419 scam: "Kelly Gilbert" <cohen_caro@yahoo.com> USE THIS FOR HUMANITY

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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.
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 "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.
- kelgil01@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kelly Gilbert" <cohen_caro@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: kelgil01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 18:33:04 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: USE THIS FOR HUMANITY

Hello,

I am Kelly Gilbert a lawyer and solicitor at law.I am the personal attorney/sole
executor to Mrs. Caro Cohen hereinafter referred to as my client' who is a widow of
73 years, suffering from cancer of the breast,she was married to a British man and
they have lived in Africa since they got married over 35 years ago, her husband
James Cohen was killed during the UK terrorist Attack and they have no child.

Her condition is serious and according to her doctor,it is obvious she will not
survive. She told me in confidence that her late husband WILLED the sum of
$17,000,000.00 US Dollars which was packaged and deposited in a Finance House.

She mandated me to seek for a reliable organization or person who is into or will
use this fund for the less privileged around the world. She has also made some
donations to a charity home in my country too.

Please get back to me via this ID (kelgil01@yahoo.co.jp) for further directives if
you can work with me to fulfill her aim.

Thank you,
Kelly Gilbert.

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