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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: gray.richard64@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 06:23:49 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23




Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23
The Board of Directors, members and staff of the International Awareness
Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company in collaboration with
eBay, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER
of this year's BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held
today in Madrid, Spain.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series 550i Sport
Saloon car and a cash prize of £45,000.00 (Forty Five thousand Pounds
Sterling's Only).

To collect your prize please contact our Claims Manager Richard Gray.
Please include the reference Number to avoid scammers from interrupting
with your winnings please provide the following information to him in your
email,

Note to send it to this email below (gray.richard64@gmail.com):

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address (the address where the prize will be received)
3.Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Country:
8.Tel.Number

Mr. Richard Gray
eBay's BMW Claims Department
EMAIL: gray.richard64@gmail.com
Phone: +447024016394

Regards,
MR. DANIEL SMITH
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE in collaboration with eBay.


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