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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • toyotadrkelvinperkins@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES ONLINE LOTTERY <toyotonotice16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <toyotadrkelvinperkins@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:24:20 -0700
Subject: TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES LOTTERY



TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES LOTTERYToyota Auto-mobiles headquaters, 19 Ul,Essex , PE9 2YP, LondonUnited Kingdom.TOYOTA ONLINE CAR /CASH AWARD PRIZE NOTIFICATIONThis is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of£250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) and a brand newtoyota from the International online programs held on the 12th day of January 2008 in London the United Kingdom .The selection process wascarried out through random selection in our computerized Email selectionsystem (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn fromall the continents of the world The Toyota Car Promotional Lottery isapproved by the British Gaming Board and Also Licensed by theInternational Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 2nd of its kind and we intend to sensitize thepublic. To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact theremittance department with the emails address provided below through ouraccredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:Kelvin Perkins,Toyota Auto-mobiles headquaters,19 Ul,Essex ,PE9 2YP ,London United Kingdom.E-mail: toyotadrkelvinperkins@yahoo.co.uk Contact him with your secret pin code PGA00111234 and your referencenumber TYT: 12058006/06. You are also advised to provide him with theunder listed information as soon as possible: Claims Requirements:1. Name in full-----------------------2. Address----------------------------3. Sex--------------------------------4. Nationality/Religion---------------5. Marital Status--------------------6. Age--------------------------------7. Next Of Kin------------------------8. Occupation-------------------------9. Phone/Fax--------------------------10. Present Country-------------------congratulations once again!With Best RegardsMr. Dominic GerardLottery Manager.
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