help. I represent an investment consortium and also
high-net-worth individuals who will be interested in funding individual
loan requests or company projects. If your project has excellent growth
potential, kindly send in a brief business plan.

Awaiting your response.
Alex Cole
Email offfpay@gmail.com oofffpay@outlook.com

From Mr Brown

Dear Friend,

I know this will come to you as a surprise because you do not know
me \I am Mr. Brown I work in the central bank of Nigeria packaging and
courier department. I got your contact in my search for an honest
person through one of my colleagues here in the central bank that said
that I could confide in you.

I want you to help me clear this package that is already in
London, which I shipped through our Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
accredited courier agent but the contents of the package is Ten
Million United States Dollars Only ($10,000,000.00) all in $100.00
bills, but the courier company does not know that it is money that I
have in the package.

All I want you to do for me now is this give me your mailing address
your private phone and fax and I hope that at the end of the day, you
will have 30% for your investment in clearance role once package gets into your country
and 70% will be for me. My identity must not be revealed
to anybody.

If this arrangement is ok by you, you can contact me through this
E-mail address (smithmrs403@gmail.com) for security reasons other
modalities will be discussed as soon as you get back to me including
sending of the keys to the boxes to you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Brown
Courier Department

Attention get back to me....

Attention

 

My name is David Mogan, I work in a storage facility here in Miami International Airport FL United States as a stock keeper. If you don't mind, I wish to share classified information with you which will be of great help to both of us. Before I proceed, I must seek your utmost discretion about this vital information that will change our lives forever. The reason I call this a "classified information" is because

any mistake with regards to this information is capable of kicking me out of my job but if well managed, We will be rich forever so i need to know if I can trust you enough to reveal this secret to you.

 

 

It all happened two ago during my usual routine check here in storage facility i discovered an abandoned shipment from London belonging to someone, A scan receipt tagged on the consignment box revealed an

undisclosed huge amount of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 110LBS ( astrological sign ) With TAG RBT-45C as your consignment code number.

 

Reading through the file found next to the consignment clearly shows the consignment was abandoned because the Content of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as "MONEY" rather it was declared as personal effects to avoid interrogation/security purpose also the inability of the diplomat to pay for International consignment delivery permit ( I.C.D.P) of $15,650 and the United

States Non-Inspection clearance Charges of $7,200USD totaling $23,350. Currently, the consignment is still here in our storage facility waiting to be approved and cleared for final delivery to you.

 

I write to you because your email is the ONLY contact information on this consignment. I will send to you some official legal receipts found with your consignment which I believe was issued from the United Nation office in Geneva.

 

However, to make my final clarification in regards to your delivery, I advise you to reconfirm your current details for a speedy verification/ delivery of your consignment to your current address.

 

Once that is done, I will proceed to the clearance department to personally clear your consignment and proceed to your address for

delivery.

 

 

KINDLY RE-CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR DELIVERY.

 

(1) FULL NAMES:

(2) DELIVERY ADDRESS:

(3) TELEPHONE NUMBER:

(4) COUNTRY:

(5) SEX:

(6) DATE OF BIRTH:

(7) OCCUPATION:

(8) NEAREST INTL AIRPORT:

 

 

VERY IMPORTANT, Be informed the reason i personally contact you regarding this abandoned consignment is because I want us to transact this business and share the money forget that 50% of the funds will come to me while 40% will come to you and the 10% will be for the expenses before sharing the funds we are going to bring out the 10% get that in your mind since the consignment is still valid and not

returned back to the United States Treasury Department after being abandoned for a very long time. As soon as i have confirmation from you, I will personally get $23,350 loan to pay off the International

consignment delivery permit (I.C.D.P) plus the United States Non-Inspection Clearance permit then arrange for the box to be delivered but first, You must assure me of my 50% share before i

proceed. I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still available and ready to proceed. I will appreciate it if we keep this deal confidential for security reasons.

 

 

Warmest Regards,

Chief Inspection Officer

David Mogan

From C.T

Did you receive my last proposal to you?

C.T

Re:

Hello,

I'm Harald Hauge, an Investment Manager from Norway. I wish to solicit your interest in an investment project that is currently ongoing in my company (Storebrand); It is a short term investment with good returns. Simply reply for me to confirm the validity of your email so i shall give you comprehensive details about the project.

