419 scam: Rima Christina Mathew <rmathew@live.fr> My donation

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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!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Rima Christina Mathew <rmathew@live.fr>
Reply-To: Rima Christina Mathew <ellabellabella81@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 08:30:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My donation

Dearest in Christ,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I$B!G(Bm Mrs.Rima Christina Mathew the widow of late Mr. Mathew, i$B!G(Bm 68 years old. I am a suffering from prolonged cancer of the breast, from all medical indications my condition has really deteriorated and it$B!G(Bs pretty obvious that i may not live for more than three months owning to the rapid growth by stage and the excruciating pain that accrues to it.

My husband was killed during the political crises in 2002 in Cote d'Ivoire, and our long years of marriage was not blessed with children. My husband was very wealthy .After his death I inherited all his business and funds. My doctor has diagnosed and told me privately what i should expect, building my spirit for the inevitable. He says i may not last for more than three months, based on this i have taken the decision to share part of my funds and wealth in contribution to the development of the society with major focus on the poor, needy and victims of HIV/AIDS and refugees.

I selected you after visiting the website having prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of $8.300,000 USD.

I shall be awaiting for your response.

Regards,
Mrs.Rima Christina.

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