Fake Lottery Winning Notification

Recently I’ve received a mail claiming that my e-mail address has been randomly chosen to be the winner of the BMW promotion. I believed that it is just a joke or a deceit, but I want to know how they will deceive me, so I replied to the sender with the asked information.

The mail wrote:

Your E-mail ID Have Won £950.000.00 In Our BMW Promo, Send Your Name, Phone,Occupation,Country.

The next day I received another mail, wrote:

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.

Reference Number: BMW: 2541236004/25.
REF: 92O/BM


Dear Esteemed Winner,

I wish to inform you that the receipt of your mail was acknowledged.

Your details has been forwarded to the Llodys TSB Bank were your winning funds was deposited. The Bank is presently in possession of your winning certificate and after information of you to enable them re-activate your online account to enable the transfer of your winnings.

In this regards you are now required to contact the Llodys TSB Bank. Contact details of Bank stated below:

Llodys TSB Bank plc.
Accounts Officer: Mr. Frank Ban
Official Email: lltsb-uk@live.co.uk
Tel: +4470457 28957


On contact with the bank, you are to provide the security code for the fund which is SCCN/9020/830UK/9839.

Get back to me as soon as you get in contact with the bank so that I can update my files and also advise you on what to do if need be..


Thanks and once again Congratulations on behalf of Staff's and member of the British BMW PROMOTION Board International!!

REGARDS.
PROF LARRY SMITH
CLAIMS MANAGER,
BMW CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, UK.

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It seems so real due to its well organized written structure and contact. However, I was still very doubtful about the information. Therefore, I spent some times searching for the given bank and I found that the name of the bank is wrongly written—‘Llodys TSB Bank’ vs. ‘Lloyds TSB Bank’. From this mistake, I’m on the way to totally believe that it is a real deceit. I also checked with the BMW Company where I found many similar cases. Many internet users wanted to confirm the similar mail they had received and complained about this scam. By comparing their mails with mine, I came to a conclusion that it’s surely a deceit.
I’m posting this to inform all friends who may receive this similar mail. Please beware of this fake lottery winning notification and other similar ways of deceit. Long time ago, I used to receive a mail saying that she is dying and wanting someone to inherit her property and help her realize her wish. Do not believe that you are lucky to have such an opportunity, but you are just about to be cheated.

Remember that ‘There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.’