Received an e-mail claiming to be from the BMW Group, stating:
From: "we31 sf"
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
CC:
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE OUR STAR PRIZE WINNER FOR 2007!!!
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 09:10:49 0200
THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A 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 Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) in London, England. This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £1, 000, 000 00 (One Million Great British pounds). The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2008. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMWAUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE.
YEAR: MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon.
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 world wide 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 collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, MR.JAMES WALTER of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.
Claims Manager:
MR.JAMES WALTER
BMW Claims Department
EMAIL; [email protected]
TEL. 44 703 186 2460
VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE: FAX: MOBILE NUMBER:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
14.) PHOTO COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top quality automobiles.
Engr. ADAM SMITH
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Never heard of anyone needing a photocopy of my passport to give me money, or a senior member of staff at a major international company having the title "Engineer", or a notification e-mail of the like being sent from a "hotmail.com" address, or the primary contact at the company being provided with a "yahoo.com" address. They aren't even trying very hard.
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