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Malicious Email Claiming to Come from the Toyota Foundation

The Toyota Foundation provides grant funding only to applicants who have submitted their application through the competitive selection process. We inform grant recipients only in letters delivered by post. We do not inform grant recipients by email, phone, or text message (SMS) for this purpose, nor do we ask them to submit any personal information. None of our programs requires a recipient to make advance payment of any kind, nor do we offer any program that awards automobiles.

If you receive a suspicious message do not act on it. In particular, do not agree to make a payment of any kind. To prevent your personal information from falling into the wrong hands, do not respond in any way to the message received.

If you receive a suspicious message from someone claiming to be affiliated with the Toyota Foundation, please contact us at once (https://www.toyotafound.or.jp/english/inquiry/index.html). You can consult our official website and other materials to obtain accurate information on our programs. For more general information about these frauds, you can also refer to the following websites:FBI, USA: http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud
Metropolitan Police, UK: http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm