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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: lyod@lyodric8.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:22:49 +0100 (CET)
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU ARE A WINNER OF (BMW) BONANZ!!!


HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU ARE A WINNER OF (BMW) BONANZ!!!


THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
22 Isabella RichardStraat,
3271, PE , Den Haag
The Netherlands.
Reference Number: BMW:/GM/1951258303/69



!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
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 in the Netherlands.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a prize of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros (550,000.00 Euros) The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is till the next promotion. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.. As a winner you are responsible for the legal charges for the notarization.

DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE.

YEAR: 2006, MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon
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. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number:-BMWP/




and drew the Lucky No: BMWP/





was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Mr.Cash Morgan of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

Claims Manager:
Mr. Cash Morgan.
BMW Claims Department
EMAIL:bmwclaimsunit55@aim.com
PHONE NUMBER: +31 616 148 079
FAX NUMBER: +31 847 180 870

VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) LUCKY NUMBER:


Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top quality automobiles.



Engr. Richard K Llyod
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
DEN HAAG, THE NETHERLANDS .



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

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