419 scam: "Adam Bricks"<international_awardprize2010@yahoo.cn> ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "colinrobert_claimsdept@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +31647250558 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Adam Bricks" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <colinrobert_claimsdept@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:49:18 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT

Ref Number:NL 52 4355 622
Batch Number:366 446 275-NL/2010
Amount Won: 2, 500, 000.00. USD

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" CYBER LOTTO DRAWS

Dear Internet User

We are pleased to inform you of the results of our cyber lotto draw
of Lottery NL Promotional Draws. The online electronic-raffle draws
was conducted from an exclusive list of 250,000 e-mail accounts picked
by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive
list However, no tickets were sold.

After the automated computer ballot collection, your e-mail address
emerged as a winner category "A" with the following numbers attached
(Ref Number: NL 52 4355 622, Batch Number: 366 446 275-NL/2010.

Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total
payout sum! CONGRATULATIONS!!! The payout of this cash prize to you
will be subject to the final validations and satisfactory report that
you are the owner of the winning email address.Your prize award has
been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you
upon meeting our requirements,

For statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory
report.To file in for the claims of your winning cashprize, you are
advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for
category "A" winners with the information below:
FOREIGN CLAIMS AGENT

Name:Colin Robert
Tel :+31 647 250 558
Email:colinrobert_claimsdept@yahoo.cn

You are advised to provide him with the following information:

First name:
Last Name:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your
reference numbers and the password of your E-mail address. Since we do
not Know you, if an impostor hacks your E-mail account ID and claims
your money without our knowledge, we shall not be hold liable. Double
claims will not be Entertained, so be careful.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations!!! And thank you for being a user
of the World Wide Web.

Yours Sincerelly
Adams Bricks
ONLINE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.

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