Best Regards,
Harald Hauge
Business Consultant

Re: Beneficial Letter

Re: Beneficial Letter



Did you receive my previous email to you as regards my business proposal?


CT...

2016 Summer Faculty Meetings

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Early Childhood Harvest Festival

On Wednesday, September 25, students and teachers in nursery and kindergarten will gather for our early childhood harvest festival. Please bring, if possible, harvest items (flowers, squashes, bulbs, and the like) to the EC hallway in the morning. The kindergartens will work together to decorate a harvest altar. Kindergarten classes will tend a fire in the clay oven, and we will bake an apple snack to share with the Sunflower and Butterfly classes toward the end of the day.

These decorations will find a 2nd life as part of the Golden Knight's decoration of the 10 acres to welcome families parking there for Friday night's Michaelmas Festival.

WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL OUTSIDE DROP-OFF (like a Monday or Tuesday) ON THIS FESTIVAL DAY.

Do not worry that I am absent at first.  I will be at an important educational meeting.  I will return to school to put the apples in the oven and lead children in verse and song.

With warmth and light,

William

Great First Days, Food Thanks, Weather

Of so much that has blossomed in our first three days together, here are some of the many aspects I appreciate: children mixing freely together, a great comfort of older children and younger children playing together, veterans of the school with new students playing together, boys and girls playing together; a general contentedness with what is happening now mixed with an eagerness for what is next; strength and willingness to move ahead as we have taken far longer hikes than I anticipated we'd be ready for so soon; a pleasant rhythmic oscillation between more active and vigorous play and more quiet play, a sense of balance; a general comfort with using words and problem solving when conflicts arise; a willingness to put conflicts aside in the interest in having fun now; cohesiveness in the forest that allows us to walk and play and explore together while giving each other space; a willingness to challenge oneself at just the right level (reaching a new milestone without being reckless), whether climbing a tree or rock, hanging, crawling, running, jumping, and more.

Thanks you for providing an abundance and variety of food. Many children have feasted on the variety of juice, smoothies, crunchy foods, sweet fruits, and hearty nut and seeds and dips. All children have found something they like. It is wonderful if we can keep this pace.

Last week (with just the oldest children) I cancelled a walk in the woods for the first time in 6 years because of lightning; I had a long, Norwegian folk tale I wanted to tell, so the time was good. This week we have not needed rain gear. Thank you for having gear ready. While shorts will likely be more than enough for tomorrow, early morning cool or damp weather can be with us at any time. After September 29, we will wear rain boots and gear every day.

With appreciation,

William

URGENT NOTICE

From:Director Project Implementation
South African Anglo Gold Corporation.
Mr.smith Savimbi
Tel:
Fax:
Email:

Dear Friend
 
Good Day


I am Mr. smith  Savimbi , Director Project Implementation with South African Anglo-Gold Corporation in Johannesburg South Africa]and a member of the Contract Tenders Board (CTB) of the above corporation. Your esteemed address was reliably introduced to me from the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my search for a reliable, individual/company who can handle a strictly confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a reasonable sum of money to a foreign account.
 
The amount of money involved is US$35,000,000.00. This money has already been extracted from various contracts awarded by this corporation, as a result of over-invoicing masterminded by the concerned officials involved, this has been drafted to represent the final payment for a contract that has been executed to this corporation some years back, the money is now in the South Africa Reserve Bank Plc awaiting to claim.
 
Now is the optimum period to consummate this fund, following the presidential directive to all parasitical to settle all outstanding debts owed to both local and foreign contractors? In my  last meeting with the Officials involved, it was unanimously agreed that 30% of the total sum  will be given to you, 60% will be for us while 10% will be use to reimburse the expenses that  will be incurred in the processing of this transfer.
 
I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded every arrangement to protect the interest of everyone involved, Likewise all modalities for the successful transfer of this fund have been worked out with Ministry of finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa to facilitate the remittance of this fund to your designated account within 72 hours after your claim has been approved.

However, I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will not raise any misgiving attitude in any aspect of the transaction, more importantly, that you will keep this transaction very confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence reposed on these officials by the Government of South Africa. If this proposal is of interest to you, then kindly contact me with this information's [Tel: +27832401962] immediately.
 
Please treat this information as confidential.
 
