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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Maria Jose" <jmsavv@info.com>
Reply-To: gabbrus.s.a@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:41:28 +0200
Subject: notification

BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
C/Sant Pere, 77, 3a, 46520
Madrid Branch, Spain.

CASH AWARD TO YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT.
Dear Sir/Madam,

The Board of Directors, Members and staff of the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company,wishes to congratulate you on your success as one of our TEN(10) STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on FRIDAY 10th Of March, 2009 in Spain.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series,M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of ?1,000,000.00 (One million Euros).In order to redeem your prizes contact the Manager of the Claims Department with the verification form below duely Filled and sent through email or by fax, to the below stated contact information..
00263962534
Your Full Name:..............................

Home And Office Telephone Numbers:...........

Mobile Telephone Number:....................

Contact Address:..............................

Fax Number(Very important):...................................

Nationality:.................................

Occupation:.................................

Sex:......................................

Marital Status:.........................

Date of birth:....................................

State/City:................................

Country:.....................................

BANK TRANSFER OPTION(BANK DATA REQUIRED)

BANK NAME:...............................

BENEFICIARY'S NAME:.......................

ACCOUNT NUMBER:..........................

BANK IBAN:...............................

BANK SWIFT/ROUTING:.......................

CHEQUE OPTION: IF RESIDENCIAL ADDRESS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ADDRESS WHERE CHEQUE WOULD BE SENT TO PLEASE STATE.

REFERENCE ## (ESL-9-10-17-01-06-75)
WINNING ## SPN-41-1-2-14-9-29
BATCH ## BST-44-30-24-1-9-14
TICKET ## 17:30:33:40:42:43 ( BONUS 34)

Consequently, you are to contact the appointed claims agent:
CONTACT NAME: MR. Alfred Alfonso.
CITY/COUNTRY: MADRID, SPAIN.
(WorldWideLotto Claims Agent)
TEL: +34 648-820-561,FAX :+34-911-414-236.
CONTACT EMAIL:gabbrus.s.a@gmail.com

for processing of your claim. All prizes must be claimed within three weeks.


Yours faithfully,
Ms. Maria Jose.



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