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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: "THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PR" <info_online@fz163.cn>
Reply-To: info_info_hooper1010@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:18:01 +0800
Subject: Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23


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

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 of our TEN(10) STAR PRIZE
WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion
(IAP) held on Wednessday 15Th of August, 2007,in London.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport
Saloon car and a cash prize of £1000,000.00 GBP (OneMillion Great
British pounds).

The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year,
that is, till the next promotion in 2008. It also comes with a one year
warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service
station worldwide.

DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE.
YEAR: 2007, MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon.
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, serial number: BMWP/556543450906 and Reference
Number: BMW:2551256003/23 was randomly selected as the star prize
winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

Note: You are to keep your winnings and the following below strictly
confidential so as to avoid double claims and complications:
Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23
Ticket number: 5647600545188
Serial number: BMWP/556543450906

For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below
and send it to the BMW Claims Manager, Mr. Thomas Hooper of our claims
office through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has
been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent
delivery of your prizes.

MR. THOMAS HOOPER
BMW CLAIMS MANAGER,
BMW CLAIMS HEAD OFFICE,
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY,
UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL:info_info_hooper1010@yahoo.co.uk

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:
14.) REFERENCE NUMBER:BMW:2551256003/23

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

ENGR.LLOYD BRADFORD
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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