Thanks

Best Regards,
 
Mr.smith Savimbi
Director Project Implementation.
South African Anglo Gold Corporation

end of year GIFTING/STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

 OOPS did not change the "SUBJECT" on previous email. IMPORTANT!

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Cheryl Zimmermann <cherub1111@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

WELCOME to the last week of school before Summer vacation (for a lot of us!)!

I will have baskets available for gifting offerings, services or presents to William, Molly, Cordula and Kristin. FOUR (4) baskets :)  Dyanne's class has their own gifting process happening, and baskets are a part of their gifting also. So, that is alot of baskets. Fortunately...we all have a lot of everything.

I know some have given to the Molly spa fund in Vanessa's folder. If not, feel free to.  I'd like to Vanessa!!!! As for the baskets, Please feel free to include handmade cards from the children, extra candles laying around, jams and jellys, chocolates etc.  I have not shared my intention about my gifting for William.  I am giving him a $50 Dr.Rik Heinz appt.for an applied kinesiology chiropractic plus treats from Living Green. In addition, small goodies for all and Atom handmade cards. The closing ceremony is tomorrow for a strawberry shortcake "surprise" that is well known about , but a mysterious and special  event for the children and us!  Hiroko and I are arriving at 10;30 AM for set up. Please remember what you signed up for and bring your offering, beverages and/or skills tomorrow Wednesday, June 5. @11:30  Eric G. will lead a closing and gift presentation.  Please bring your contributions ready to go.  All prep work to be done ahead of time ideally.  Also, please remember your own plates and utensils.  We are including baskets for Kristin and Cordula for their valuable presence in early childhood program/aftercare. Even if your child does not have aftercare.consider small or grand tokens of endearment. Give for the spirit of giving.  I will get to school early on Wednesday to put the baskets out.  Also, you can put anything in the "Atom" cubby area.  Thanks all and blessed be!  Strawberry yumminess to all!

THANK YOU for a year well done and we will see you tomorrow.   XXXCHERUB

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:52 PM, William Dolde <wdolde@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Parents,

We will take hikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, having sushi and almonds and rice cakes on Tuesday and Hummus and more on Wednesday (as some have observed, we've been offering many veggies and sprouts and nuts and coconut in the nicer picnic weather).  On Thursday, we will combine greatest portable hits of Wednesday and Thursday, a picnic feast like we had for May Day.  It will include almonds, coconuts, carrots, jicama, celery, salad, apples and any fruits you might like to contribute.  Although we are not having a soup day this week, if you have an abundance of greens and bring them by Wednesday, I will make a green smoothie to share with the children Thursday Morning.

THURSDAY WE WILL BEGIN INSIDE AND END OUTSIDE WITH A HIKE.  We will play inside, and once all children arrive, Molly will share her musical gifts with the children.  After more play, we will take our picnic for a shorter hike and feast to celebrate our year and time with Molly.

Thanks for your flexibility.  We are having a great time as a class.

With appreciation,

William

Re: Swinging Snacks/Upside Down Thursday

Hi everyone,

WELCOME to the last week of school befoer Summer vacation (for a lot of us!)!

I will have baskets available for gifting offerings, services or presents to William, Molly, Cordula and Kristin. FOUR (4) baskets :)  Dyanne's class has their own gifting process happening, and baskets are a part of their gifting also. So, that is alot of baskets. Fortunately...we all have a lot of everything.

I know some have given to the Molly spa fund in Vanessa's folder. If not, feel free to.  I'd like to Vanessa!!!! As for the baskets, Please feel free to include handmade cards from the children, extra candles laying around, jams and jellys, chocolates etc.  I have not shared my intention about my gifting for William.  I am giving him a $50 Dr.Rik Heinz appt.for an applied kinesiology chiropractic plus treats from Living Green. In addition, small goodies for all and Atom handmade cards. The closing ceremony is tomorrow for a strawberry shortcake "surprise" that is well known about , but a mysterious and special  event for the children and us!  Hiroko and I are arriving at 10;30 AM for set up. Please remember what you signed up for and bring your offering, beverages and/or skills tomorrow Wednesday, June 5. @11:30  Eric G. will lead a closing and gift presentation.  Please bring your contributions ready to go.  All prep work to be done ahead of time ideally.  Also, please remember your own plates and utensils.  We are including baskets for Kristin and Cordula for their valuable presence in early childhood program/aftercare. Even if your child does not have aftercare.consider small or grand tokens of endearment. Give for the spirit of giving.  I will get to school early on Wednesday to put the baskets out.  Also, you can put anything in the "Atom" cubby area.  Thanks all and blessed be!  Strawberry yumminess to all!

