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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447011130822 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • bwmonlinepromo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BMWPROMOTION2006 <royalgame@royalgame.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:58:36 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONGRATULATION FROM BMW







THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Reference Number: BMW/2551256003/23


Congratulations!!!
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on Wednessday 20th of OCTOBER, 2006, in London, England.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £500,000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great British pounds). The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2007. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE.

YEAR: 2006
MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon
ENGINE SIZE: 4799cc with eight-cylinder V petrol engine and 4-valve technology.
TRANSMISSION: automatic 6-speed gearbox and servotronic, power steering.
AUDIO AND COMMUNICATION: CD preparation for 6-disc CD changer in glove box and an on-board computer.
WHEELS: 18-inch M sports spoke alloy style 135M.
INTERIOR: uphostery made of black dakota leather and Advanced Automatic Air Conditioning Unit
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the world wide web drawn from all the continents of the world.
CONTACT OUR CLAIM AGENT
For you to collect your prizes, kindly contact Barrister Thomas Tommy through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you legal assistance and fascilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes directly to you.
BARRISTER. THOMAS TOMMY.
PHOENIX CHAMBERS,
503 HIGHTOWER ROAD WIMBLEDON
SW23NE, LONDON, UK.
EMAIL: bwmonlinepromo@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +447011130822

YOU ARE REQUIRE TO FILL IN THE SPACE TO PROCESS YOUR WINNING.

1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. RESIDENCIAL ADDRESS:
6. CITY:
7. STATE:
8. ZIP CODE:
9. OCCUPATION / POSITION HELD:
10. PHONE NUMBER:
11. FAX:
12. EMAIL ADDRESS:

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top quality automobiles.
Engr. Chris Duncan
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.


THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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