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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.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "toyota lottery" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "toyota_inc@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "toyota_inc@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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: <info4@postkin890.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <toyota_inc@live.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:16:53 -0800
Subject: (CONGRATULATION)

TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES COMPANY PROMOTION 2013.
Curzon Square, 25 Park Lane
London
W1K 1RA
United Kingdom
Switchboard: 020 7290 8500
www.toyota.co.uk

Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that your Email address have won a prize money of Â£500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) And 1 Hp Laptop for the Yearly Toyota Lottery promotion held on January 23rd 2014, In London United Kingdom which is organized by Toyota in conjunction with Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company, â€œYour Email Address" were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred thousand email from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 7 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without the winner applying, The prize must be claimed by the email owner ONLY, not less than 3 weeks from the day of notification.

These are your identification numbers:
Ticket Number: 011425896/2013
Serial Number: 3872/506
Lucky Numbers:7/4/88/28/01/40

Send your complete personal information with your Award Ticket and Serial no. to us via Email: (toyota_inc@live.com) to enable us process your claim.

1. Full name: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦..
2. Country: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.
3. Contact Address: â€¦â€¦â€¦...
4. Mobile no/Fax no: â€¦â€¦â€¦..
5. Marital Status: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦
6. Occupation: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.
7. Sex: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.
8. Age: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦..
9. Email: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦
10. Amount: â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦

toyota_inc@live.com
Dr. DAVID NORRIS.
Foreign Service Manager
TOYOTA Lottery (Pty) Ltd.
CALL:
website: www.toyota.com
I want to Congratulate You In Advance and Please Do Not Forget to Help the Poor In the Society When Toyota Makes You a Beneficiary Of their World Of Wealth. Please do not reply if you are NOT the owner of this email address. Congratulations ONCE MORE

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Robert Wilson
For the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Toyota Lottery Company

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