Inheritance scams
My Dear Friend, I need a little help from you. teresastang3@gmail.com
Scam Email received July 7, 2018 from teres@dune.ocn.ne.jp
Email From:
teres@dune.ocn.ne.jp
Subject:
My Dear Friend, I need a little help from you.
Other emails used:
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Email Subject:
My Dear Friend, I need a little help from you.
My Dear Friend, I need a little help from you. – teresastang3@gmail.com
My Dear Friend, I need a little help from you. May the peace of God be with you and your family.I know it will be a great surprise reading from me today but consider this a divine intervention as a pastor explained to my understanding. My name is Mrs. Teresa Stang, a widow from Oklahoma USA and am writing you from my sickbed because i have been fighting cancer and the doctors says i have only few weeks left. I want to entrust my money ($ 4.5 millionUSD) to your care for charity purposes to help the less privileged as my late husbands relatives want me dead so that they will claim all my late husband and i worked for. I will tell you more about myself and what you need to do with the money once your receive it.Please write me soon as my health is pretty bad and my doctors says i will be moved to the intensive care unit anytime soon.Have a blessed day and please do pray for me.God bless you. Here is my contact email Address (teresastang3@gmail.com) Yours Mrs Teresa Stang teresastang3@gmail.com
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