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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: BMW LOTTERY PROMOTION <drlavoeignatius-01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drlavoe008@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:47:50 -0500
Subject: STAR PRIZE WINNER



BMW LOTTERY PROMOTION <drlavoe008@excite.com.com> wrote:




BMW GROUP ANNUAL e-LOTTERY PROMO.


THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.22 Garden Close, Stamford,Lincs, PE9 2YP, LondonUnited 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 saturday 1st of december, 2007, 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 £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 ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: BMWP/556543450906 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 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.


Dr.Lavoe Ignatius.
EMAIL;drlavoe008@excite.com
Tel :+44 7031902049,Tel: +44 7031955382


Claims Manager:
BMW Claims Department


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.) SERIAL NUMBER:

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be from BMW National Lottery, but are not from BMWLottery Board.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO : CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT AT BMW NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUATERS.LAST WINNERS ON BMW NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE .






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


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This message is sponsored and brought to you by BMW AUTOMOBILES PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM.

Copyright © 2007 Bmw Inc.

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The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized.
If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information
contained in the email.Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views
BMW AUTOMOBILES GROUP UNITED KINGDOM.
Copyright © 2007 Bmw Inc.




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