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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 PROMOTION ONLINE NOTIFICATION <bmwlotary45@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <dr_gregtonbaines@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:53:47 +0100
Subject: Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23







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

!!!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 on 27th of August 2007 here in U.K (London).

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £450,000.00 GBP (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds). The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2008. 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 million email addresses from the world wide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23 and Secret pin code:x7pwyz2006. 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, Dr.Gregton Baines 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:


Dr. gregton Baines
BMW Claims Department

EMAIL;dr_gregtonbaines@yahoo.co.uk
Tel : +44 704 57 32728
Fax; +44 704 57 13539


VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME: 2.) AGE:
3.) SEX: 4.) ADDRESS: 5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 6.) STATE/PROVINCE: 7.) COUNTRY:/PRESENT COUNTRY
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION: 10.) COMPANY: 11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
14.)HOW YOU FEEL AS A WINNER:
Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top quality automobiles.
Engr. Shivad Carlos.
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.






THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
_________________________________________________________________
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