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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "TOYOTA COMPANY" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:55:59 +0800
Subject: TOYOTA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

THE TOYOTA MOTORS COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT TOYOTA AVENUE
65 EXCHANGE ROAD,ORTIGAS BUILDING
TOKYO,JAPAN.
TOYOTA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 28th February 2011 by Toyota Motor Company in conjunction with the Japan International Lottery Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each on the Toyota Company Promotion dated as stated above.

This is from the total price of $10 million United State Dollars shared among the 20 lucky winners.you are therefore approved for a lump payment of $500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)
However the results were released on the 8th March 2011 and your email attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:12052006/20).

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the Japanese Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

As indicated by the computerized selection machine,your lucky winning number falls within our Asia booklet representative office in THE PEOPLE REPUBLIC OF CHINA as showed in the coupon.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize..
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

In other to claim your $500,000.00 prize winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank.
However,you will have to fill the form below and send it to the promotion manager of THE TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of $500,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.

NAME:......................................

AGE:.......................................

SEX:.........................................

ADDRESS:(RESIDENT ADDRESSONLY)..............................

EMAIL:.....................................

PHONE:...................................

OCCUPATION:...........................

AMOUNT WON........................

COUNTRY:.............................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund
(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
Name: DR Mrs.Suzan Hu
E MAIL: dr.mrssuzanh@yahoo.cn
PHONE: +86 134 219 928 02
You are to keep all the lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number.(this is important as a case of double claiming will not be entertained)
*Staff of Toyota Motor Company and the Japanese International Lottery Company are not to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
MR WILLIAM E.A
(VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE)

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