419 scam: BMW COMPANY <bmwclaimdepartments1@gmail.com> !CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEING SELECTED

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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:

The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
- "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 <bmwclaimdepartments1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 19:05:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: !CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEING SELECTED

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs,
PE9 2YP, London - United Kingdom.

Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEING SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE ON BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY PROMOTION 2015!!!

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 the nominee of this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) will hold in London, England.

This will makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of Â£3,950,000.00 GBP (Three million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds).

DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE.

CASH PRIZE: Â£3,950,000.00 GBP

YEAR: 2014, MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon

The selection process will be carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (CESS) from a database of over a million email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address will be attached to a ticket number and this ticket number will be disclosed to only the selected / winner email address owner.

Kindly fill the verification form below and send it to our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification.

VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:

2.) AGE:

3.) SEX:

4.) ADDRESS:

5.) ZIP / POSTAL CODE:

6.) STATE / PROVINCE:

7.) COUNTRY:

8.) TEL / MOBILE #:

9.) OCCUPATION / POSITION:

10.) EMAIL ADDRESS:

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

THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION.
COPYRIGHT 2015, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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