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Laker1234 08-11-2010 8:30 AM

Has Anyone Seen This Scam Before?
 
Reference Number: TM-76203431
The Board of Directors, members and staff of the International Awareness Promotion Department of the Toyota Automobile Company in collaboration with eBay, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER of this year's Toyota Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held today in SPAIN, that your email address has won a 2010 Toyota Camry four- cylinder XLE model car and a cash prize of 350,000 (Three Hundred And Fifty Thousand British Pound). This was an auto ballot of 1 Miiliions email address on the internet.

To collect your prize please contact our Claims Manager Mr. John Bulltons.
Please include the reference Number to avoid scammers from interupting with your winnings please provide the following information to him in your
email:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address (the address where the prize will be received)
3.Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Country:
8.Tel.Number

Mr. John Bulltons
eBay's Toyota Claims Department
EMAIL: mrbulltonstoyotacamrydept@gncn.net

Engr.Peter M. Reed
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
Toyota Camry,England

iridelow1998 08-11-2010 8:45 AM

Yup, substitute whatever company in there and I get those emails all the time.

xistential 08-11-2010 9:29 AM

"from interrupting with your winnings"

There's your tip off.

jtnz 08-11-2010 9:13 PM

"Engr.Peter M. Reed"

And there is another one. Is everyone in Nigeria an engineer?

misteve 08-12-2010 12:19 AM

I usually go by.... If it looks like someone on Wakeworld put the sentences and grammar together, FLAG IT!

:)


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