419 scam: Halima Rahmislev <maannwallace@gmail.com> Donation for charity work, please write me back.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- r_halima1960@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Halima Rahmislev <maannwallace@gmail.com>
Reply-To: r_halima1960@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:47:10 +0100
Subject: Donation for charity work, please write me back.

Hello my beloved Friend,

With warm hearts I offer my friendship and greetings to you in the name of
our lord God; and I hope this letter meets you in good health, I am
proposing to you with my free mind and as a person of integrity, despite
the fact that this message might appear as a big surprise to you
considering that you barely know who I am, but the grace of God has
directed me to you and I wish you read this message and be touched in
accordance to my heart desire.

Personally, I have been suffering from brain tumor (Cancer) with some other
related complications. in fact, this illness has gone to a level where my
doctor have to informed me that my days are numbered because of my present
health status, In fact, am just like a person that is condemned to death in
a very short period. As a matter of fact, this illness have consumed
uncountable amount of money through my medical care, yet, nothing has
happened, but I have personally reserved some funds which I purposely kept
in my bank in Europe to fight against the so called deadly Cancer decease;

My marital status is such that I'm single because I lost my Husband for
over 9 years now and unfortunately we had no child together of which I have
no one to inherit our belongings, Based on that, I decided to WILL out my
remaining bank account worth of Four million euros (â‚¬4,000,000.00 ) to
enable you establish a charitable foundation against this deadly Cancer
decease in my memory so that the grace of God will be with me until my last
home so I can receive an honorable place with the Lord our father when I
die.

I have no fear of building my trust on you because I am already convince in
my heart before I decided to contact you, in fact, I have prayed over this
for several nights for the Lord God to provide me with the right and
trusted person to whom I can hand this project over to his or her care;
Fortunately enough, your contact emerged as my chosen person to be the flag
bearer of my WILL for the Charity project.

Please I will appreciate your very urgent response to enable me refer you
to my lawyer who will guide you on the process of claiming the funds from
my bank in Europe. I count on your goodwill and especially on the proper
use of these funds have something I do not doubt because I have great
confidence in you that God may guide me toward you.

Awaiting your prompt reply; My email is ( r_halima1960@hotmail.com )

Yours Truly,
Halima Rahmislev.

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