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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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 following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 AUTOMOBILE <bmwautomobile@bmwclaimspromo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:14:54 +0000
Subject: VERIFICATION FORM (fill and return)






United Kingdom.

Reference Number: BMW: 2551256003/23Secret pin code: x7pwyz2007.
This year’s lottery promo is for all BMW AUTOMOBILES lover all over the world. You are extremely lucky to be among the winners, and to continue to process of claiming your winnings, you are to fill the claims/verification form below
1. Name in full.
2. Address.
3. Nationality.
4. Reference Number.
5. Secret Pin.
6. Age.
7. Occupation.
8. Phone/Fax.
9. Present Country.
10. Short comment on our products. (Optional)
11. Fax [optional].
This is to avoid double claiming and misappropriation of funds.
Once again congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Regards.Dunace Clem FIDUCIARY AGENT
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The Lottery Promotion is solely sponsored by the BMW Group UK 22 Garden Close, Stamford Lincs, PE9 2YP London Registered in England No. 2822567.© Copyright BMW AG, Munich, Germany, and BMW UK. All rights reserved. The contents of this e-mail from the BMW Group are all subject to copyright and other intellectual property protection. These objects may not be copied for commercial use or distribution, nor may these objects be modified or reposted to other forms. Some BMW notices may contain subjects whose copyrights are attributable to third parties.

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