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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • bmwautomobilesukoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BMW AUTOMOBILES" <bmwautomobiles1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bmwautoclaimsunit@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:50:51 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!! YOU ARE A WINNER IN THE BMW PROMOTIONS

 

  

The Promotion Department BMW Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom

 
Dear Selected winner,
 
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Price of £250,000.00 (two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) and a brand new BMW 2007 M5 Sedan Car from International programs held on the 27th of February 2007 in the United Kingdom.

 

Description of Price vehicle;
Year: 2007
Model: M5 Sedan
Colour (exterior/interior): Black Sapphire Metallic/Black Leather
Mileage: 5
Transmission: Automatic 6 Speed
All Season Traction (AST) 
BMW Assist™ with Bluetooth® Wireless Technology 
BMW Ultimate Service™ 
Dynamic Stability Control 
Electronic Damping Control 
Head Protection System (HPS) 
Logic7 Audio System 
SMG Transmission 
Vehicle & Key Memory 
Voice Command
 
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerised email selection system from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which your email was among the first ten (10) lucky winners.
 
Contact the verification department by providing your secret pin code x7pwyz2007 and your Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed informations.
 
1.Name in full.
2.Address in full.
3.Nationality & Present Country.
4.Age.
5.Phone /Fax /Sex.
6.Email address.

 

CONTACT PERSON: Engineer Roonyn James(Claims Director)
EMAIL: bmwautomobilesukoffice@yahoo.co.uk 

MRS CLAIRE WESTWOOD
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
BMW PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT.

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