419 scam: Pramon sutivong <toyotacarclaimagent2014@gmail.com> CONGRATULATIONS:

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million 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)
- "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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a 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!
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.
- +66923172372 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
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.
- toyotacardepartmentclaimagentl25@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Pramon sutivong <toyotacarclaimagent2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: toyotacardepartmentclaimagentl25@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:50:07 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS:

RC: 102750
TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD.
Head Office, 186/1 Moo 1
Old Railway Road, Samrong Tai,
Phrapadaeng, Samut Prakarn,
10130, Thailand.

TOYOTA AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are officially announcing to you the result of Toyota Motors Email
Lottery Promotion held on the 8th August 2014 as part of our
International Mid year promotion award. Your email was attached to
reference number TOYOTA-FLS433/453L/GMSA with draw number
KXT59/TIF0050369, and Serial No.: AH4590013, Ticket No.: 7100542188
(HMPWAYZ20051) which consequently won you in the 2nd category prize,
your email address was extracted from our electronic email extraction
system which randomly selected Ten (10) Lucky Winners of which your
email address was among one of the lucky winners. You have therefore
been approved for a payout of a total sum of Two Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars (US$2,500, 000.00).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We also advise that you keep your winning information very
confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double
claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
individuals. The selection process was carried our through our
computerized Email Selection System (ESS) which selects email from a
database of over 600,000 email address was drawn from all over the
continents of the World. This promotions being the first of its kind
will now take place annually and we hope you will also take part in
our next year Five Million United States dollars International Lottery
Game. To file your claim, you are to contact our Customer Service Unit
authorized to conduct the necessary Verification to enable you receive
your Cash Prize.(You will receive more email upon acknowledgement of
this email).

Claims Department Unit (Thailand): CONTACT PERSON

Sir, Brian Morgan
92/48 Sathon Nua Rd., Floor 17 Sathorn Thani, 2 Bldg., Silom Region,
Bang Rak, Silom, Bangkok 10500, Thailand.
Toyota Promotion Claims Department (Thailand).
Email: toyotacardepartmentclaimagentl25@yahoo.com.hk
Direct Line: +66-923-172-372

You are to send an email to your claims agent and also provide the
below under listed information as soon as possible:

1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS (IN FULL):
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. SEX
6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):
7. HOME PHONE & MOBILE NUMBER:

This program is promoted and sponsored by Microsoft, Malaysia Airline
and the Shell Group and we intend to use this medium to help
individuals generate fortunes, which would encourage them to expand
their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and
assisting with humanitarian Concerns within their immediate
environment. All winning must be claimed not later than one Week of
Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned
to Toyota Corporation Treasury as Unclaimed.

Yours in service,
Ninnart Chaithirapinyo.
(Executive Vice-Chairman / Programs & Events).
TOYOTA MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD.
President: Mr. Kyoichi Tanada
Executive Vice President: Wichien Emprasertsuk
Chariman: Mr. Pramon Sutivong
Material Copyright © 2014 The Toyota Corporation Ltd.

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