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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.

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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • bmw2006agent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR PAUL KLINSMAN" <bmw_royaltrustagency2001@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:27:01 +0100
Subject: RE:CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!




BMW MOTOR CORPORATION COMPANY, THE BRITISH,
IN AFFILIATION WITH DE LOTTO UK INTERNATIONAL
PRODUCT PROMOTIONS
888 1102 MG LONDON
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB06-03

DEAR WINNER,

RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
Results of the BMW MOTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 10th
DEC 2005 ,due to mix Up of numbers, The results were released on the 4th
of FEB 2006 you were entered As dependent clients with: Reference SERIAL
NUMBER: 652-662 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.Your Email address attached
To the ticket number: 2752246896 that drew the lucky winning number,
Which consequently won the Sweepstake in the first category, in four parts.
You have been approved For a payment of £950,000,000.BRITISH POUNDS (NINE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSANDS BRITISH POUNDS.) in cash credited to file
Reference Number: IPL/4249859609/WP1, which is deposited with Finance &
Security Company in your favor as Beneficiary and covered with HIGH
INSURANCE POLICY. This is from a Total cash prize of five million
Pounds shared among the ten international winners in first categories.
Along with a New BMW X 5 -JEEP

Congratulations!!!!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
From 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names Of email users around the world, as part
of our international Promotion program. Due to mix up of some Names and
addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till Your claims have
been processed And your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security
measures To avoid double claiming or Unwarranted taking advantage of the
situation by other participants or Impersonators.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by
Contacting your/our accredited agent:

REV FR ANDERSON ADAMS. (Foreign Transfer Manager) ROYAL TRUST AGENCY BV.
BMW CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
205 Franz Street, LONDON – UNITED KINGDOM
Email:bmw2006agent@yahoo.co.uk
He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of
Your winnings to you.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H067/B4 (keep personal) Remember, Your
winning must Be claimed not later than (2 weeks of geting this mail).
Failure to claim your Winning/ fund will be added to next 10,000.000
pounds AND CAR international lottery program.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
Claims agent as soon as possible.Once again

Congratulations!!!.

Yours Sincerely,
MR PAUL KLINSMAN.
BMW MOTOR COMPANY/LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR
BMW LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
AN AFFILIATE OF BMW UNITED KINGDOM
AND DE LOTTO NL INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

NOTE,PLEASE DO YOU NOT REPLY THIS E-MAIL,CONTACT YOUR AGENT IMMEDAITELY.

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