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Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 01:01 pm
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I happened upon this email earlier this morning but didn’t get a chance to share it right away. This seems to be another version of an inheritance scam emails that have been around for years.
I know I share a lot of scam posts either through my blog or social sites but I think it’s better to overshare then under share. Since we never know who these scams may affect.
Here is a similar email scam I shared a few weeks back.
The premise
From the quick read, I had basically this email is from a widow who wants to leave you or in this case me her fortune. I did a quick search and found out that this scam isn’t new. It does change forms. This one urges (Like many of these emails do) to reply back. If you reply back that gets the ball rolling for your inheritance.
This email itself
Here’s what the email looks like and I’ll also copy the text and past it below.
Full email text
The email was sent from an AOL address
“sarfarouk” <sarfarouk@hotmail.com>
Greetings From Mrs Sara Farouk.
I sent this mail praying it reach you in good health, since I am in a very critical health condition; I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive next day. My name is Mrs. Sara Farouk, a widow suffering from long time illness. I have some fund that I inherited from my late husband and I will need the help of a person like you to use it for humanitarian project, my doctor told me recently that I would not last due to the illness. Having known my condition, I decided to donate the fund to a good person that will use it to help the less privilege on behalf of my late husband if possible.
I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will inherit this fund after me. Please I need your sincerely and urgent answer to know if you will be available for this project and I will give you more information on how to receive the fund.
I am waiting for your reply.
Thank you,
Mrs. Sara Farouk.
This ended up in my spam folder but it could have well shown up in my inbox. I would suggest if it does end up in your inbox don’t reply and spam it. Also, delete it if you don’t feel you need to open it.
The logic of the email
However, you do tend to notice that the message is trying to play off of someone’s feelings. Hoping that if the person reading the email has sympathy for the sender. You also notice that the so-called fortune amount is never listed so this may pique someone’s interest in replying back. Aside from that, it’s a basic scam email.
Other information
I happened to do a quick search as I mentioned at the start of the post. Well, I found two sites that have similar posts. I’ll list those links below.
https://www.419scam.org/emails/2017-07/13/00566987.3.htm
http://www.svbizlaw.com/advancefee.dyingbenefactor3.htm
Just a reminder
Don’t reply back to these emails no matter how touching the story may be. Also, don’t pass along any information about yourself or any financial information either. If it sounds too good to be true don’t fall for it.
