419 scam: BMW COMPANY AWARD <info@bmw.org.uk> YOUR BMW 2009 AWARD

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "the bmw automobile company" (no such lottery exists)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: BMW COMPANY AWARD <info@bmw.org.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bmwgroup002@live.com
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:29:03 -0500
Subject: YOUR BMW 2009 AWARD

BMW® HQ Germany Plant:Heidemannstr. 164 DE-80939 MUNCHEN Germany.
From:THE BMW® (UK) Ltd Registered Office:
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 8TA.
United Kingdom.

Congratulations,
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 one of our TEN(10) STAR PRIZE WINNER in this year's BMW
Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on saturday 8th of
Aug,2009 in Berkshire.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 7 Series,730d Sports Saloon
car and a cash prize of 750,000.00 GBPs (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Great British pounds).

In order to redeem your prizes contact Mr.Thomas Peters R ,Bmw Claims Manager
of the Claims Department with the verification form below duely Filled and
sent through email to:
Mr.Thomas Peters R,
DIRECT EMAIL:bmwgroup002@live.com
Tel:+44(0) 7031925534.

VERIFICATION FORM:
1.)Full Name: 2.)Current Address: 3.)Country: 4.)Age: 5.)Sex: 6.)Occupation:
7.)Phone Number: 8.)REFERENCE NUMBER:BMW:25515600DS

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