Number ONE rule about scams -- NO ONE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU LOTS OF MONEY USING EMAIL.
If you are due a large inheritance, the attorney contacting you will write you a letter. Attorneys with access to that kind of money will hire a private detective to find you, they will NOT use email.
NO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY will ask for your personal information in an email. NEVER send ANYONE your date of birth, identification number, bank account number, or other personal information using email. EMAIL IS NOT SECURE. Just about any hacker can access it.
DO NOT CALL PEOPLE WHO EMAIL YOU ABOUT LARGE SUMS OF MONEY. I know you are broke and frightened about not paying your rent. Otherwise you would not even THINK about answering an email that, in your heart, you KNOW is a scam. Unfortunately, if you answer the email, you will lose the little amount of money that you still have left.
I kind of liked the Texas State Department email scam. It makes you think that the scammers may have a sense of humor. (Texas did used to be a country. It is now a US state, and US states do NOT have a State Department, which is the US term for the agency that controls our diplomats. US States do have a Secretary of State.)
DO NOT SEND MONEY to a "friend" you "talk to" using the internet. It is very likely that your "friend" is a scam artist. It is even possible that your "friend" is in prison, busy continuing to rip people off.
If you are really tempted to answer, first put the email address of the sender into Google. Usually the fact that the address is connected with a scam will be apparent.
You do not have much money so you should keep the little you have.
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