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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: "Pramon sutivong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <toyotacardepartmentclaimagentl25@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:00:03 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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   RC:  102750
TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD.
Head Office, 186/1 Moo 1
Old Railway Road, Samrong Tai,
Phrapadaeng, Samut Prakarn,
10130, Thailand.
 
TOYOTA AWARD NOTIFICATION
 
We are officially announcing to you the result of Toyota Motors Email
Lottery Promotion held on the 8th August 2014 as part of our
International Mid year promotion award. Your email was attached to reference number
TOYOTA-FLS433/453L/GMSA with draw number KXT59/TIF0050369, and Serial
No.: AH4590013, Ticket No.:  7100542188 (HMPWAYZ20051) which consequently
won you in the 2nd category prize, your email address was extracted from
our electronic email extraction system which randomly selected Ten (10)
Lucky Winners of which your email address was among one of the lucky winners.
You have therefore been approved for a payout of a total sum of Two
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$2,500,
000.00).
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential
as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals. The selection
process was carried our through our computerized Email Selection System
(ESS) which selects email from a database of over 600,000 email address
was drawn from all over the continents of the World. This promotions
being the first of its kind will now take place annually and we hope you will
also take part in our next year Five Million United States dollars
International Lottery Game. To file your claim, you are to contact our
Customer Service Unit authorized to conduct the necessary Verification
to enable you receive your Cash Prize.(You will receive more email upon
acknowledgement of this email).
 
Claims Department Unit (Thailand): CONTACT PERSON
 
Sir, Brian Morgan
92/48 Sathon Nua Rd., Floor 17 Sathorn Thani, 2 Bldg., Silom Region,
Bang
Rak, Silom, Bangkok 10500, Thailand.
Toyota Promotion Claims Department (Thailand).
Email: toyotacardepartmentclaimagentl25@yahoo.com.hk
Direct Line:  +66-923-172-372
 
You are to send an email to your claims agent and also provide the
below
under listed information as soon as possible:
 
1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS (IN FULL):
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. SEX
6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):
7. HOME PHONE & MOBILE NUMBER:
 
 
This program is promoted and sponsored by Microsoft, Malaysia Airline
and the Shell Group and we intend to use this medium to help individuals
generate fortunes, which would encourage them to expand their business
frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with
humanitarian Concerns within their immediate environment. All winning
must be claimed not later than one Week of Acknowledgment. After this date
all unclaimed funds will be returned to Toyota Corporation Treasury as
Unclaimed.
 
Yours in service,
Ninnart Chaithirapinyo.
(Executive Vice-Chairman / Programs & Events).
TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD.
President:  Mr. Kyoichi Tanada
Executive Vice President: Wichien Emprasertsuk
Chariman:  Mr. Pramon Sutivong
Material Copyright © 2014 The Toyota Corporation Ltd.

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