Truemors
BMW's new
cathedral-like building in Munich evokes perfect German families with
toothpaste smiles singing company songs, says Jonathan Glancey.
"This unique building", says BMW, "is one of the first examples of a
new generation of communications buildings for the 21st century." And,
I suppose it is. A great metal cloud of a building, BMW Welt rises
alongside the 3-series car factory, together with the Bavarian
car-maker's distinctive 1970s headquarters, its company museum - and,
across the road, the wave-like roof of the 1972 Olympic Stadium.
Today,
the first of what are expected to be 45,000 new BMW buyers a year will
venture into this epic building to collect their gleaming new cars and
to while away their special day in the steely arms of the mighty
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG. Here, the faithful will be immersed in a
baptism of corporate beneficence and culture. Blessed by Munich's Roman
Catholic clergy last week, BMW Welt is a cathedral to public relations,
a shrine blazing with the company's slogan: Freude am Fahren (joy in
driving).
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (16)
at 08:26 on December 19th, 2008
Dear Sirs-
I have recieved an e-mail stating that I have won a new BMW 2008 X6 351 M (2008 modern) and a cash prize of L, 750,000,00 GBP, British pounds. The e-mail stated that I was chosen as one of the 10th STAR PRIZE Winner in the end of the Year/Xmas' BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion held on Wednesday 17th of December, 2008 in Berkshire, United Kingdom. The prize consultants name Barr Alan Robert is suppose to be contacted through e-mail :bmwprizeclaimscenter208@live.com with a telephone number of (+44) 703-592-8180 and a fax number of +44 7005-934-945. With all the scams on the internet I have been skeptical to reply. Would you please notify me by e-mail at sadoors@live.com or call me at 817-300-6231 to authenticate, if this is a scam I am certan that your company appreciates me notifying you about it. Thank you Steven Alan Gould, PO BOX 2738 Quinlan, Texas 75474, mailing address and 8112 Telegraph Rd., Quinlan, Texas 75474 physical address. Thank you for your time and of course I will keep a positive attitude for BMW's are undoubtably unique automobiles and I would love to own one. Sincerly, Steven Alan Gould---USA
at 00:40 on December 21st, 2008
I have also recieved an e-mail detailed below '' IS IT A SCAM
does " A reputed organisation like BMW worlwide handle such free feebies.
if this is a scam I am certan that your company appreciates me notifying you about it.
BMW® HQ Germany Plant:Heidemannstr. 164 DE-80939 MUNCHEN Germany.
From:THE BMW® (UK) Ltd Registered Office:
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 8TA.
United Kingdom.
Congratulations,
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 one of the 10th STAR PRIZE
WINNER in
this End of Year/Xmas' BMW Automobile International Awareness
Promotion (IAP) held on Thursday 18th of December,2008 in Berkshire.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 2008 X6 35i
M(2008 modern) and a cash prize of £,750,000.00 GBP
(seven hundred and fifty thousand Great British pounds).The car comes
with a special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next
promotion in 2009.
It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW
AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.
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 drawn from all
the continents of the world.
For you to claim your prizes, kindly contact prize consultant BARR.
ALAN ROBERT through email, stating your receipt of this notification.
He has been mandated to offer you legal assistance and facilitate the urgent
delivery of your prizes directly to you.
Please reply to
BARRISTER.ALAN ROBERT,
BMW Claims Manager
DIRECT EMAIL:bmwprizeclaimscenter208@live.com
TEL: (+44) 703-592-8180.
Fax: +44 7005-934-945
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed
informations.
1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
6. CITY:
7. STATE:
8. ZIP CODE:
9. OCCUPATION / POSITION HELD:
10.PHONE NUMBER:
11.FAX:
12.EMAIL ADDRESS:
13.REFERENCE NUMBER:BMW:25513500DS
We ask that you to keep this award personal, till your claims have
been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is a part of our
security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted participants or
imposter's, taking advantage of the situation.
Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top
quality automobiles.
Engr.Ms. Emello Schachter
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
at 12:32 on January 3rd, 2009
I to have also have been sent the same scam, it seems they are spreading this one around fast.
