419 scam: Dorothy Kent <dorothykent72@gmail.com> PLS HELP ME FOR CHARITY

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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: Dorothy Kent <dorothykent72@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dorothykent72@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 20:43:18 +0200
Subject: PLS HELP ME FOR CHARITY

Greetings,
I am Sister Dorothy Kent from London UK, a 56 years old widow. Married
to Late Dr. Bradley Kent,am formerly a muslim and later Converted into
christian after the death of my husband and my only son in Iraqi war
when i discovered that i have luekemia (blood cancer) ,because i got
to know that wealth without Christ is vanity this is how i became a
Christian .
Being close to my grave as diagnosed recently, I want to donate a
total sum of $15.5 Million in your care for Evangelism and support for
the less Privileged, orphanage and Charity around you.

Yours Sister,
Sister Dorothy Kent

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