419 scam: TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LTD <tonibob001@gmail.com> dear lucky winer

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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 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.
- toyotaautomobilecompanyltd@asia.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LTD <tonibob001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: toyotaautomobilecompanyltd1@asia.com
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:01:28 +0400
Subject: dear lucky winer

Dear Lucky Winner,

Congratulations to you, from the Board of Directors, members of staff
and the International Awareness Promotion Department of Toyota
Automobile Company LTD.

I wish to announce to you that your email was selected as the winner
of the annual final draws of Lucky Star PRIZE TOYOTA MOTOR VEHICLE
international awareness promotion (TAIAP) in this year's 09 th
December, 2014. You hereby declare you as one of the proud owner of
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 2014.

The TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 2014 is under three-year warranty and free
repair or servicing of any TOYOTA Auto Service stations around the
world.

DESCRIPTION OF THE YEAR AWARD: TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 2014,

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized Email Selection (CESS) from a database for millions of
email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address was
attached to ticket number and your email address was selected from a
series ?: (07-ZY39) and serial number: (BT-56543) Category No (DM-258)
as the winner of the star prize laureates among other consolation for
you to claim their prizes,

You are advised to contact your claim agent in our Asia regional
office in Dubai,United Arab Emirates, where your winning numbers fall
in the vote.
Please contact Dr. Franklin Booth. By email
(toyotaautomobilecompanyltd@asia.com) Tel:(+971522764090).

Yours sincerely,

Director:
Mrs. Bahar Laiba

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