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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: "bmw bmw" <the_bmw_group@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:03:25 +0200
Subject: {Disarmed} THE BMW GROUP OF COMPANIES

bmw group   bmw logo
THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS 
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY,
2010 WORLD CUP.
22 KESINGTON, BELLVIEW,
LINCS, PE9 2YP, JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS bmw_automobile_group@yahoo.com
Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23
 
 
 
 
 
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
The Board of Directors, members of staff and International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company for the 2010 World Cup wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on Wednesday 28th of February, 2007, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 
This makes you the Proud Owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of $850,000.00 Dollars (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars). 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.
 
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 Billion email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: BMWP/556543450906 that drew the lucky winning numbers:
                       Ball 5Web Bug from http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gifBall 6Web Bug from http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gifBall 7Web Bug from http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gifBall 18Web Bug from http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gifBall 28Web Bug from http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gifBall 40         Bonus Ball 12Bonus    
Was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.
 
For the collection of your prizes, kindly contact the Claims Manager, Dr.Tony Miller of our Claims Department through email with the particulars presented below citing the ticket number and reference numbers to this letter, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been accredited to offer you assistance and to facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.
 
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
  To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary  agent with the
below details for processing of your claims,Dr. Tony Miller,claim manager ,kindly reply through this email address{bmw_automobile_group@yahoo.com}
 
**Must be over 18 to claim your prize!!
 
Claims Manager:
 
   Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top quality automobiles.
 
 
           
Dr. Tony Miller
CLAIM MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
 
Email- bmw_automobile_group@yahoo.com
 
 
 
                                   
 
 
 
 
 
                                            THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION .INC.
                                                COPYRIGHT © 2006-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


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