The “Prince Alwaleed bin Talal” scam must be paying off for the scammers this month, because this is the second (no, the third!) message of this kind we’ve gotten recently. Alas, they are all just examples of the good old “advance fee fraud” — read more about how these scams work so you can learn to avoid them in the future.
Subject: Re:You have been selected as recipient/benefactor for $5Million Dollars
From: hamid
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015
Reply-To: dy.logan@yandex.comMessage from Saudi Arabia Prince Alwaleed bin Talal for his charity donation and You have been selected as recipient/benefactor for $5Million Dollars from Alwaleed Philanthropic Foundation Grant.for more information contact Via email to behzadhamid58@yahoo.com
Behzad Hamid
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