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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: "Toyota Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <toyotaconsultantoffice@consultant.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:38:45 -0400
Subject: ATTN, DEAR WINNER......

Congratulations!!! you have won a brand new Corolla 2014 Model Toyota Car and a cash prize of (US$10.5M) in
the on going Toyota Lottery Bonanza, held on the 1st section 2014 in United Kingdom (UK). your ticket no is.: ( TCC/03D ),
approved by the British-America-Africa Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). To claim your prize Send Your Full Name:,..... Your Address:,...Your Cell Phone number:,.....Alternative Email:,....
Occupation:,....Ticket Code:....to ( toyotaconsultantoffice@consultant.com ).

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a
database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which your E-mail were selected as one of
the lucky winner.

(N;B); Email ( toyotaconsultantoffice@consultant.com ) and call us on; +234-803-886-1312

Sincerely,

Mr. Chandrasheker K. Thampy
Toyota Online Co-ordinator
Tel: +234-803-886-1312
FAX: +234-1-0072264-5
TPAO 992, Ojulari Road,
Lekki Peninsula Scheme, Lagos
P.O.Box , 004504, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria.

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