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

[Inna]

I recieved the same message, It makes you so exited yet you feel it is not true.

[atul Kulkarni Bombay]

i hv recd a mail from Miss becky, Claims verification Officer, BMW Lottery dept, London, granting cash prize of 450,000.00 GBP along with cost of BMW car worth 19000.00 GBP. and informed that this money is deposited in Nationwide Bank PLC.
I am very much surprised the authencity of this mail. can u pls. confirm this is a fake or not.

[Shido]

I need my BMW as well :S:@
this is what I get
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THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
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 year's BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on Friday 8Th June, 2007 in London.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £850,000.00 GBP (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds).
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.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our BMW Claims Manager through the contact details as stated below:
Mr. Steve George,
BMW Claim s Manager.
E-mail:
Phone:
Yours faithfully,
ENGR ROSEN BLATT.
Online coordinator for Bmw Automobile Company.

[Shido]

easily u can feel that it's not true when u reaciee such an e-mail from a hotmail or yahoo account. huge organizations like BMW have thier own e-mails someone @ bmw.com and the theme and credibility of such organaizations means alot to them :D

good luck guys

[Panarat Thailand]

Yeah! today I just got the same one.... hhahaa..

[Jon]

Hmmm, If it sounds too good to be true, then its too good to be true. Nobody gives away money to anyone for nothing. The gain is probably a follow up email to ask you for bank routing numbers and account number so they can do an EFT directly to your account. There are plenty of E-Bay scams that are so numerous no one can keep up with them. Cars and motorcycles at much lower prices and always a hard luck story why they have to sell the car or bike. Its usually because their brother has cancer or had a stroke or heart attack and can no longer use the vehicle. Of course it will be delivered to your front door by federal express. That ain't gonna happen. No motor vehicle will ever be delivered to your front door from anyplace without going through customs. Any motor vehicle that fails to conform to US EPA standards is not going to get out of impoundment by customs. I actually did import a vehicle and i had to pick it up and had to pay custom duty and have it inspected before i could truck it out of the port of entry. If you really want to buy a car or a bike go buy one from a new vehicle dealer and even then be prepared to be scammed.

[Panarat Thailand]

Thanks everyone in this forum, I got back to my email inbox and deleted all of these scam emails. I promise I won't open those emails coming to me again. It is too rediculous...and really waste my time...

[M_Bad]

I'm another lucky winner of an BMW 5 Series. A Mexican is added to the list ..jajajaja

[olusegun julius]

i am a nigeria i got thesame scam also but i thank God they can doop me am segun julius lagos nigeria

[olusegun julius]

PLS YOU HAVE DO SOMETHING QUICK ABOUT THIS 419 GUY SO THAT THEY WILL NOT TANISH THE IMAGE OF BMW COMPANY I THINK IS GETTING TO MUCH OF THEM THAK U

[olusegun julius]

DO SOME THING QUIK

[james majaha _zimbabwe]

i was also shocked when i received this email.being an interllectual i had to visit your website for verification whether such promotions exists only to find an intersting headline " beware of .... fake bmw emails" thanks for highlghting this to the public some were going to be swindled a lot of bugs
below is also the email i recieved

[Alan]

What they want is your personal information.
First they start with your home address, then phone number etc. Once they've got you excited they ask for your Bank details so they can send you "your winnings" by transcash or bank transfer or such like. don't be fooled they are stealing your identities first and if at all possible any money in your bank account. DON'T RESPOND TO ANY OF THEM, THEY ARE ALL SCAMS. BE SMART....IGNORE THEM....

[Alan]

From Ashford in Kent---NOT Thornton Heath, I don't know where that came from...

[A sucker is born]

Did anyone here actually think this scam was real in any way? If you did, you deserve to have every single dollar sucked out of your bank account. You should also hang a sign around your neck that read " SUCKER!" And anyone who asks "What have they got to gain?" Try identity theft you friggin moron. This is why these people exist, because idiots keep falling for these scams.

[compa 1]

i'm agree. SUCKER ALL...

[ChoieE]

Just got the same email, just that they are using HONDA company now instead of BMW...be careful everyone. Just one comment on one of the postings here, however bad the people who does these spam mails are, ANY OF STILL DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT ON BEING JUDGMENTAL AND SCRUTINIZE THE PEOPLE FROM THE POOR COUNTRIES (J Young from Colorado) pls be human in our comments if we are really human. =)

[A Sucker is Born]

Folks, it doesn't matter where in this world you are from. These are scams. They are called 419 scams. Please look it up. Did you really believe that BMW (or any other large company) was going to give away a valuable prize through an unsolicited email? Nothing in life is free, and you don't get something for nothing. I do have some Viagra I could sell cheap!

[sagar]

igot the same email nessage

[Tine]

yeah, the NEXT LUCKY WINNER is ME!!!
BMW Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London, United Kingdom
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of 1,000,000.00GBP (One Million Great British Pounds) and a brand new BMW 5 Series Car from International programs held on the 21st of June, 2007. in London Uk.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).This promotional lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary claims department for more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize.
RICHARD MOON
BY EMAIL
email: [e-mail]

1.Name in full.2.Address.3.Nationality.4 .Age.5.Occupation.6.Phone/Fax. 7.Present Country .8.Short comment on our products.[optional].
we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.This is a part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted participants or imposters, taking advantage of the situation
Failure to claim your prizes (CASH) would result to forfeiting and willbeused for next 10,000,000 pounds sterlings international lottery
program.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your contact address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Once again congratulations.
THANKS