Scam email - apparantly from Toyota

[Meeja]

Email said:

Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED A WINNER!!!
From: "TOYOTA CASH/CAR AWARD 2009 UK." <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, April 17, 2009 3:37 am
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Priority: Normal
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Toyota Car Promotions
United Kingdom.

You have emerged Winner from this Weeks Draws.
Contact

Mr. Mr Parley Paulson
[e-mail]

For Claims Of Funds, Provide the Following secret Pin
Code TY7448500 and your Reference Number 799BV90,

(a) Your full Name:
(b) Contact address:
(c) Your Telephone and fax numbers:
(d) Your Age:
(e) Your occupation:
(f) Your country of origin:
Winning Details,

You Have Won: £600,000.00 Pounds Sterling and a Brand New
Toyota Car
Date Of Draw:APRIL 13th 2009.

Another one for the bin.

[Groober]

Don't bin it you've won!!!

[littleandy0410]

Ha Ha! I like Mr Parley Paulson's e-mail address! arley!

Edited by littleandy0410 on Friday 17th April 10:30

[carmadgaz]

The VERY obvious giveaway (as opposed to the other giveaways ) is a yahoo e-mail address!

[jammiedodger26]

Having worked for Toyota....you would get a phone call to inform you if you'd actually won!

Have you test driven a car recently?

[Meeja]

Understood immediately that it was a scam - just I haven't seen one like this before, and though I would draw it to the attention of others.

.hk address is a giveaway, along with grammatical errors.

[mechsympathy]

You'd have thought that if they had £600k to give away they'd at least stump up for a Lexus

[Road2Ruin]

carmadgaz said:

The VERY obvious giveaway (as opposed to the other giveaways ) is a yahoo e-mail address!

Seriosuly? Damn I've just sent my bank details to that address. I'll ring Toyota and ask for them back, and my £600,000.

[funkyrobot]

I know it's childish, but the names they make up in these emails always make me chuckle!!

[Famous Graham]

carmadgaz said:

The VERY obvious giveaway (as opposed to the other giveaways ) is a yahoo e-mail address!

I beg to differ.

The VERY obvious giveaway is the fact the thing exists in the first place.

[carmadgaz]

Famous Graham said:

carmadgaz said:

The VERY obvious giveaway (as opposed to the other giveaways ) is a yahoo e-mail address!

I beg to differ.

The VERY obvious giveaway is the fact the thing exists in the first place.

Good point. Still always makes me smile that people fall for these.