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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: support@bmw.com
Reply-To: mrmartinssmith2006@yahoo.dk
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:26:42 +0200
Subject: !!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!. Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23


THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COM=
PANY. 22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London United Kingdom. Ref=
erence Number: BMW:2551256003/23 !!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!. The=
Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promo=
tion Department of the BMW Automobile Company, wishes to congratulate you o=
n your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile Inter=
national Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on 27th Stp 2016, in London, Englan=
d. This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW YEAR: 2015, MODEL: V12=
Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of ?500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousan=
d Great British pounds). The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover f=
or one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2017. It also comes =
with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or se=
rvice station worldwide. The selection process was carried out through rand=
om selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a d=
atabase of over a million email addresses from the world wide web. Each ema=
il address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with tick=
et number: 5647600545188 and serial number: BMWP/556543450906 was randomly =
selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners. =
For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and=
send it to the Claims Manager,MR MARTINS SMITH, of our claims department t=
hrough email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandat=
ed to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prize=
s. Claims Manager: MR MARTINS SMITH, BMW Claims Department EMAIL:mrmartinss=
mith2006@yahoo.dk Phone Number; +447053827165 VERIFICATION FORM: 1.) FULL N=
AME: 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. THE BMW INT=
ERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION COPYRIGHT =A92016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED=20

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