419 scam: "Mr. Bricks Adams" <bricks.adams@ymail.com> [ALL FOR RAF PAYMENT]

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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:
- ",500,000" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- bricksadams2010@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Bricks Adams" <bricks.adams@ymail.com>
Reply-To: Bricksadams2010@aim.com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:47:46 -0500
Subject: [ALL FOR RAF PAYMENT]

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[ALL FOR RAF PAYMENT]

From: Mr. Bricks Adams

264 Old Kent Road London

Bricksadams2010@aim.com

Hello, Good day.

I am President A.P.I (Association for Personal Injury) in charge of
payment of Road Accident Funds Compensation in United Kingdom.

I reliably got your email contact from your country email online and I
took the courage to contact you in this discreet matter that demands
urgency, trust and absolute confidentiality and the objective is to
transfer RAF compensation to you.

There is what is called or known as RAF (Road Accident Fund) in UK and it
is compensation that is paid to anybody that has an accident in UK road
network.

Meanwhile, a citizen of your country was involved in an accident in UK
road network 2007 but due to the circumstances surrounding the incident
(drunk color: black;">Now the money (Â£3,500,000.00) is approved and the
victim is nowhere to claim the money and all unclaimed Road Accident Funds
in our vault has been penciled for confiscation. Hence, I am contacting
you
for us to strike a deal by virtue of using your name and contact to
transfer the money to your nominated account. Then, we share the money
70/30 instead of forfeiting the money to government treasury.

For more information, reply this mail with your full particulars, direct
contact telephone and time to call you for us to speak more in details and
seal the Deal.

Waiting your earliest possible reply and treat with absolute
confidentiality and very urgent.

Yours faithfully,
Bricks Adams

Tel/ 0044 7924079955

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