Have u received mail from a dying person with no children that wants to give u 65million dollars?

Question

There is this lady that says she wants to donate to me 65Mill USD, I think its a scam? Can anyone advise me

Answer 1

It sounds like a version of the old "Nigerian Letter" scam. It started before computers ergo it was a letter scam. Now they use email.

This is copied from the fbi url:

Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud

Nigerian letter frauds combine the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, mailed from Nigeria, offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that the author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. Some of these letters have also been received via E-mail through the Internet. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in Nigeria in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

Payment of taxes, bribes to government officials, and legal fees are often described in great detail with the promise that all expenses will be reimbursed as soon as the funds are spirited out of Nigeria. In actuality, the millions of dollars do not exist and the victim eventually ends up with nothing but loss. Once the victim stops sending money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts and credit card balances until the victim's assets are taken in their entirety. While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law. The schemes themselves violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence the label "419 fraud."

Some Tips to Avoid Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud:

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If you receive a letter from Nigeria asking you to send personal or banking information, do not reply in any manner. Send the letter to the U.S. Secret Service or the FBI.
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If you know someone who is corresponding in one of these schemes, encourage that person to contact the FBI or the U.S. Secret Service as soon as possible.
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Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as Nigerian or foreign government officials asking for your help in placing large sums of money in overseas bank accounts.
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Do not believe the promise of large sums of money for your cooperation.
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Guard your account information carefully.


These days they don't usually refer to Nigeria. It could be any country. And they'll start out in various ways like "someone wants to donate money to you", "someone, now deceased, deposited money in a bank - if you help them get the money out of the country, they'll split it with you", etc. There are many forms this initial letter takes. They all lead to eventually having to send them money.

Report them to the fbi however this happens so often that if you go to their url, they have an automated system of handling it. You'll never really hear anything. I reported at least two such letters and never heard anything.

Remember - you can't "con" an honest man. It's the greedy people who get scammed usually.

Answer 2

Its a scam.. You can report them to scambusters.org this has been going on for awhile.. I work at a bank and I have been getting tons of people calling with this same thing that you mentioned.. The other scam they say you won the lottery and they want your bank account information so they can transfer the money. They get your routing # and acct# and tell you that it will cost you $300 to have the millions wired in there.. They take the $300 and guess what? You never get your winnings... Be careful and don't fall for that... If someone really has 65 million there are so many charities they can will it to. they don't have to beg on the internet for a taker

Answer 3

No, but somehow the Deputy Oil Minister of Nigeria knows that I am an upfront kind of fellow. The kind that he wants to share his $10,000,000 fortune with.

Answer 4

Its called a nigerian scam. It comes in many forms but that is the basics of it.

To read how one person scammed the scammer go here. I think its funny!

http://spl.haxial.net/nigerian-fraud/

Answer 5

And how many women have sole control of that kind of money, even in this day and age?

Not bloody many. Apply common sense.

Answer 6

Let me guess, they're from Nigeria?

Answer 7

get a lawyer and have papers drawn up

Answer 8

there's this saying "if its too good to be true, it probably is"

Answer 9

i could use 65mills right about now

Answer 10

probably is... I wouldn't do it