Suspected spammer: [email protected]
Received by us: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:38:30 +0000 (UTC)
SpamAssasin rating: 9.1
Email analysis
This email is a well-known variant of a charity scam, often called a “419 scam,” which uses emotional manipulation to exploit the recipient’s compassion. It contains several key elements that clearly identify it as fraudulent. Firstly, the sender’s name is overly generic and originates from a free Gmail account ([email protected]), which is untrustworthy for any official communication, especially regarding financial matters. The email opens with an elaborate backstory featuring tragic circumstances—such as the sender’s terminal illness and the loss of his family—to evoke sympathy and solicit a response.
Furthermore, the promise of receiving a significant sum of money (US$10 million) in exchange for cooperation is a tactic designed to lure victims into providing their personal and banking information. The fabricated details about using part of the funds for charitable causes, such as helping widows and orphans, attempt to make the proposal appear more legitimate and honorable. Additionally, the sender’s urgent tone, suggesting that time is of the essence due to an impending surgery, aims to bypass rational decision-making and encourage hasty action.
Readers should be wary of any unsolicited communications that promise large sums of money, especially those that ask for personal information or establish a sense of urgency. Always verify the legitimacy of such claims before engaging further, as reputable organizations will not solicit help in this manner.
Plain text Email
— Greetings,
My name is Eng. Joly Ping, I am a citizen of Indonesia, but now I am critically sick and down with esophageal cancer which has damaged almost all the cells in my body. I know this message will come to you as a surprise from a stranger since we don’t know each other before.
I got your contact from your country’s foreign directory after my fasting and prayers. Your contact was chosen as a God-fearing, honest and trustworthy person. When repling back if your are interested include this message.
My late wife died in a ghastly accident with our two daughters four years ago. My late wife and I do not have any relatives; we both grew up in an orphanage home and got married in an orphanage as orphans. Please, I am begging you, in the name of God, to sincerely accept my proposal; let me instruct the bank to transfer the sum of US$ 10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION DOLLARS), which is in our shared bank account before she died to be transferred to your bank account immediately.
As soon as the funds are transferred to your bank account, you will take 30% of the total amount transferred to your account as my representative and use 70% for the upkeep of the Widows, Orphans, Mosques, Churches and the less privileged around the world.
Please reply immediately with your full data if you agree to help me so that we can arrange for the transfer of the funds to your bank account before anything happens to me, I will undergo surgery soon, and I do not know what the outcome of the surgery might be, as the doctor has told me already that I may not survive it.
Please, I am waiting to hear from you now. Eng. Joly Ping
HTML Email
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Greetings,
My name is Eng. Joly Ping, I am a citizen of Indonesia, but now I am critically sick and down with esophageal cancer which has damaged almost all the cells in my body. I know this message will come to you as a surprise from a stranger since we don’t know each other before.Â
I got your contact from your country’s foreign directory after my fasting and prayers. Your contact was chosen as a God-fearing, honest and trustworthy person. When repling back if your are interested include this message.
My late wife died in a ghastly accident with our two daughters four years ago. My late wife and I do not have any relatives; we both grew up in an orphanage home and got married in an orphanage as orphans. Please, I am begging you, in the name of God, to sincerely accept my proposal; let me instruct the bank to transfer the sum of US$ 10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION DOLLARS), which is in our shared bank account before she died to be transferred to your bank account immediately.
As soon as the funds are transferred to your bank account, you will take 30% of the total amount transferred to your account as my representative and use 70% for the upkeep of the Widows, Orphans, Mosques, Churches and the less privileged around the world.
Please reply immediately with your full data if you agree to help me so that we can arrange for the transfer of the funds to your bank account before anything happens to me, I will undergo surgery soon, and I do not know what the outcome of the surgery might be, as the doctor has told me already that I may not survive it.
Please, I am waiting to hear from you now. Eng. Joly Ping