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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 LOTTERY BOARD" <bmwgroupdept@bmw.com>
Reply-To: margret_c2@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:30:49 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Ganador




Finalmente hoy, anunciar a los ganadores de la Lotería de BMW promocional,
su empresa o su personal de dirección de correo electrónico, que se
adjunta a ganar varios 34-11-06-45-40-122, con número de serie 678901, por
lo tanto ganó en la lotería de sexto categoría a cabo el día 25 de julio
de 2012. Usted ha sido aprobado para el pago de cantidades a tanto alzado
de 750.000 libras esterlinas en efectivo, junto con una marca de
automóviles sedán de 5 series bmw
Para que usted pueda recoger sus premios, le rogamos que rellene el
formulario de verificación a continuación
y enviarlo al Administrador de Reclamaciones BMW {} la señora Vanessa
Schranner
margret_c2@hotmail.com

REF NO: BMW-3456003/11E
. 1) NOMBRE COMPLETO:
2) la edad.:
3) el sexo.:
. 4) Dirección:
. 5) País:
6) TELÉFONO.:
7) EMPLEO / POSICIÓN.:



El Dr. Blas, Kimberly
DIRECTOR DE PROMOCIONES

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