I won another car!See also: Email Fraud Warning at bmwusa.com
Hot on the heels of the strangest phish I have ever seen, another very similar one this time from BMW, not VW.
The list of information required from me to collect my prize is the same as last time, and the address of the International Awareness Promotion Department of the BMW Automobile Company is exactly the same as the address of the Volkswagen UK Lottery Department - the same residential address in Stamford, Lincs.
How can that be?
Category: Phish
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1. Jerry Carter02/10/2006 16:52:41
Homepage: http://datatribesoftwerks.com
I don't suppose anyone has sent a Bobby 'round to that addy for a visit? Seems like a rather daft phisher to use the same residential address twice. Do they not have Post Office boxes in the UK?
2. Chris Linfoot02/10/2006 17:11:23
I suspect the address has nothing directly to do with the phisher, possibly other than being inhabited by someone s/he doesn't like...
3. Uzair20/10/2006 07:27:48
I have also recieved that email nad i doubt the truth involved in this email
and they have asked me for some imp documnet shall i give it to them or no kindly help.
4. Chris Linfoot20/10/2006 08:45:53
No. Do not give them anything. Do not even attempt to reply!
5. nicoline van Heerden25/10/2006 10:13:36
the same has happend to me - and i actually fell for it , in a way!!! 
stupid me to think you could actuall win a car!!!
6. Terry25/10/2006 17:45:08
I received the same email, but I won ONLY an additional 260,000 GBP. I did click on the email address to see what would happen, but it just took me to Yahoo, not even to Yahoo Mail. I was considering even calling the phone number in the email just to be sure, but after reading the above I know it would be a waste of time and money. Remember: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
7. nowhereman_uk07/11/2006 11:59:08
Damn!! I was so looking forward to picking up the keys to this and then driving to pick my national lottery win, which an emai linformed me I had also won !!!! Back on the bus then eh?
8. Fred08/11/2006 22:14:44
well they almost got a yank from across the water but i needed to know more so I arrived here to find the truth. So where is my brand new BMW (in need of a car real bad)
9. Lydia19/12/2006 06:04:19
Well here I am in New Zealand and yes everyone I wanted to believe it but I did a google search and found you guys complaining about the same prize.
Maybe they should be deported for scaming the Commonwealth Countires of Great Britain.
Last year I brought a cell phone off a New Zealand site that listed a UK address. Silly me I should of rung the telephone number as I forked over $800 USD.
What did that lesson teach me, I dont use the www.finda.co.nz as it does not protect the right of the individual in regards to buying from overseas companies. What pissed me off about finda is they failed to protect the rights of New Zealand citizens using the site.
PHISHING anyone
10. Angela S.19/01/2007 13:51:11
Just rec'd this 'Congratulation you are a winner!' (of a BMW and £450,00)today. As they are asking for too much personal info (an ideal opportunity for identity fraud I thought), it sounded like another scam and I was wary. Yes, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is, so I thought I'd search the internet to see if this 'division' of BMW actually exists and found your link. Has anyone actually contacted BMW's London (head) office about this. I think I'll pass it on to the Mail on Sunday's finance section to make people aware.
11. Mikel29/01/2007 19:50:11
Crud- I got the same one but stupidly I sent my info and then looked into it. What should I do to protect myself now they have my name and address and phone number and place of work? Help!
12. Chris Linfoot29/01/2007 20:53:11
First, expect a lot more spam and targetted phishing. Treat all email with extreme caution but don't worry too much. Yet.
13. emma08/02/2007 18:52:48
Boy, these guys just do not quit. I live in canada, was looking forward to a new car and some cold cash..................then my kid brother took a look and laughed his tail out. Almost fell for it.
Question is, what is BMW doing about this? do they not have a responsibility to the general public and themselves when someone is out there spoiling their good name?-----I know one thing the government is doing-----ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!! cheers
14. V Lawrence08/02/2007 21:55:04
I was wondering how they were going to deliver my new car to New Zealand but guess I won't have to bother about that now ........ pity!! :-
15. Patrick14/02/2007 08:00:47
I received this email & unfortunately I responded. After 4 hrs the guy called and congratulated me again and asked that I respond to the email he had sent.
