Someone wants to" donate" a very large sum of money to me

I don't know them and I didn't ask for it....(even though it would be nice)....What to do?

What you are describing is a standard advance fee fraud tactic. In reality, there are no dying people donating money to random individuals on the internet, and there are no lottery winners doing that either.


But there are lots and lots of scammers who are pretending to be one of these things, in order to scam strangers.

The scam is simple: The scammer (who may use the name of a real person) sends out hundreds of emails, promising potential victims a large sum of money (that doesn't really exist) that is conveniently in another country. The victim will "claim" it but soon problems will arise. In order to "claim" the money, the victim will have to pay taxes, shipping fees, bribes, or some other "fees." If the victim pays one fee, soon the scammer will invent another fee. This will continue until the victim is completely penniless, or figures out that he/she is not getting any money and cuts off contact with the scammer.

In the end, the only money that is involved in this transaction is the victim's--going straight to the scammer's pocket.

Most people are generous, but only a scammer is going to "donate" a huge sum of money to you ( supposedly donate, anyhow) starting with an email from someone you have never heard of. If you look at the complete headers of that email the "TO:" line will likely read "undisclosed recipients", meaning you have no idea who else it was sent to, but you do know it was not just you.

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It is a scam. Do not contact them back and just hit delete.