Mercedes Benz 125th Fraud

So my colleague receives this e-mail from Mercedes Benz 125th Anniversary Award.

On the due date (10-12-2012) the guy calls up from +91999254988 and tells that he has come down from UK to deliver the package and needs INR14,500 to clear the custom duties by the winner.

We even get to talk to the custom officer, a lady.

When we ask for the land-line number of the office they do not give us.

Then we check the location of the email sending system/computer.

Voila, it was Gurgaon, New Delhi and the internet service provider was MTS.

We call him up and my colleague abuses him, since then the phones are switched off.

It was fun to bother them but it is dangerous for the innocent people who think that they have won a lottery and part away with their hard earned money.

Read and Beware!!!!

Culprit had these two phone numbers 08285892038 / 0999254988

Account details where he wanted him to make the deposit;
R. Vicky
State Bank of India,

A/c # 20153924086

IFSC: SBIN004522

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, Mercedes Benz COMPANY UK.

Mercedes Benz 125TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD® 
(UK) Office, Mercedes Benz UK 1 Queen Caroline Street Hammer Smith, London W69HQ,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 70 10073979Fax: 44 (0)20-7031-300

Winning No: Your mobile number

ATTN:Your Name

The Board of Directors, Members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of Mercedes Benz Company wish to officially inform you that we are done with the processing of your winning prize; your winning prize has been verified and approved for payment by this department. Your Payment Verification Form has also been received and filed along with other winning document for record purpose.

We have received confirmation letter from the Royal High Court of Justice that your winning funds of 700,000.00 GBP from theMercedes Benz 2012 MOBILE DRAW AWARD have been duly legalized, verified and approved for immediate delivery to you.

The mode of the delivery of your winning prize as stipulated by the Mercedes Benz company  is diplomatic delivery under the BRITISH DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL. Delivery will be made to you by High level senior British Diplomatic Representative Officer, his name is .Barristers Dennis. Your Consignment Code Number is (UK/147D/44B)

Attached to this mail is a scan copy of his British Diplomatic ID PROOF as proof of his identity. The Diplomatic Officer will be arriving India through British Airways and you are to send him a copy of your ID Proof (ID CARD/PAN CARD/VOTERS CARD OR DRIVER LICENSE COPY) to enable him identify you when he arrives your country (INDIA).

Please be warned: For security reason, you are advised to keep your parcel information confidential from general public till your winning prize remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some double claimers.

Below is. Barristers Dennis Flight Information to India:

DEPARTURE DATE/TIME: 9TH DECEMBER. 2012- 5:15 PM (UK TIME)
ARRIVAL DATE/TIME: 10TH DECEMBER. 2012- 10:15 AM (INDIA TIME)

1. Your full names……............................

2. Your address …………………….............

3. Sex………...........................................                                                          

4. Your country……….............................

5. Nationality………….............................           

6. Your fax……………................................

7. Mobile phone number…...................

  8. Occupation………………........................                 

9. Your age……………….............................

10. Your winning email id…...................

11. Your id proof.....................................

12. Amount won……………….....................

     YOUR ACCOUNT DETAIL

13. Your account name.........................

14. Your account no...............................

15. Your bank name..............................

16. Branch............................................

Note: all shipment charges has been fully paid over here in London by Mercedes Benz (UK) while you will be responsible for Indian airport clearance charge of  Rs.14,500 /- INR on the arrival of your parcel at Delhi International Airport. In your revert email, do state your willingness to take care of the clearance charges in your country so as to enable us proceed with the onward delivery of your parcel to you and please you are to reconfirm your address for swift action before departure.

REQUIREMENT AT THE PORT OF ENTRY: - INDIAN CUSTOM DUTIES/AIRPORT CLEARANCE CHARGES (Rs. 14,500/- INR).

It is the duty of the senior diplomatic officer to guide you on how to make payment to custom without any complication. This money is payable there in your country as soon as the diplomat arrives at the airport to enable your authorities release the winning parcel to him for final delivery without any complication and for smooth delivery of your winning package in your home address. Note that as soon as the consignment is cleared from the airport, the diplomat shall proceed immediately to deliver the parcel to you in your resident address and the diplomat shall render you any assistance you need for the depositing to your local bank account, in this regards you are required to give the diplomat maximum co-operation to enable him serve you better.

PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO CALL CUSTOMER CARE LINE FOR ANY ASSISTANCE (TEL: +44-70-1007-3979)

Congratulations once more. Please notify this office as soon as you receive your parcel.

Sincerely,MR.REV.MARK

MERCEDES BENZ PROMOTION MANAGER