WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Arizona woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a mass-mailing fraud scheme that defrauded thousands of elderly consumers across the United States and abroad.
According to federal prosecutors, 48-year-old Kimberly Stamps of Gilbert, Arizona, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. She was the operator of a prize notice scam that ran from 2012 until early 2018 and stole more than $15 million from victims.
Stamps admitted she mailed millions of deceptive prize notices that falsely claimed recipients had been selected to win large cash prizes, requiring a $20 to $50 fee to claim the reward. Victims never received any real prize, only sweepstakes information or trinkets of minimal value.
Court documents show Stamps managed nearly every aspect of the operation, including purchasing consumer mailing lists, coordinating with printers and translators, opening P.O. boxes, ordering fulfillment items, and managing bank accounts used to receive payments. She also violated a 2012 cease-and-desist agreement with the U.S. Postal Service that barred her from mailing fraudulent prize notices.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service executed search warrants and shut down the operation in February 2018.
Stamps is the third and final defendant to plead guilty in the conspiracy. Co-conspirators John Kyle Muller and Barbara Trickle pleaded guilty earlier this year and in 2024, respectively.
The Justice Department encourages anyone 60 or older who has experienced financial fraud to contact the National Elder Fraud Hotline at 1-833-372-8311.
