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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mrbrownowen52@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bmwlotto@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:44:08 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION?=

BMW AUTOMOBILES GROUP PROMOTION
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT,
BMW Automobiles House.
22 Garden Close, Edmonton, Lincs,
PE9 2YP, London,
United Kingdom.

1St October, 2007


Attention:

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of£850,000.00
(Eight hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds)from the BMW e-LOTTERY
BONANZA International programs held yesterday the 30th September, 2007,
here in London United Kingdom.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in ourcomputerized
email selection system (E.S.S) from a database of over250,000 email addresses
drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected.

The BMW e-Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and alsoLicensed
by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional
lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciaryclaims
department for more information as regards procedures to claimyour prize.
=====================================================

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
7 DOCK WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK
LONDON, T40 4RT
UNITED KINGDOM.
MR BROWN OWEN
Email:mrbrownowen52@yahoo.co.uk

Tel 44 70242011566

=====================================================

Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code X7PYWM2007 andyour
Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with
the under listed information's as soon as possible:

1.Name in full.-----------------------------------
2.Address.-----------------------------------------
3.Nationality.------------------------------------
4.Age.------------------------------------------------
5.Occupation.------------------------------------
6.Telephone Number.-------------------------
7.Present Country.-----------------------------
8.Sex-------------------------------------------------
9.Fax [optional].---------------------------------
10.Email address. ------------------------------



Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon aspossible
so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being partof
our promotional program.

MR.GABRIEL JOHNSON
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNITED KINGDOM

Anti-fraud resources:

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