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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: "Valerie Amos." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mt206625@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 06:21:00 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS.

International Promotions/ prize Award Department,
BMW Online Promotion 300 Chestnut Ridge Road Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675 USA.

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand new 2019 BMW X6 and a Check of One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($1,500,000.00) from the international balloting programs held on the 2nd section in the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerised email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The BMW Lottery is approved by the United States Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to the claim of your prize.

Name: Michael Thomas

Email: mt206625@gmail.com


Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code Number BMW: 245125HGDY03/23.
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name In Full
2. Nationality
3. Sex:
4. Address
5. Direct Phone
6. Present Country

Please, you are to provide him with the above details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings. Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Ms. Valerie Amos.
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS BMW LOTTERY,
DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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