Email Fraud Alert received from: C
I recently received an email with this subject line: No Subject and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Thank you for your response to my short email. i thought your email was no longer active since i have been trying to contact you, I am sorry i have to contact you this way, I got your contact information from a reputable Professional/Consumer directory in your country which gives me assurance of your legibility as a person.
My decision to contact you is because i have been recently diagnosed with Lungs Cancer and the doctor said i have less than 6 weeks to live. Since this sudden news was announced to me, i have been reflecting over my life in the past. It is painful that after over 26 years of peaceful marriage with my late husband Botha, we lost the only child that would have inherit our numerous wealth. In the past, i have made reasonable donations to the victims of Earthquake in Haiti and recently to the same victims in Japan and Thailand. Now that my health is gradually deteriorating, I cannot continue to do all these by myself any more. I also want you to know that I have decided to donate my body to science for medical research.
Charity work to some people is not an easy job, it is demanding, heart breaking, stressful, requires a whole lot of time, resources and yet rewarding. Any one that has one or two advantage have an obligation to render a helping hand to those in need, provide shelter for the homeless and displaced, finance education for Children that are victims of whatsoever circumstances, bring hope to the hopeless, provide for battered and abused women and render any type of charitable assistance to anyone that is in need regardless of their background, religious belief, geographical location and the reason for their predicaments.
I strongly desire to reach out to the poor and needy people, but I would prefer to continue this with the assistance of a kind person. I want you to answer the following questions.
(1) are you a God fearing person?
(2) So far, i have donated $5,200,000.00 to Africa Charity Home, Now the question is that If i donate (US$9,800,000.00) Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to you, will you be able to utilize it wisely to achieve my heart desire of supporting poor people around you?
(3)Will you open a charity foundation in the name of my husband and i? I want you to set up a motherless babies home in my memorial when i am gone, then keep 20% for your effort.
I attached a picture of my recent situation on the sick bed, when i receive a positive response from you, I will send you my ID, that is if you need it.
Please Feel free to let me know if you will not be chance/available to execute this project for me
Please reply me as soon as possible.
Thank you for your concern.
Regards,
Ms Magdalena Botha
The above email was sent by “Magdalena Botha” from this email address: mag.carolinabotha@gmail.com
I, C, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Magdalena Botha”:
Grammar & spelling errors, fake company names, attached photos of an elderly woman
Magdalena Botha died in 1997