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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: "Steven" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevenhoo1@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:43:31 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATION!! 2010 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS!! FROM TOYOTA



CAMRY TOYOTA
FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER,
ASIA PACIFIC CHINA
Customer Service
Ref: MC/7146x4/10
Batch: 132/756/2010


PAYMENT TO MAKE BY ATM CARD ONLY AND BANK WIRE
================================================== ====

Due to the Recent problem related to our product we have decided to promote our new
camry to reconfirm our stand to the recent fault in our brakes and malfuntional parts in
our product. As part of this promotional statue we select you as a beneficiary of our
Toyota Camry latest edition and a sum of USD $500,000.00 that wil paid to your by Swift Card
payment system.

Our promotion council have decided to help stimulate the world economy by email
balloting of people that have email in the internet by random selection and your email is
among the selected email and you are qualify to receive the lump sum of USD500,000.00

And due to fraud associated with this type of promotion we have instructed all payment
to be made through ATM Card payment so that all.

TO CLAIM YOUR AWARD PLEASE CONTACT AND YOU
SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS!!
MR. STEVEN HO
stevenhoo1@yahoo.com.cn


1. Name in Full:
2. Home Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age / Gender
5. Occupation:
6. Telephone Number:
7. Fax Number:
8. Your City:
9. Your State:
10. Zip / Postal Code:
11. Present Country:
12. Alternative Email add:
13. Sae Port :_______________________________ where you want your Car to be send to
Send above information in your correspondences with your claims agent.

Sincerely,
Reply to your Agent immediately
V.P FINANCE
MR. STEVEN HO
Email: stevenho@toyotapromo.net
Email: stevenhoo1@yahoo.com.cn
LOTTO AGENT

.......CONGRATULATION ONCE AGAIN!! FROM OUR ENTIRE COMPANY TOYOTA INTERNATION..........

* NOTE ** you must be 25 years or older and above to claim. Late response after a month is not accepted.
Misconduct and non adherence to instructions leads to prize termination!!

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