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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: "Linda Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lm0000un@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:27:42 +0100
Subject: BMW GROUP PROMOTION !!

BMW GROUP PROMOTION

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, BMW

22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London

United Kingdom.

Message Dated 2nd March. 2015.

Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23

 

Attention: Lucky 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 one the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion 2015 (IAP) in London, England.

 

This makes you the proud of  a cash prize of £1, 000, 000 00 (One Million GBP). 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 among other consolation prize winners.

 

For you to redeem your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Mr. Nick Treble of our claims department through email (ONLY), stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance in all matters related to your cash prize claim.

 

Claims Manager:

Mr. Nick Treble.

BMW Claims Department UK.

EMAIL: nick.treble@outlook.com

Tel: +44 793 74 260 38

         +720 446 8550

 

VERIFICATION FORM:

 

1.) FULL NAME:

2.) AGE:

3.) SEX:

4.) ADDRESS:

5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:

6.) STATE/PROVINCE:

7.) COUNTRY:

8.) MOBILE NUMBER:

9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:

10.) COMPANY:

11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:

12.) TICKET NUMBER:

13.) SERIAL NUMBER:

 

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

 

 

Ms. Linda Morgan

DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,

INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,

BMW AUTOMOBILE.

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