Way Cooler than a Toyota

Wow, they have certainly learned a thing or two since the last time they spammed me. A real-looking email address (changed to protect the less intelligent) and a BMW as a prize.

NOTIFICATION


THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
POMOTION DEPARTMENT
Avenida Primado Reig3,
Madrid,Spain.
Reference Number: BMW:2551412003/17

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.

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 the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on the 1st of August, 2007, in Spain.

This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and a prize of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand (950,000) Euros. The car comes with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2008. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.. As a winner you are responsible for the legal charges for the notarization.

DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE.

YEAR: 2006, MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon

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. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: BMWP/556543450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Mr. Juan Garcia of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

Claims Manager:
Mr. Juan Garcia .
BMW Claims Department
EMAIL: bmw.protion@LLL.com.br
PHONE NUMBER: +34-### ### ###

VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:


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

Engr. Gerald John
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE. Spain .

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THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Wow! New Spam

I have gotten used to all the spam out there in email land. The member enlargement, the "I'm bored, wanna chat with me," the Nigerian scam spam. But this one almost made me look twice--so beware your Toyota Japan Lotto emails!

Toyota Japan Lottery
Customer Service Department Affiliate of Toyota Branch China.
XX Tanfield Road Tiaxiu lio Beijing China
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

DEAR Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today, You are among the winners of the TOYOTA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

As a result of your visiting various websites we are running the E-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 719-226-1319, with serial number 902-66 drew the lucky numbers 05,12,30,11,17,43 and Bonus number 10 , Your INSURANCE Number: FLS433/ 453L /GMSA and consequently you won in the Second Category of the TOYOTA FORTUNE LOTTO DRAW.

You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of US$500, 000, 00 in cash, including a Toyota car which is the winning present /amount for the Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$2,650,000.00 shared among the international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please be informed that your won fund of the sum of US$500,000.00 is now with the payee center. Contact our agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your winning fund under your full names. Together with the port where your winning car should be shipped to.

To begin your claim, please call our claim agent or send email immediately to:-

MR Hoffman Desmond
Foreign Services Manager,
Transglobe Finance Securities
EMAIL: xxxxxxx@aol.com
TEL: +#####

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Please quote your

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Nationality:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Telephone/Fax Number:

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other information provided above and below in every one of your correspondences to your claiming agent.

Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

And the "aol" part of that email is original. What high up executive uses an aol account? I am sort of surprised they didn't ask for my ssn and credit card number.