419 scam: "Mrs. Dorothy Kempson" <info@ac.gov.br> Dear Friend,

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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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- dorothyalan@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Dorothy Kempson" <info@ac.gov.br>
Reply-To: dorothyalan@sify.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:39:17 -0400 (AMT)
Subject: Dear Friend,

From: Mrs. Dorothy Kempson,
52 Oxford Street, London, SW1Z1BV UK.
Dear Friend,

Here writes Mrs. Dorothy Kempson suffering from cancerous ailment. I am
married to Mr. Alan Kempson, an Englishman who died in plane crash, he
died in a plane crash when he was going for his business proposal in
Ilhéus flew through Salvador on Friday 2nd of May 2008. Please copy and
paste this Internet link for more information on the incident:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/05/britons.missing.after.brazil.plane.crash

My late dear husband was into Diamond Business Practice all his life
before his death. Our life together as a man and wife lasted for three
decades without child. My husband and I made a vow to uplift the
down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals as he had passion for
persons who can not help themselves due to physical disability or
financial predicament. I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a
Child from this relationship, which never came.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 7.5 Million(Seven
Million, Five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds) Sterling which were
derived from his vast diamond business, real estates and investment in
capital market with his bank here in UK. Presently, this money is still
with the Bank.

Before his death, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due
to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. Though what bothers me most
is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer. With this hard eality
that has befallen my family, and me I have decided to donate this fund to
you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to
fund the upkeep of less previlege, and the destitutes.

Please contact me to enable me instruct you on how you are to go about
distributing these funds on my behalf.

May God Almighty bless you as well as the nurse (Miss Whitney Merck) who
helped me to typed this message.

Hope to hear from you soon.

You can contact me through my private email address: dorothyalan@sify.com
(copy this email address and contact me)

Warmest Regards,
Mrs. Dorothy Kempson

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