Phishing Scam 2024.10.24 - "My Dear Beloved" Email Claiming $7 Million Inheritance from Dying Widow

Date and Time First Identified

  • October 24, 2024 at approximately 11:30am

Phishing Method

  • Social engineering email that shows sender as "Debt Reconciliation Commission" but set from a Gmail address.
  • The email claims that it is NOT a scam but is from a dying widow (Mercy Jumbo) who is looking to donate inheritance of $6,950,000.00 
  • The email demands an urgent response and promises to provide further information on how the money will be transferred to the recipient's bank account.

User Response

  • Mark the message as spam or junk
  • Block the sender (so you don’t get another message like this) 
  • Do not reply to the message. 
  • Forward the message to phishing@dartmouth.edu

Sample Unformatted Email

Subject: My Dear Beloved

My Dear Beloved,

Please take your time to read this message; although we have never met before, this is not spam. It's a real message sent to you. I sent this mail praying for it to reach you in good health, since I myself am in a very critical health condition in which I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day.

I am Mrs.Mercy Jumbo, a widow suffering from a long time illness. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of $6,950,000.00 ( Six million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ) my Doctor told me recently that I would not last due to the illness. Having known my condition, I decided to donate this funds to a reliable and trustworthy person that will utilize it the way I am going to instruct herein. I need a very honest and God fearing person who can claim the funds on my behalf and use it for Charity works.Such as orphanages, widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my late husband if possible.

I took this decision, because me and my late husband do not have any child of our own who will inherit this money before I join my late husband.
 
Please I want your sincere and urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this project, and I will give you more information on how the funds would be transferred to your bank account.

I am waiting for your reply.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs.Mercy Jumbo

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