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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: "REV. PATRICK JOHN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bmwautomobileclaimunit@live.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:47:26 +0530
Subject: RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
22 GARDEN CLOSE, STAMFORD,
LINC’S, PE9 2YP, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
REFERENCE NUMBER: BMW: 2763458/GTM/25.

Dear Fund Recipient,

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 years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on the 23nd of October, 2010, in London UK.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car (cost value of £75,000.00GBP) and a cash prize of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British pounds).The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2011. It also comes with a one year warranty and free repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.

Description of Prize Year: 2009, Model: 530iAColuor (exterior/interior): Black Sapphire Metallic/Black Leather, Mileage: 5, Transmission: Automatic 6 Speed, Options: Cold weather package, premium package, fold down rear seats w/ski bag,

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 worldwide 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 begin your claim prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Rev. Patrick John in our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification he will proceed with the claim formalities because he has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

=====================================================
BMW AUTOMOBILE OVERSEAS CLAIM MANAGER
REV. PATRICK JOHN.
Email: bmwautomobileclaimunit@live.com
CUSTOMER CARE LINE
Tell: +448712370371
Tell: +448712370372
N.B/Call the Zonal coordinator for urgent verification of your claim.
=====================================================

VERIFICATION FORM:-
1. Full Names.
2. Current Residential address.
3. Country.
4. Nationality.
5. State/Prove.
6. Private Number.
7. Age.
8. Sex.
9. Marital Status.
10. Profession.
11. Annual Income.
12. Next Of Kin.
13. And Scanned Copy of Any Valid ID Proof Recognized by the Government of your Country for Proof of Ownership

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference /batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this promotion program, Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

REGARDS
REV. PATRICK JOHN (CPA ON-LINE LTD).
BMW AUTOMOBILE PROMOTION PROGRAM UNITED KINGDOM.

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