Do People Really Believe These Types of Email?

A gem I received today that made it past the yahoo spam filter...

Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs.Rosemary C King I am a dying woman who has decided to
donate what I have to charity through you.You may be wondering why I
chose you. But someone has to be chosen. I am 59 years old and was
diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago,after the death of my husband who had
left me everything he worked for.I have been touched by the Lord to
donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to charity through
you for the good work of humanity,rather than allow my relatives to use
my husband's hard earned funds inappropriately.

I have asked the Lord to forgive me all my sins and I believe he
has,because He is merciful. I will be going in for an operation,and I pray
that I survive the operation.I have decided to WILL/Donate the sum of
$15.5 (Fifteen Million, five hundred thousand Dollars)to charity through
you for the good work of the Lord, and to help the motherless,less
privileged and also for the assistance of the widows.At the moment I cannot
take any telephone calls, due to the fact that my relatives are around
me and I have been restricted by my doctor from taking telephone calls
because I deserve all the rest I can get.

Presently,I have informed my consultant about my decision in WILLING
this fund to charity through you. I wish you all the best and may the
good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always
extend the good work to others.If you are interested in carrying out
this task,i will inform my consultant, so that he can arrange the release
of the funds to you. I know i have never met you but my mind tells me
to do this,and I hope you act sincerely.I decided that 35% of this money
should be taken by you from the total sum upon the sucess release of
this fund, because I am now too weak and frigile to do things myself
because of my cancer.

NB:I sincerely know that a lot has been written about some SCAM coming
out of the world,but I assure you that this will never in any way
associated with that as you will be given the right to verify this directly
with the the finance company where the fund was deposited.

I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the
task is accomplished,as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize my
last wish, due to the fact that I do not want relatives or family
members standing in the way of my last wish.

Your sincerely,
Rosemary C. King
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME,ADDRESS,TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER ON YOUR
REPLY FOR EASY AND IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION WITH MY CONSULTANT..

How convenient that she "cannot take any telephone calls, due to the fact that my relatives are around". What a joke!

And last week I apparently won a million pounds from Coca-Cola in the UK. I am so lucky! ;)