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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.

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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.
  • +447045704273 (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.
  • toyotaclaimsofficer_dennis2@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: infopost@mchsi.com (TOYOTA COMPANY)
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:32:35 +0000
Subject: PRIZE............AWARD

Toyota Car Promotions
Haandvaerkervej 8,1
DK-9000 Aalborg
CVR-NR. 265457498

PRIZE...........AWARD

This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prizeof £600,000.00
(Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)and a brand new toyota car (Toyota
camry) International programs held 2007 in the London Uk.

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

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


To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our accredited
Prize Transfer Agent as stated below:

Mr.DENNIS COKER
Email:toyotaclaimsofficer_dennis2@yahoo.com.hk
Tel :+44 70457 04273

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret pin
codetyt4234bg and your reference number 6y2005udx.

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:

1.Name in Full
2.Address
3.Age
4.Sex
5.Occupation
6.Phone/Fax

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
Mr Bob C.Williams
Lottery Manager

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