Sweet! My e-mail won a Toyota Camry!!

[djmcmath]

I checked my mail this morning to find the below:
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TOYOTA CAR PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
TOYOTA MOTOR SALES,UNITED KINGDOM, INC.
2 LANSDOWNE ROW, BERKELEY SQUARE
LONDON, W1J 6H, UNITED KINGDOM

Congratulation Dear Lottery Winner,

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON THE NOVEMBER 2008 TOYOTA PRIZE AWARD

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
£600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)and a brand new
toyota car (2009 Toyota camry) International programs held November 2008
in the London Uk as our car sales promotion.

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

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

This Toyota car Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators(IAGR).
This promotional car lottery is the tenth of its kind and we intend to
sensitize the public.

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

MR.ROBERT MOON
TOYOTA CAR PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
2 LANSDOWNE ROW, BERKELEY SQUARE
LONDON, W1J 6H, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: moonfiduciary@live.com
Phone Number: +44703-190-8701
+44703-193-4886

When contacting him, please provide him with your {secret pin
TY7448500 and your reference number 799BV90}.You are also advised to provide
him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
1.Name in Full
2.Address
3.Nationality
4.Age
5.Sex
6.Occupation
7Phone/Fax
8.Present Country

GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PRIZE FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT THROUGH HIS PRIVATE
EMAIL: moonfiduciary@live.com

If you do not contact the claims agent within {10} working days of this
notification,your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep
their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent
claim(IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
Mr. William P Wood
Lottery Manager.

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Great stuff. I think I'm going to make some stuff up and write back to him. Maybe I'll be in prison, and can he deliver to Montgomery Country Municipal Corrections Facility? Or, instead of the money being in British Pounds, I want it in Lira. Never mind that the Lira doesn't exist anymore, that's what I, as the winner, demand. Or ... Any other ideas?

Dan

[Zef]

Sweet...at least it's not a GM crappy thing.

[Tobra]

nice, I would ask for it in French Francs

[svandamme]

Wouldn't wanna be seen dead in a Camry
and especially not if i had 600 000 pounds in the bank

[Gogar]

That's great! My email doesn't even have its learner's permit yet.

[djmcmath]

Ok, serious question: if I give him my real name and address, what damage can he do? Aside from getting me on mailing lists for stupid stuff, is there any likelihood that he'll actually show up here?

I think I'll play this guy, see if I can work him over. Fun stuff...

Dan

[djmcmath]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Wouldn't wanna be seen dead in a Camry
and especially not if i had 600 000 pounds in the bank

+1, WTF is up with that? If you're giving away that kind of scratch, why not attach a decent car?

[sammyg2]

LOL, write back and provide info that suggests you are the director of the FBI.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Wouldn't wanna be seen dead in a Camry
and especially not if i had 600 000 pounds in the bank

Are you sure about that? A little tale here...Ron Tonkin, owner of 18 (I believe) car dealerships in the Portland, OR area, found himself trapped in Washington D.C. on 9-11-01.

He was there as the president of a national car dealer's association, their convention or something.

So, all flights cancelled, he and his wife wanted to get home. Ron Tonkin is a VERY wealthy man..he also owns a Ferrari/Maserati dealership. He could buy any car he wants.

What did he select for he & his wife to drive home in?

A few weeks later there was a slightly used Camry on the lot of his Toyota dealership.

After thinking about it a bit, I think he made the perfect choice.

[djmcmath]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

After thinking about it a bit, I think he made the perfect choice.

Why? Why not just get a rental? Or pick up some beater at someone else's used car lot? Buying a new car -- even a nice econo-car -- means that he ate the depreciation when he drove it off the lot.

I wrote back and said I was very excited to have won British Pounds, but that I wouldn't be seen dead in a Toyota. I received back an apparently automated reply saying that my winnings have been forwarded to a courier agency, and that I need to contact them immediately. I replied again saying how excited I was, and inquired for details on the process.

I won't let on that I work for the FBI until later. But that's a great idea.

Dan

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by djmcmath

Why? Why not just get a rental? Or pick up some beater at someone else's used car lot? Buying a new car -- even a nice econo-car -- means that he ate the depreciation when he drove it off the lot.

I wrote back and said I was very excited to have won British Pounds, but that I wouldn't be seen dead in a Toyota. I received back an apparently automated reply saying that my winnings have been forwarded to a courier agency, and that I need to contact them immediately. I replied again saying how excited I was, and inquired for details on the process.

I won't let on that I work for the FBI until later. But that's a great idea.

Dan

As I explained, Ron Tonkin is a VERY wealthy man...being the president of the dealer's association, I'm sure he didn't dicker with a salesman on price...another dealer probably gave him the car @ dealer true cost.

Ron is a very wealthy man...thanks to those who wouldn't be seen dead in a Toyota, as well as the many who do drive them. Give him a ring sometime...I'm sure he'd be happy to place you in a Ferrari...or a Corvette...or pretty much anything you'd like. His family of dealerships enjoys annual sales of around $75,000,000 per year. http://www.hoovers.com/ron-tonkin/--ID__108305--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml

Anyway...I digressed. Regardless of your choice of car, I hope you have a ball playing with this spammer...

[djmcmath]

Hmm. Interesting. They've sent me a letter saying that the cheque has been sent to OneWorldExpress courier agency for forwarding to me. They note that the address of said company is Brookford House 9 Arkwright Road Colnbrook, Slough, Berkshire SL3 0HJ. Now, oneworldexpress.com has a bright red note on their page saying that scammers are using their business name, so any idiot should be able to tell that this isn't legitimate.

The interesting bit is that hotmail.co.uk lists oneworldexpress as a business with the same address as listed in the e-mail. I wonder if these people actually operate out of that address?

Dan

[svandamme]

i don't friggin care what rich guy drove a camry, it's still an butt ugly car

[pwd72s]

The point I tried to make...some folks prefer NOT to drive a "look at me" car...especially if you have wealth, and are driving across the continent in the aftermath of 9-11-01.

[porsche4life]

Ok despite the butt ugly factor those are really really good cars. Have you ever driven a Toyota? Oh and since this email supposedly came from the TOYOTA CAR PROMOTION DEPARTMENT they sure as he!! better be giving away a Toyota and thats pretty well as top of the line as Toyota gets.

[djmcmath]

Isn't the Avalon one step up from the Camry?

Ok, pwd, I see your point -- in the aftermath of 9/11, that makes a lot of sense now. Thanks for spelling it out for us "short bus" kids.



Now seriously ... all they're asking for -- and I keep stalling -- is my address. They're not asking for bank information, anything financial, anything crazy -- just my address. What's the scam?


Dan

[pwd72s]

setting you up for something or other, I'm sure. Perhaps through other sources, they already have your social security number, a credit card number, something like that.

Might be time to take all materials to the cops...ask them what they think?

[porsche4life]

Ya take it to the cops. Or just call the number in that email and kinda test the water this thing looks more legit than most scams. and Yes I forgot about the avalon but the camry is still a Dam nice car.

[djmcmath]

Oh, it's definitely NOT legit, no worries there. The grammar is poor, the e-mail accounts don't line up, and they're clearly pushing for my address. I just don't understand why. What can they possibly do with just my name and address?

Might be time to actually get the law involved.

Cheers,
Dan