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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 Automobile Car" <infowelt@bmw-welt.org>
Reply-To: <tom.ford53@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 01:26:02 -0500
Subject: BMW Lottery

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, BMW Welt, Munich:
BMW AG Headquarters, ranked No.27 in Munich - Munich, Germany.
E-mail: infowelt@bmw-welt.org


Reference Number: BMW:0011185003/25
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A 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 the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on 06th Apr. 2016, in Unted States America. This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW YEAR: 2015, MODEL: V12 Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of $1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars). The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2017.

It also comes with a four years warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide. 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 amidst other consolation prize winners. For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager; TOM RONALD FORD of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

Claims Manager:
Mr. Tom Ford,
BMW Claims Department
EMAIL: tom.roonford@munich.com
COUNTRY: Germany, Munichen.


VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
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.

* * * D I S C L A I M E R * * * "WARNING! THIS MESSAGE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE WINNINGS; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE NOTICE OF THIS
MESSAGE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE TO YOUR CLAIM

THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
GERMAN MOTORS INC.,
COPYRIGHT ©2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
"


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