some advice needed

zee · 25-03-2009, 08:30:50 PM

recieved this email ,is it new type of hoax..???

HE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
BMW (UK) Ltd, Registered Office,
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire RG12 8TA,
United Kingdom.
AUTOMOBILE COMPANY STAR PRIZE WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

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 the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years BMW monthly award promo Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held this month March 2009, in London, England. Your email address was randomly selected along with nine others from a database of over 3,000,000 email addresses drawn from the WORLD-WIDE-WEB.

A ticket number: xxxxxxxxxxxx, serial number: BMW ticket number was attached to each email address and your email address emerged and Reference Number: BMW: xxxxxxxxxx/23 emerged as the star ticket email. This makes you the proud owner of a cash prize of 550,000.00 GBPs (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds) These are your identification numbers: MCS-xxxxx/096.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:

1. Full names:
2. Residential address:
3. Phone/fax number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
`
For claim contact BMW Automobile DIPLOMAT Payment Officer.

anyone have suggestions????

Systreg · 25-03-2009, 09:06:07 PM

It's a bog standard 419 scam email format by way of a fake lottery/draw, take any text from the email, for example:

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company

Google that and see the same email used in multiple previous scams:

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company - Google Search

GPedro · 25-03-2009, 09:06:18 PM

Do you really need to ask? Bin it!

RSK3000 · 25-03-2009, 09:43:58 PM

If it looks too good to be true, it usually is......................

zee · 25-03-2009, 10:06:50 PM

the reason I posted was the email address ,
E-mail: mr_gibson.andersen@live.co.uk
nominet , live.co.uk

Registrant:
Microsoft Corporation

Registrant type:
Non-UK Corporation

Registrant's address:
One Microsoft Way
Redmond
Washington
98052
US

Skinner · 25-03-2009, 10:20:53 PM

live.co.uk is an email service like hotmail or ymail or yahoo

Oh and BMW send you letters on conquerer paper with thermal printed logo on it, they don't spare the cash when they come for ya

deliajen · 26-03-2009, 09:35:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zee

recieved this email ,is it new type of hoax..???

HE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
BMW (UK) Ltd, Registered Office,
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire RG12 8TA,
United Kingdom.
AUTOMOBILE COMPANY STAR PRIZE WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

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 the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years BMW monthly award promo Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held this month March 2009, in London, England. Your email address was randomly selected along with nine others from a database of over 3,000,000 email addresses drawn from the WORLD-WIDE-WEB.

A ticket number: xxxxxxxxxxxx, serial number: BMW ticket number was attached to each email address and your email address emerged and Reference Number: BMW: xxxxxxxxxx/23 emerged as the star ticket email. This makes you the proud owner of a cash prize of 550,000.00 GBPs (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds) These are your identification numbers: MCS-xxxxx/096.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:

1. Full names:
2. Residential address:
3. Phone/fax number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
`
For claim contact BMW Automobile DIPLOMAT Payment Officer.

anyone have suggestions????

they missed banking details,them damn nigerians are really letting there standards slip lately.

zee · 30-03-2009, 11:42:44 PM

should have offered them a deal on
car finance cheap loan bad at nw-finance.com

buy my work co uk

zee · 30-03-2009, 11:44:15 PM

should have offered them a deal on
on a domain I have

buy my work co uk
b m w co uk

Tassos · 01-04-2009, 02:52:08 AM

i ll send you an email from my BankofGreece.com to tell you won 5 mil euros if you pay 5k...
the mail will come from euros@bankofgreece.com

25-03-2009, 08:30:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
zee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: scottish island Posts: 1,239 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	some advice needed recieved this email ,is it new type of hoax..??? HE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY BMW (UK) Ltd, Registered Office, Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8TA, United Kingdom. AUTOMOBILE COMPANY STAR PRIZE WINNER Dear Lucky Winner, 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 the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years BMW monthly award promo Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held this month March 2009, in London, England. Your email address was randomly selected along with nine others from a database of over 3,000,000 email addresses drawn from the WORLD-WIDE-WEB. A ticket number: xxxxxxxxxxxx, serial number: BMW ticket number was attached to each email address and your email address emerged and Reference Number: BMW: xxxxxxxxxx/23 emerged as the star ticket email. This makes you the proud owner of a cash prize of 550,000.00 GBPs (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds) These are your identification numbers: MCS-xxxxx/096. CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS: 1. Full names: 2. Residential address: 3. Phone/fax number: 5. Occupation: 6. Sex: 7. Age: 8. Nationality: 9. Present Country: ` For claim contact BMW Automobile DIPLOMAT Payment Officer. anyone have suggestions????

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Systreg Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: County Cork Republic of Ireland Posts: 4,181 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 106)	It's a bog standard 419 scam email format by way of a fake lottery/draw, take any text from the email, for example: The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company Google that and see the same email used in multiple previous scams: The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company - Google Search __________________ For Sale sat.co.uk - pda.co.uk

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RSK3000 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 371 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	If it looks too good to be true, it usually is...................... __________________ 1\|2\|3\|4\|5\|

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Skinner Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,507 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	live.co.uk is an email service like hotmail or ymail or yahoo Oh and BMW send you letters on conquerer paper with thermal printed logo on it, they don't spare the cash when they come for ya __________________ Browse:

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GPedro Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 51 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Do you really need to ask? Bin it!

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zee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: scottish island Posts: 1,239 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	the reason I posted was the email address , E-mail: mr_gibson.andersen@live.co.uk nominet , live.co.uk Registrant: Microsoft Corporation Registrant type: Non-UK Corporation Registrant's address: One Microsoft Way Redmond Washington 98052 US

30-03-2009, 11:42:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
zee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: scottish island Posts: 1,239 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	should have offered them a deal on car finance cheap loan bad at nw-finance.com buy my work co uk

30-03-2009, 11:44:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
zee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: scottish island Posts: 1,239 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	should have offered them a deal on on a domain I have buy my work co uk b m w co uk

01-04-2009, 02:52:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tassos Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 93 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	i ll send you an email from my BankofGreece.com to tell you won 5 mil euros if you pay 5k... the mail will come from euros@bankofgreece.com

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