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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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 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.
  • +447011136181 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • toyota.claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mslpostmail@mchsi.com (TOYOTA CAR PROMOTIONS INT.)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:55:05 +0000
Subject: YOU WON A TOYOTA PRIUS CAR PLUS 600.000 POUNDS

Toyota Car Promotions Department
2 Lansodowne Row, Berkeley Square,
London,W1j 6h, United Kingdom
CVR-nr. 25554493.

This is to inform you that have been selected for a Cash prize of
£600,000.00. (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)and a brand new
Toyota Prius car International programs held August 20th 2007 in the
London Uk.


You can view our website to view your car
(http://www.toyota.com/prius)

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(cess) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Toyota car Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the United Kingdom Goverment


Send your claims requriements to the promotions Director via his official e-
mail address below for verification and aprroval.

Engr Roy Henshaw.

2 Lansodowne Row, Berkeley Square,
London,W1j 6h, United Kingdom

Email:toyota.claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk

TELL.+447011136181

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret pin code
TY7448500 and your reference number 799BV90.You are also advised to
provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:

1.Name in full :
2.Address :
3.Nationality :
4.Age :
5.Sex :
6.Occupation:
7.Phone/Fax:
8.Present Country:

Anti-fraud resources:

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