I have googled these guys and the information I get is that they are either fashion designers or book writers.
I don't know....:-
16. Kim02/03/2007 16:53:59
Well how gutted am i?! after having months of nothing but bad luck i recieve this email and think my luck is changing! until i decided that it was just too lucky and thought i had better look into it a bit more - and here all you are having recieved the same email!! glad i found out thought before i gave them all my information! cheers 
17. Sally05/03/2007 11:50:10
Homepage: http://www.w8loss4u.org
The Promotion Department BMW Automobiles
[address removed], London
United Kingdom
Dear Selected winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Price of
£250,000.00 (two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds)
and a brand new BMW 2007 M5 Sedan Car from International programs held
on the 3rd of March, 2007 in the United Kindom.
Contact the verification department by providing your secret pin code:
X7PWYZ-2007 and your Reference Number, BMW: 2551256003/23. You are also
advised to provide him with the under listed information.
1. Name in full.
2. Address in full.
3. Nationality & Present Country.
4. Age.
5. Phone /Fax /Sex.
6. Email address.
CONTACT PERSON: Engineer Roonyn James (Claims Director)
EMAIL: bmwautosukoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Regards,
Mrs Claire Westwood,
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS .
BMW PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT.
Hi everyone I too have received this in my junk mail, but googled it straight away to find these comments. Has anyone contacted BMW?
18. alim07/03/2007 06:00:07
i just received this email and am so excited at first to win a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a cash prize of £750,000.00 GBP (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds). WOW!!!!!!!
then..i tried to find in the internet if this "Bmw promotion" really exist & luckily i found your link!!!! hahahahha.... who will give you a brand new BMW 5 Series?????
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20. Ric Kerr27/04/2007 10:27:20
I got it. 550i M Sport Saloon and 450,000.00 GPB's. For a brief moment I saw my way out of the contracting world in Iraq. Guess I'll go to work again tomorrow. Man, the bullshit you want to believe in.
21. Julie Murphy04/05/2007 22:57:55
These guys are STILL at it. Over the past three weeks i have received TWO e-mails saying i had won a BMW car and one million pounds! Yep. a cool million smackers. I too continued to try and work out that this was a scam and found my way here like everyone else. I wish someone could stop these guys. Oh by the way, they appear to have moved their premises now as the international awareness promotions department is now in Lincolnshire.
22. Jean Cule10/05/2007 15:50:06
I just received a BMW 320 , and £250,000.00 GBP , they told me I was the first one to go there and pick up the prize .
First in , fisrt serve .
23. Chris Linfoot10/05/2007 18:42:42
For the benefit of other visitors, he is joking...
24. Svetlana16/05/2007 14:23:11
i received the email that I am a winner of a brand new BMW car and a cash prize of £750,000.00 GBP (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds).
then..i was stupid enough to give my details before i found this site!even my scan passport :(
25. Ed18/06/2007 20:03:32
They are still at it i have replied without any personal information saying I was so pleased to recieve the prize as I was about to committ suicide after losing my family and both my legs in a car accident and my marriage then broke down. Hope they feel just a little pang of guilt now I know it is not true good bye CRUEL WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-
26. Petra, Finland26/06/2007 08:13:46
I got the same message too and straight had to google it. I knew it couldn't be true. Thanks I don't need BMW, that's a yuppie car. The cash though would have come to a need. And usually I'm so lucky, damn.
