BMW warns on mass fraudulent emails under the name "BMW Automobile Company"

[C Cilliers]

"This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £500,000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great British pounds)."
If I convert that to SA Rands, I can retire!!!
The same got to my e-mail - Don't these guys ever stop?
Anything that is to good to be true must be ignored on e-mail !

[Solvej Vorster]

Got one too here in South Africa. What are they trying to prove? What's the purpose of the email?

[Rohan]

Hi,
Even I got a mail yesterday saying the same. What is this scam?

[Manish]

whaz the use for the one who sent this..BMW doesn't need such cheap popularity

[Padmaja]

I got the same e-mail today ...!!
Whats the necessity for such a marketing strategy from BMW !!!!!!!!!!Disgusting!!!

[Jovs]

Hi! same as all of you...i also received the same mesge and i reply to them in the verification..but if ever they ask for my bank acount and any details regarding my money acount...i will NEVER EVER give the info that they need! They really FOOL us...and they have no HEART to do such like this in other people...=(

[anita]

me to, do they get credit cards in your name or what, they ask for name, address, phone, age,rece,employment, so what do they get has anyone really seen the money or the car

[Jari]

I am lucky winner. I have now a bmw and a million pounds: HUMOR

[pc roy]

every day spam messages like the others got flood my mail box. i really hope one day somebody will invent a gajet which will evaporate the source spamer by pressing one tab.

[R MILLER]

IS IT TRUE THAT BY OPENING THESE E-MAILS THERE IS A POSSABILITY OF INVITING A VIRUS INTO YOUR SYSTEM? PLEASE BEWARE

[sandhya pandey]

they are big fraud the same they have sent me also with attractive money n new brand car dont u think there should be punishment like imprisonment?

[Santhosh]

I too received the e-mail yesterday...
but what r they to gain by sending such spams...CANNOT THIS TIME BE SPEND IN DOING SOMETHING USEFUL...

[megageek]

the reason they send these emails is to get all the relavent information to literally steal your identity, get credit cards and what not in your name etc etc.. i recieved the very same email this morning. and rather than just delete it i replied to it and asked for more information, why? i hear you ask, basicly so i could comfirm that not only was it a scam but also to prove that all the emails were the same person fropm the same computer from the same IP address.. which i did.. just to give you an update i tracked this guy down to redbridge, hornsey in north london. then phoned crime stoppers asked them if they would be interested in an email identity scam gave them his ip address, ISP, and the address of his house and any other information i could give them.. chances are he will be arrested in the morning if he hasnt been allready. lol

so lets hope thats an end to that

[Karim]

IT'S FOR REAL, I GOT THE CAR AND THE MONEY.....LOL psych...I did get the email tho.

[Kuldeep Bhat India]

Edmonton BMW AUTOMOBILE e-LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
#22 Garden Close, Stamford Lincs PE9 2YP London, UNITED KINGDOM
Saturday, May 2nd 2007.
Winning Prize Notification
Many Congratulations to you!!!
Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to happily announce to you that your e-mail ID address have just won you a drafted cheque of £1, 000 000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) as to be presented along with your winning certificate and a claims credencials of the BMW Annual e-LOTTERY BONANZA promotional programmed held May 2007 here in the United Kingdom.
The selection process was carried out through computerized random e-mail Selection System (eSS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses (login usernames) drawn from the affected countries, which your e-mail ID address was selected as the lucky winner/ Beneficiary of the BMW 2007 annual ballot promotions here in the United Kingdom.
The BMW e-Lottery is inaugurately organise by the British Gaming-Ballot Board (BG-BB) and approved by The International Association of Gaming-Ballot Regulators Licensing. This promotional lottery offer is of its kind as it being announced to various beneficary of this year 2007 calender, sensitizing to the general public that confirmed receipt of this Annual lottery winning notification must be 18 of age and above to be able to claim this winning prize from the Edmonton BMW e-Lottery Office.
Do note to appropriately act fast to claim your prize and contact the Fiduciary Claims Agent with your detail. You are also required to provide your details as stated below to process your claims and protect your winning prize from false claims immediately you receive this winning notification.

[Binu K John_ Kuwait]

Wednesday May 30
I had also got the same type of mail, which offers a brand new BMW 5 series car and a cash prize of GBP850,000/-. They had also asked me to contact the FEDEX to ship the stuff to my residence with a quote for the shipment. More over they had contacted me in phone.
What is going on?? If it is not true why can't you stop it? or is it the maerketing strategy of BMW in this century???
Why dont you take any legal action against such people??????
Any way thank God....My money was saved

[RFHB]

I sure do love that BMW, its a shame that there are some people out there that believe that we are really stupid. First to think that we believe that crap and then to send our personal information. COME ON, I WAS BORN AT NIGHT BUT NOT LAST NIGHT. RFHB, GEORGIA

[Jack]

The scam is " Winner must pay for delivery " so, if you respond, I am sure you will get the next email asking for a wire tranfer of the delivery fees for a non-existant prize.

[kks]

i was so happy to think i won im telling people. what a nieve person i am. i just love bmw/ i dindent even want the money . just the car, i e-mailed over and over to make sure they recived the information they needed, to alex [e-mail]

[kks]

mine was from [e-mail] id hope ed he wasent out to scam me