419 scam: SCOTT MARSHALL <jocpete@hotmail.com> TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION.

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "foreign remittance 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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
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: SCOTT MARSHALL <jocpete@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <scottmarshalltangcheng@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:58:10 +0000
Subject: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION.

Customer Services
Ref: JP/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
File: KTU/9023118308/03

Good day to you,

We happily announce to you the draw of the TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
International program Held on Wednesday, the 23RD of APRIL
2014 in TOKYO,JAPAN.

This draw was Held for Citizens of the Following continents:

1) USA
2) AFRICA
3) EUROPE
4) ASIA
5) NORTH / SOUTH AMERICA
6] MIDDLE-EAST

Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 and
Serial number 5368/02 and Drew the lucky winning numbers:
02-06-09-18-24-35-19: which subsequently won you the Promo in the 2nd
category. You have Been Approved therefore to claim the sum of
$1.8million (One Million,Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
equivalent in cash Credited to file Ktu/9023118308/03.

All Participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web Draw-through computer system. This promotion takes place quarterly in by way of Social Corporate Responsibility[SCR] and is geared towards giving back to the global world.

In view of this, your $1.8million (One Million,Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be Processed and paid to you by our sponsor bank,China Merchants Bank.For security Reasons, you are Advised to keep your winning information Confidential Until your claims and payment had been completed and your money
transferred to you via online bank payment system by China Merchants Bank.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please Be Warned.

To file for your claim, Please contact the Foreign Remittance Manager of China Merchants Bank to direct you on how you will open an online account with China Merchants Bank so that your money will be transferred to you.Note that you will abide to the transfer terms and conditions of the bank since TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION did not make provisions for the bank's transfer terms such as bank transfer charges to enable your prize money be transferred to you successfully.

Thank you for Being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Haruhiko Kato
Director,TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam