The BMW Give-a-way scam is resurfacing way back from the year 2006.

Titled “Dear Lucky Winner” and sent from the so-called “BMW Lottery Department”, the mail reads as follows:

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand new 2016 Model BMW X6M CAR, a CHECK worth $1,500,000.00 USD and an APPLE LAPTOP from the international balloting programs held in the Johannesburg South Africa.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were 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 you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to the claim of your prize.

Name : Rev. William Christopher
Email (bwmoffice2ATgmailDOTcom)
Phone Number: +27

Contact him by providing your secret pin code Number BMW:2551256003/23. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name In Full :
2. Residential Address :
3. Nationality :
4. Age :
5. Occupation :
6. Direct Phone :
7. Present Country :
8. Email address :
9. Pin code Number BMW:

Mrs.YVONNE NELSON
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS

You may notice that they are using GMail for their official claims department and the email addy is for bwm office.....not bmw!

What the scammers are after is not known, but they could use your email addy to spoof others. This one should hit the trash at light speed.

Source: MalwareBytes