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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447017026406 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • dominic_b1951@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Toyota Inc." <toyota.deskinfo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:12:49 +0100
Subject: Car Award Notification!!!


The Lottery Department
Toyota Car Promotions
Haandvaerkervej 8,1 UK-9000 Aalborg
CVR-nr. 25554493.

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a Cash prize of £60,
000.00 GBP (Sixty Thousand Great British Pounds) and a Brand New Toyota Car
(Toyota Prius) in our International program which was held in April, 2007 in
London UK.

You can check our website, to have a view of your car from the link below;
(http://www.toyota.com/prius)

Description Of New Toyota Car to be Shipped to you.

NEW TOYOTA CAR:....................Year 2007 Model
COLOUR:..................................Light Blue Colour
MODEL:...................................Toyota Prius 2.0i ES
MANUAL ENGINE TYPE:...............1973cc 4-cylinder
POWER:...................................145bhp
TRANSMISSIONS:......................5-speed manual
FUEL:......................................29.1mpg (combined)

The selection process was carried out through a random selection in our
computerized E-mail Selection System (ESS) from a database of over 500,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This Toyota Car
Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The
International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional car
lottery is the tenth of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your Claims Officer
through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr. Dominic Bentley.
25 Atlantic Avenue Erlanger
United Kingdom
Email: dominic_b1951@yahoo.co.uk<http://us.f577.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dominic_b1951@yahoo.co.uk>
Phone Number:+44 7017026406
:+44 7014221497

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret Pin Code TY7448500
and your Reference Number 799BV90. You are also advised to provide him with
the under-listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone/Fax:
8. Present Country:

If you DO NOT contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this
notification, your winnings would be REVOKED.

IMPORTANT: Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information
from the public to avoid Fraudulent claim pending the completion of the
transfer/claim by Winner.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
Mr Teddy Lee.
Lottery Manager

Anti-fraud resources:

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