THANK YOU for a year well done and we will see you tomorrow.   XXXCHERUB

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:52 PM, William Dolde <wdolde@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Parents,

We will take hikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, having sushi and almonds and rice cakes on Tuesday and Hummus and more on Wednesday (as some have observed, we've been offering many veggies and sprouts and nuts and coconut in the nicer picnic weather).  On Thursday, we will combine greatest portable hits of Wednesday and Thursday, a picnic feast like we had for May Day.  It will include almonds, coconuts, carrots, jicama, celery, salad, apples and any fruits you might like to contribute.  Although we are not having a soup day this week, if you have an abundance of greens and bring them by Wednesday, I will make a green smoothie to share with the children Thursday Morning.

THURSDAY WE WILL BEGIN INSIDE AND END OUTSIDE WITH A HIKE.  We will play inside, and once all children arrive, Molly will share her musical gifts with the children.  After more play, we will take our picnic for a shorter hike and feast to celebrate our year and time with Molly.

Thanks for your flexibility.  We are having a great time as a class.

With appreciation,

William

Dear Friend

Dear Friend   My name is Salif Kabore, iam the manager of auditing section of bank of Africa (B.O.A) here inOuagadougou Burkina Faso, West Africa. I have a business proposal in the tuneof (USD $19.3 Million) niftier million three hundred thousand UnitedStates Dollars only.   This is an abandoned fundthat belongs to a deceased customer of my bank which i discovered all therelated documents regarding to the deposit while I was properly arranging oldfiles for closing remark for the year 2011. After the successful transfer; Weshall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me. Should you be interested sowe can commence all arrangements? And i will give you more information aboutthis business proposal on how we would handle it for the successful achievementof the funds into your bank account.   (1) Fullnames..................................... (2) Private phone number.................... (3) Current residential address............ (4) Occupation..................................... (5) Age and Sex................................... Best Regards,   Mr.Salif Kabore

Swinging Snacks/Upside Down Thursday

Dear Parents,

We will take hikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, having sushi and almonds and rice cakes on Tuesday and Hummus and more on Wednesday (as some have observed, we've been offering many veggies and sprouts and nuts and coconut in the nicer picnic weather).  On Thursday, we will combine greatest portable hits of Wednesday and Thursday, a picnic feast like we had for May Day.  It will include almonds, coconuts, carrots, jicama, celery, salad, apples and any fruits you might like to contribute.  Although we are not having a soup day this week, if you have an abundance of greens and bring them by Wednesday, I will make a green smoothie to share with the children Thursday Morning.

THURSDAY WE WILL BEGIN INSIDE AND END OUTSIDE WITH A HIKE.  We will play inside, and once all children arrive, Molly will share her musical gifts with the children.  After more play, we will take our picnic for a shorter hike and feast to celebrate our year and time with Molly.

Thanks for your flexibility.  We are having a great time as a class.

With appreciation,

William

Lovely Rain Walk, Appreciation of Molly

Molly and several children remarked that yesterday, Tuesday, was one of their favorite walks of the year.  The rains, gentle and otherwise, brought out the beautiful greens in the forest.  The weather pulled us together as a class, and allowed children time for a lot of reflection.  Without making a big deal about it, Molly and I left our backpacks in the classroom.  We took a reasonably long hike with brief pauses at Grandmother Rock and Fairy House Grove--two favorite sheltered places that we have not visited as much as we have enjoyed sunnier meadows.  We then returned to the classroom for a hearty hummus and lettuce and sprout and coconut and seed and jicama picnic feast on the carpet.  It worked beautifully (so much so I may make this more regular on hike days in the winter next year; it is the sitting and eating in the cold rain that really is the hardest).

Farewells from Whole Child/Whole Parent
Polly Berrien Berends

As the truly parently parent is the childlike parent,
As the truly nourishing parent is the nursing parent,
As the truly teaching parent is the learning parent,
As the truly freeing parent is the obedient parent,
As the truly unifying parent is the unified parent,
As the truly beautifying parent is the truthful parent,
As the truly creative parent is the beholding parent,
As the truly communicating parent is the listening parent,
So is the truly loving parent after all no parent at all, but only the loved child of God.