27. jazzy.....29/06/2007 13:13:05
hey one day i opend my mail n saw i won 1BMW car n euros i surprised but after searching some sites i came to know that all r bullshits.for other viewres pls b careful n don't send ur details.who have send this mail is really doing tupid things. :-
28. Jan, New Zealand 01/07/2007 03:09:43
Hey and they're still at it! Yeah I was looking forward to cruising around in my brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car AND shopping til I dropped with NZ dollars to the tune of 500,000.00 GBP! But ta Chris, you saved my bacon. There it goes DELETED with lots of
29. Sarah02/07/2007 07:30:51
Hi! Can't believe it...I scored a brand new BMW 5 series and 450,000gbp (sorry, no pound symbol on an aussie keyboard) from one email and a brand new BMW 5 series and 850,000gbp from another email all in the space of an hour!!!! wonder what the rest of the day has in store for me!!
30. Joy Lewis10/07/2007 16:41:57
I won a Kia last month too! scam with a capital S!:-Joyx
31. Sara13/07/2007 01:07:09
Recebi um email dizendo que fui contemplada com uma BMW, estes caras s■o mentirosos? ent■o n■o ■ verdade? Como podem fazer isto?
32. Ian N13/07/2007 14:28:24
I received the BMW E-Mail too guys, actually BMW does have a warning out about the scams. Check this link. http://www.bmwusa.com/Contact/securityscam.htm
33. Ian Clarke13/07/2007 16:43:45
It was excellent fun though in an internet cafe to log onto some very naughty pornography sites and submit "bmwautosukoffice@yahoo.co.uk" as being very interested in receiving lots more information about pornography of all kinds.
Tee hee
34. mike22/07/2007 01:22:15
I just got this same letter with different e-mails and phone numbers
<br>I hope some one is doing or going to do something to catch these guys Lucky I want more info from them before I send them mine
35. Migoz28/07/2007 17:03:26
Now I got so disappointed :/ If there are some rich people send me 650k pounds so I can buy a new car :)
That scam looks pretty nice if you dont look at the e-mail address first. It seems that they really have wasted some time to fix it look like a real thing.
"You have been approved to receive a total sum of six hundred and fifty
thousand (650,000)british pounds sterling.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."
Btw where's my M5???
36. Birthe H■gh04/10/2007 13:14:17
Homepage: http://www.hoegh-interculture.com
I am also the lucky winner of BMW 550i M Sport Saloon + 500,000 GBP. I did not give them any information apart from what everyone can get from my homepage. They asked for a bank account number to transfer the money, but I renounced at the money and just asked them to ship the car. Then I got contacted by a shipping company that asked for a total amount of 2.741 GBP before shipping the care. I have refused and told them that I am willing to pay, as soon as the car is parked outside my front door. The 500.000 GBP, they say that they have willed it for charity and I have asked for which kind. There we are now and probably from now on they will stop contacting me. I certainly agree that it is a fraude!
Of course you get no car, so do not waste too much time and for all do not give any bank information!
37. Abid25/11/2007 16:39:00
Ah i also recieved the lottery mail a few days back,i didnt give much imporatnce ,i thought it may not be true but they mailed again asking about my account number so that they will transfer the money.Then i thought that it might be true,i gave them my account number.I wonder what they are upto and how they will misuse my info.why is not BMW or anti fraud bodies doing something about it.
38. Comment posted by Vicki26/11/2007 08:42:14
I too have also received the same emails as all of you.Except my email didnt promise a car just 650,000 pounds sterling and the address is diffrent it is 102 Stramford,3001 DG London U.K The contact person is James Walker. I rang him he told me to ring him back I must have got him off gaurd he also sounded drunk or stoned he was slurring his words.How professional also when I called it was 5.30am what person starts work in an office at that time on a sunday??????
39. Ann07/02/2008 16:31:09
Hi, everybody!! rrr, lucky me have received the same stupid thing... BMW 550i Sedan and a cash prize for 450,000,00 not bad!!! 
40. Tenika12/02/2008 22:19:24
Well the same shit happened to me! I sent my info. However, I sent the letter to Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun. There ass neeeeeeeeeeeeeeds to be shut down! I am sooooo pissed! I damn well need to be compensated!
41. Sanju, Nepal26/02/2008 23:34:35
oh, Mr. Tommy Brigg
Do U think U can cheat me. Don't fool people all around. Ok 
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