419 scam: "ENGR, DIVINE ADAMS." <taish@fastwebnet.it> =?UTF-8?Q?Congratulations_on_your

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "the bmw automobile company" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "bmwclaimsdepertment@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024087863 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "ENGR, DIVINE ADAMS." <taish@fastwebnet.it>
Reply-To: bmwclaimsdepertment@w.cn
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:48:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Congratulations_on_your_winnings!!!=E2=80=8F?=

Dear Winner,

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promoti
on Department of the BMW Automobile Company, wishes to congratulate you on your
success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this year' BMW Automobile International Awar
eness Promotion (IAP) held in September 16th,2010,in Netherlands.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car a
nd a prize of Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars(US$950,000.00
) The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is,
till the next promotion in 2011. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE
repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide, As a winner y
ou are responsible for the legal charges for the notarization, the selection pro
cess was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selectio
n System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the W
orld Wide Web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email
address with ticket number: A266652DG and serial number: BMWP/897BMW/06 was ran
domly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

For you to collect your prize, kindly fill the verification form below and send
it to the Claims Manager,ENGR,DIVINE ADAMS.
EMAIL: bmwclaimsdepertment@w.cn
Phone Number: +44 702 4087 863

VERIFICATION FORM:
1) FULL NAME:
2) AGE:
3) SEX:
4) ADDRESS:
5) STATE/PROVINCE:
6) COUNTRY:
7) 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 auto
mobiles.

ENGR, DIVINE ADAMS.
DIRECTOR OF LOTTERY PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
LOTTERY,UK LONDON.

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