Lottery scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • you win any lottery where you didn't buy a ticket! It's really that easy! It's not just too good to be true: it's bait in a trap!
  • you receive a generous grant out of the blue. Sadly (but not surprisingly) there aren't any benevolent people regularly throwing around millions of pounds/dollars/euros to randomly chosen people. This is just the lottery scam without the ticket.
  • they send you partial payment in the form of a cheque, money order, or direct bank transfer and want you to pay them fees out of that money. They're playing you for a sucker: cheques are frequently forged, and direct transfers made by compromising some poor schmuck's online banking service. You'll wind up a victim of fraud, or a party to it.
  • they want you to send them any money of any sort for any reason. They might try to say there are courier fees or taxes to cover. They're lying. Call their bluff and tell them to take the fees out themselves -- they'll never ever agree, because they can't defraud you unless money is making the reverse trip from you to them somehow.

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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From: toyota promo <toyotajpbgf@hotmail.com>

TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL LOTTO (HEADQUATER)
Customer Service Department Affiliate of Toyota Japan.
#28 Kanashiwa Roads Tokyo JP
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today, You are among the winners of the TOYOTA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program
 
As a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 343-221-8756, with serial number 454-17 drew the lucky numbers 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 and Bonus number 12 , Your INSURANCE Number: FLS433/ 453L /GMSA and consequently you won in the Second Category of the TOYOTA FORTUNE LOTTO DRAW.
 
You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of US$2,000,000, 00 in cash, including a Toyota car which is the winning present /amount for the Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$12,650, 000.00 shared among the international winners in the Second category.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
Please be informed that your won fund of the sum of US$2,000,000.00 is now with the payee center. Contact our agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your winning fund under your full names. Together with the port where you're winning car should be shipped to.
 
To begin your claim, please call our claim agent or send email immediately to:-.
 
Certificate Agent, Toyota Email Lotto
MR FEDRICK WOODSMAN
Email: fedrickwoodsman@hotmail.com
Email: fedrickwoodsman101@gawab.com
Telephone: 008615817111324
 
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Please quote your
 
1. Full name
2. Address / contact number
3. Country of origin
4.  Age
5. Occupation
6. Tel/fax:
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ing Chuny Liu
Hon Coordinator
www.toyota.com.cn


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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Just received an updated version of this scam. Secret is to check who else they have sent the e-mail to and see how similar their e-mail addresses are.

25 July 2009 at 08:55:00 UTC

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