419 scam: "REV. PATRICK JOHN"<info@winner.com> RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

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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:
- "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
- "the bmw automobile company" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- +448712370371 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "REV. PATRICK JOHN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bmwautomobileclaimunit@live.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:47:26 +0530
Subject: RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
22 GARDEN CLOSE, STAMFORD,
LINC’S, PE9 2YP, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
REFERENCE NUMBER: BMW: 2763458/GTM/25.

Dear Fund Recipient,

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 the 23nd of October, 2010, in London UK.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car (cost value of £75,000.00GBP) and a cash prize of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British pounds).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.

Description of Prize Year: 2009, Model: 530iAColuor (exterior/interior): Black Sapphire Metallic/Black Leather, Mileage: 5, Transmission: Automatic 6 Speed, Options: Cold weather package, premium package, fold down rear seats w/ski bag,

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 worldwide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: BMWP/556543450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

For you to begin your claim prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Rev. Patrick John in our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification he will proceed with the claim formalities because he has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

=====================================================
BMW AUTOMOBILE OVERSEAS CLAIM MANAGER
REV. PATRICK JOHN.
Email: bmwautomobileclaimunit@live.com
CUSTOMER CARE LINE
Tell: +448712370371
Tell: +448712370372
N.B/Call the Zonal coordinator for urgent verification of your claim.
=====================================================

VERIFICATION FORM:-
1. Full Names.
2. Current Residential address.
3. Country.
4. Nationality.
5. State/Prove.
6. Private Number.
7. Age.
8. Sex.
9. Marital Status.
10. Profession.
11. Annual Income.
12. Next Of Kin.
13. And Scanned Copy of Any Valid ID Proof Recognized by the Government of your Country for Proof of Ownership

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference /batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this promotion program, Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

REGARDS
REV. PATRICK JOHN (CPA ON-LINE LTD).
BMW AUTOMOBILE PROMOTION PROGRAM UNITED KINGDOM.

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