won a bmw today and free serviving thrown in aswell

recycle · 13-12-2009 10:40pm #1

Imagine my surprise! Not sure how many others hav received same into their inbox

THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2009. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED[html]BMW® HQ Germany Plant:Heidemannstr. 164 DE-80939 MUNCHEN Germany.
From:THE BMW® (UK) Ltd Registered Office:
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 8TA.
United Kingdom.

Congratulations,

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 the 10th STAR PRIZE
WINNER in this End of Year BMW Automobile International Awareness
Promotion (IAP) held on FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER,2009 in Berkshire.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 2008 X6 35iM(2008
modern) and a cash prize of £,750,000.00 GBP (seven hundred and fifty
thousand Great British pounds).The car comes with a special BMW
Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion
in 2010.

It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW
AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide. 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 drawn from all the continents of the
world.

For you to claim your prizes, kindly contact prize consultant BARR.
ALBERT STOLLER through email, stating your receipt of this
notification.
He has been mandated to offer you legal assistance and facilitate the
urgent delivery of your prizes directly to you.Please reply to

BARRISTER.ALBERT STOLLER,
BMW Claims Manager
DIRECT EMAIL:barr.albert.strollerdesk@9.cn
TEL: (+44) 703-592-8180.
Fax: +44 7005-934-945

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed
information's.

1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
6. CITY:
7. STATE:
8. ZIP CODE:
9. OCCUPATION / POSITION HELD:
10.PHONE NUMBER:
11.FAX:
12.REFERENCE NUMBER:BMW:25513500DS

We ask that you to keep this award personal,till your claims have
been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is a part of our
security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
participants
or importer's, taking advantage of the situation.

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top
quality automobiles.

Engr.Ms. Emello Schachter
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2009. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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colm_mcm · 13-12-2009 10:41pm

you actually won £750,000 too.

partyatmygaff · 13-12-2009 10:42pm

I'm stealing your reference number, thanks for sharing.

daveharnett · 13-12-2009 10:46pm

Email them back and ask if they have any funds they need to transfer out of the country. I'm sure they'd be more than happy to help them out:D.

recycle · 13-12-2009 10:47pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

you actually won £750,000 too.

and there was i worrying about my exams - happy days

reckon my new x6 will look good in that 'look at what i drive u pesants' thread

colm_mcm · 13-12-2009 10:49pm

Yep.

Also I wouldn't bother doing those exams now.

KTRIC · 13-12-2009 10:53pm

That address Heidemannstr. 164 is not the head office, its a manufacturing plant.

I smell a fish :rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito · 13-12-2009 10:53pm

I never win anything

sneem-man · 13-12-2009 10:55pm

Lucky Git:rolleyes:

zero19 · 13-12-2009 10:59pm

So you won a 2008 beemer, right...

colm_mcm · 13-12-2009 11:00pm

knew there would be a catch. and it's petrol too.

It pays to look at the fine print and be skeptical. I would have just accepted the car. turns out it's a petrol X6 that isn't even new

Oh well.

AugustusMaximus · 13-12-2009 11:08pm

X6. The least these people could have done was pick a desirable BMW.

Here's your old X6 btw.

Lord god.

Bob the Seducer · 13-12-2009 11:14pm

All I ever won was the Spanish Lottery! (should check my bank balance tomorrow to see if it's been paid in yet...)

mondeo · 13-12-2009 11:22pm

could be a scam mate? ring up bmw and confirm it

Midnight_EG · 13-12-2009 11:37pm

mondeo wrote: »

could be a scam mate? ring up bmw and confirm it

And the award for winner of the point out the obvious trophy goes tooooooooooo

c4cat · 13-12-2009 11:42pm

KTRIC wrote: »

That address Heidemannstr. 164 is not the head office, its a manufacturing plant.

I smell a fish :rolleyes:

Oh You don't say!!

PixelTrawler · 13-12-2009 11:46pm

That reminded of this site, some of these are worth reading (its a group that scams the scammers)

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/scambusts.htm

(Read the general practicioner, its gas although not in a motoring sense so this is waay off thread!)

bazz26 · 13-12-2009 11:50pm

From the email the BMW UK headquarters address looks correct but the phone and fax number don't:

BARRISTER.ALBERT STOLLER,
BMW Claims Manager
DIRECT EMAIL:barr.albert.strollerdesk@9.cn
TEL: (+44) 703-592-8180.
Fax: +44 7005-934-945

According to google the correct phone and fax numbers for BMW UK are:

Phone: +44-1344-426-565
Fax: +44-1344-480-203

From memory the 703 in the email phone number above is a mobile network prefix similar to 87, etc here.

jhegarty · 13-12-2009 11:54pm

bazz26 wrote: »

From memory the 703 in the email phone number above is a mobile network prefix similar to 87, etc here.

Any +447 number is a uk mobile.

zilog_jones · 14-12-2009 12:21am

Try and waste their time at least, lots of advice here: http://www.419eater.com/html/baiting.htm

colm_mcm · 14-12-2009 12:29am

Will they pay the VRT?

Esel · 14-12-2009 12:30am

Please tell me that people posting serious replies here are taking the piss.

Midnight_EG · 14-12-2009 12:31am

Internet is srs bsns!

Stevie Dakota · 14-12-2009 9:24am

Midnight_EG wrote: »

And the award for winner of the point out the obvious trophy goes tooooooooooo

Why so cynical? Have a little faith!

cascade35 · 14-12-2009 10:38am

Does anyone know anyone who has fallen for these scams?

bazzachazza · 14-12-2009 10:52am

Albert Stroller isn't he one of the characters in BBC's Hustle played by Robert Vaughn;)

In the series, Vaughn plays elder-statesman con artist Albert Stroller, a father figure to a group of younger grifters.

D'oh they made this one too obvious

corktina · 14-12-2009 11:03am

it is a scam...it cant be new if its a 2008....id complain and say you want a new one or they can get stuffed

Cuddlesworth · 14-12-2009 11:22am

Midnight_EG wrote: »

And the award for winner of the point out the obvious trophy goes tooooooooooo

No offence meant by this but there are people who do use the internet and forums like this that will be caught out by this scam and nobody alluding to it on this forum would only help matters.

smemon · 14-12-2009 12:47pm

tell them to donate it all to charity & forward on the proof to you

antodeco · 14-12-2009 1:00pm

Tell him you that under irish law, you must pay for "importation and transport tax" before collecting anything. It is standard €127 (£100 old punts). Advise him that as its Christmas, you dont have the money at hand. Ask him to send it over to the tax account (yours) and then you will be able to go over and collect it.

unkel · 14-12-2009 2:53pm

This is a year old...

Do they not teach you how to google in college, OP?

Linky

Stoolbend · 14-12-2009 3:07pm

You're not the only one!

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4346

won a bmw today and free serviving thrown in aswell

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