Good grief I got this Today and it was to hilarious not to share…Here’s the text of the message, all that’s missing is the personal signature of the Nigerian president.
"…BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
5070 WILSHIRE BLVD
LOS ANGELES. CA 90036
NEIGHBORHOOD: MID WILSHIRE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
mr.ri chardbmw_morgan@yahoo. xxx
Dear Winner
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand new 2016 Model BMW Hydrogen 7 Series Car, a Check of $1,000,000.00USD from the international balloting programs held on the 1st section of the 2016 annual award promo in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The selection process was carried out through a random computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world, which your email address was selected.
The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To begin the processing of your
prize claim, You are to contact our fiduciary claim department for more information as regards to the procedures on the claim of your prize.
Name: Mr.Richard Morgan
mr.richardbmw_morgan@yahoo. xxx
Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code Number BMW:2541256004/25. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:
- Name In Full :
- Residential Address :
- Nationality :
- Age :
5.Sex : - Occupation :
- Direct Phone :
- Present Country :
- Email address :
- pin code Number BMW:2541256004/25
Mrs Rachael Adams.
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…"
1st BMW doesn’t even have a H2 car, or a lottery department, second I’d never entered any sort of contest, ever. Third, I would never respond to any kind of blind email notice like this. But thought I would share this so anyone else who sees it knows it’s BS
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2016/04/bmw-lottery-department-419-spam/
http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/content/contactus/fraudwarning.aspx
