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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: "Customer Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bmwdptthomas1@w.cn>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:57:20 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS

THE BMW AUTOMOBILE
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS Online Lottery,
Merevale House, Brompton Place,
London SW3 1QE. United Kingdom
REFNO.:BMW/75-A080332010
Batch: 174/05/ZY369
Telephone Number: +447024079137

Dear E-mail Owner,

You are receiving this message because you are a Winner of 300,000 Pounds from BMW Automobile Online Lottery game.

A random email balloting system selected your email address amongst a total of five (5) winners without the sale of any tickets.

Claim requirements are as follows:
(1) Your full names
(2) Contact Address
(3) Age
(4) Occupation
(5) Telephone
(6) Sex
(7) Nationality

Contact Mr. Thomas Hillary on (bmwdptthomas1@w.cn) Tel: +447024079137

You will be furnished with details on how to receive your prize as soon as we receive your response to this mail. Be sure to check all incoming mail folders including your junk folder for subsequent mails from us.

NB: You are to reply directly to this emails (bmwdptthomas1@w.cn) because any mail sent to any other email address will not be attended to.

Angela Ray
Annoucer For BMW Automobile Promo.

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