Song of the Seeing Being

The more we see that seeing is the issue in life, the more we look at everything for what it has to teach us.
The more we look at everything for what it has to teach us, the more we see that we are being taught.
The more we see that we are being taught, the more we know that we are loved.
The more we know are loved, the more lovingly we are seeing.
The more lovingly we are seeing, the more loving we are being.
The more loving we are being, the more we see that seeing is the issue in life.
[start over]

With her available housing on Whidbey ending May 31 and lots of opportunities for herself and husband and family calling her back to Oregon, it has become clear to Molly that the next logical step is for her and her family to move back to Oregon after next week.  She will miss our last 3 days of school.  Kristin--well known and well loved by many of our students--will be able to substitute on those last 3 days.

It has been immensely pleasurable to work with Molly this year.  I have learned a tremendous amount from working with her, and I know I will be a better person and teacher in the years ahead from knowing her.  Rather than missing Molly, I will joyfully seek the positive aspects she brings in others around me and thank her in helping to attract such positivity toward my experience.

With great appreciation,

William

Re: Parent Meeting, Strawberry Shortcake, Finding Ruby

Hi everyone!!!

Blessings on Spring and our joyful hearts! Tonight at the parent meeting we will post a sign up sheet to help out with our closing celebration/shortcake party! Thank you ahead of time for your diligence and love in making this celebration an effortless and wonderful experience shared by all. Sign up duties include: baking the maple shortcake, whipping the cream, cutting of the berries, and general set up and clean up that is actually quite easy. This is for us! Also...shhhh...;) gifting ideas are going around...blessingszzz on our zing!

Cherub, Sir Williams's Class coordinator

Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2013, at 11:49 PM, William Dolde <wdolde@gmail.com> wrote:

Final Kindergarten Parent Meeting, May 21, 6:30-8pm

Please join us for our final joint kindergarten parent meeting of the year on Tuesday, May 21, from 6:30 to 8pm.  We will gather outside the kindergartens and take a walk along our lovely trails, pausing in the forest to share a reflection on our child's growth through the year (wonderful if you can come up with an image in advance).  We will conclude with a guided compassionate response mediation, with optional sharing of images that arise (perhaps the image we bring with us will metamorphose through the meditation, or an entirely new image will come).  Here is the agenda in list form:

6:30 Gathering (outside kindergartens) and games.
6:45  Walk through the woods.
          Sharing of an image from the year.
          Compassionate Response Meditation
8:00   Return to school

Final Day of School, Wednesday, June 5:   Strawberry Shortcake Day

Wednesday, June 5 is our last day of school.  For many years now we have enjoyed a round of strawberries and shortcake to bring festivity to our final hour together before the summer break begins.  Please join the Butterfly, Sunflower, and Golden Forest classes for this festive time at 11:30 on the early childhood playground.  If you are not able to attend at that time, please arrange for your child to be connected with another parent who will be there, and let your child's teacher know of your arrangement.  (Also, we would like to hear from all families enrolled in extended care whether or not you will be using the extended care on Wednesday June 5. There will be a checklist on Cordula's clipboard.

The Narrative of Our Woods:  Finding Ruby

As you may know, our chickens disappeared over the surprise 3 day weekend when the pump was out.  Many of children have chickens at home who have become prey, and intrepid explorers and I looked for clues.  Although there were signs of a struggle, there was no absolute evidence that the chickens had perished.  Indeed, my Irish whistle had likewise vanished, and I liked to think that like the town musicians of Bremen, the chickens were roaming the woods, playing their music.  We have had incredible hikes in stunning hues of green, expanding the range of our perambulations to include the Whidbey Institute.  There, a week after the disappearance, children were surprised to find one of our chickens, Ruby, living with immense satisfaction amid the chickens of the Institute Garden chicken run.  She is named Ruby and is extremely happy there.  We are and will visit her often.  This story of loss and discovery tops any story I might tell the children (even The Donkey, a Grimm's tale I cherish, which I have studied deeply, and feel I do more than a fair job of conveying; this story is the one I am telling).

With Appreciation,

William