Type of scam: recovery scam.
Email:
Hello xxx
Attached is your Bank Draft I received from Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, for your compensation payment, I have been to the bank to
cash the Draft and wire the money to you, I told the bank that you are
on a medical attention abroad, will not have possibilities of cashing
the Bank Draft, that you also have an urgent financial needs for your
medical bills, the bank said they need authorization letter from you,
confirming that you authorized me to cash the Bank Draft on your
behalf, before they can pay the €850,000.00 euro to me.
Regards
Joseph Lambai
Return-Path: <lambaijoe1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018
Subject: Regards to my email
Fake document received with the email:
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