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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: " Nhlanhla Nene " <bi@mortgagebankers.org >
Reply-To: michaelsanders128@gmail.com
Date: 03 Jun 2018 15:35:20 -0400
Subject: kathy@iascorp.net BMW CUSTOMER LOTTERY SERVICE CENTER

Congratulations:

This is to officially congratulate you for been one of the lucky
winners, in the just concluded BMW PROMOTION AWARD.
This was held 31st MAY, at the BMW show center by the lottery
department. The BMW lottery group is glad to email you as
one of the winners in the just concluded 2018 award with a grand
price of $5 million and a brand new 2017 Active Hybrid 3 Series.

BMW company holds promotions each year just to promote global
publicity and reputations as part of the plan to exploit more
corners of the world with our high value of product lines. This
promotion is just one of the various ways we are presently using
to achieve this global vision. The selection process was carried
out through random selection in a computerized email selection
system (ESS) from a data base across the world. Your email
address with the MICRO ID: PLD-5693-HTY-76254Ul-43FE was
luckily drawn in this year promotional award as one of the lucky
winners for the price of a Brand New BMW 2017 Active Hybrid 3
series which is worth $110,000 in any BMW Store and a winning
prize of $5 Million United State dollars.

This money and gift we believe will enable you make some impact
in the society and possibly invest in our company in the near
future. The BMW Lottery award was approved by the British Gaming
Board and also Licensed by the International Association of
Gaming Regulators (IAGR). The lottery was held during the BMW 40
years of iconic service. To begin the processing of your prize,
you are to E-mail the consultant Agency for more information as
regards to the procedures to claim your prize.

Contact Name : Mr. Michael Sanders
Email: michael-sanders23@consultant.com

Contact him by providing him with your reference pin code Number
BMW:46256/0/18. You are also advised to provide him with
the listed information below as soon as possible:

1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Phone/Fax:
5. Reference Number:


For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and
your prize money remitted to you. This is part of the
precautionary measure in other to avoid double claim and
unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements and equally
to guard against non participant and officials personnel taking
undue advantage of this program.


NB: All winnings MUST be claimed before the STIPULATED TIME (ON
OR BEFORE 30th JUNE 2018), otherwise all prizes will be
returned as Unclaimed, and eventually be re-absorbed into our
next lucky dip sweepstakes.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
(i) You are solely response for the delivery of your winnings to
your door step.
(ii) You are kindly required to place our company logo on the car
(BMW) that you have just won for a minimum of 3-6 months.
(iii) All winnings must be entered online by the claim agent for
approval.
(iv) We will not be responsible for winnings claimed by a wrong
person so long the winning provided are correct.
(v) Winners must send some copies or a snap shot with their
Prizes as part of our promotional value.

Mrs. Ellen Golliher
DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
_________________________________________________________________
____________________________
NOTE: You must be 18 years & above to claim your prize. Do not
fail to keep your winning information personal.
We will not be responsible for any loss. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
APPLIED

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