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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:

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.
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES GROUP" <info@web.com>
Reply-To: toyota_claimdept09@xd.ae
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 16:17:32 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

TOYOTA AWARD DEPARTMENT
Toyota (GB) Forest Road, Feltham
Middlesex TW13 7DY
United Kingdom.

We are pleased to inform you that your Email Address has won £450,000.00
(four hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) in cash or bank
draft credited to file reference number: TOYOTA:01173VG/12 and a Brand New
Toyota Car (TOYOTA CAMRY) in the 2013 New Year of Toyota Automobile Group
Alleviation Promo. The selection process was carried out through random
selection in our computerized email selection system(ESS) from a database
of over 950,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the
world.

New Toyota Car :......................Year 2012 Model
MODEL:...............................Toyota Camry
Manual ENGINE TYPE:...........1973cc 4-cylinder
POWER:...............................145bhp
TRANSMISSIONS:................Five-speed manual
FUEL:................................29.1mpg (combined)
****This Toyota car award is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
promotional car award is the tenth of its kind and we intend to sensitize
the public.

FOR YOUR PRIZE CLAIMING CONTACT THE CLAIM DEPARTMENT WITH THE INFORMATION
BELOW:

*** TICKET NUMBER: 793-TKH75
*** REFERENCE NUMBER: TOYOTA:33PKY69276037
***SECURITY PIN CODE:33PKY692

1, FULL NAME:
2, ADDRESS:
3, MOBILE No:
4, AGE:
5, SEX:
6, STATE:
7, OCCUPATION:
8, COUNTRY:
9,YOUR SECURITY PIN CODE:

****The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely
for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized.
If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this
email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information
contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of
the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to
be the views TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES GROUP UNITED KINGDOM.

Regards,
Members & Staffs
DR. KELVIN PALMER (Claims Manager)
+4487-123-477-93
toyota_claimdept09@xd.ae
Copyright © 2013 Toyota Inc

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