BMW® HQ Germany Plant:Heidemannstr. 164 DE-80939 MUNCHEN Germany.
From:THE BMW® (UK) Ltd Registered Office:
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 8TA.
United Kingdom.
Congratulations,
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 one of the 10th STAR PRIZE
WINNER in
this End of Year/NEW Year' BMW Automobile International Awareness
Promotion
(IAP) held on Friday 2nd of January,2009 in Berkshire.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 2008 X6 35i
M(2008 modern) and a cash prize of £,750,000.00 GBP
(seven hundred and fifty thousand Great British pounds).The car comes
with a
special BMW Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next
promotion in 2010.
It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW
AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.
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 drawn from all
the continents of the world.
For you to claim your prizes, kindly contact prize consultant BARR.
ALAN ROBERT through email, stating your receipt of this notification.
He has
been mandated to offer you legal assistance and facilitate the urgent
delivery of your prizes directly to you.Please reply to
BARRISTER.ALAN ROBERT,
BMW Claims Manager
DIRECT EMAIL:bmwprizeclaimscenter208@live.com
TEL: (+44) 703-592-8180.
Fax: +44 7005-934-945
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed
informations.
1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
6. CITY:
7. STATE:
8. ZIP CODE:
9. OCCUPATION / POSITION HELD:
10.PHONE NUMBER:
11.FAX:
12.EMAIL ADDRESS:
13.REFERENCE NUMBER:BMW:25513500DS
We ask that you to keep this award personal, till your claims have
been
processed and your funds remitted to you. This is a part of our
security
measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted participants or
imposter's,
taking advantage of the situation.
Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top
quality automobiles.
Engr.Ms. Emello Schachter
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
at 00:19 on January 5th, 2009
Got the same email lol
at 23:38 on January 8th, 2009
I to have received the same email as the four above.I feel that this is a scam but would like to know if it is or if it is not,if you could email me the answer. Many thanks. Warren mcneich.
at 13:57 on January 20th, 2009
i too have recieved this e-mail could you e-mail me to verify if it is a scam or not, my e-mail is medina_shorty@yahoo.com
at 01:36 on February 28th, 2009
damn sound s good is it true?
at 11:01 on February 28th, 2009
It is definitely a scam... if you notice everyone has the same reference number.. i got the same e-mail too and i did not reply.. its probably to hack into your e-mail or something... DO NOT REPLY.
at 08:38 on April 17th, 2009
rec the same E mail.but i have a MERCEDES what i will do with BMW with this price of gasoline if u will send 10000 galon with, may be i will accept .
at 09:16 on April 17th, 2009
Emails are scam, but the photo of BMW's cathedral is very nice!
BMW cars are really the ultimate driving machines. Confirm this out of over thirty years of experiences with BMW and Mercedes.
at 19:01 on May 29th, 2009
wow they r sending this everywhere even to canada i got this a couple days ago and yes i love BMW auto's and would dearly love 2 have 1 but what a nasty scam they r playing on us not so rich people
at 18:26 on June 11th, 2009
From:"Barrister Alan Robert" <bmwprizeclaimscenter009@live.com>Add sender to ContactsTo:harjeet_213badwal@yahoo.co.u
BMW® HQ Germany Plant:Heidemannstr. 164 DE-80939 MUNCHEN Germany.From:THE BMW® (UK) Ltd Registered Office:
Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 8TA.
United Kingdom. i have receive this mail.Dear Winner, Reference Number:BMW:25513500DS
Good day,This Year lottery promo is for all BMW AUTOMOBILES lover all over the world. You are extremely
luck to be among the winners, and to continue the process of claiming your
winnings, you are to fill the claims/verification form below.
1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
at 10:05 on June 24th, 2009
I received a similar email, called the number to verify before replying via email, and was greeted by a chinese sounding man who claimed to be a 'Sir Wiley Upson' ... he couldn't pronounce it correctly. Maybe someone should look up the location of that number and stop him?
at 07:07 on June 30th, 2009
Got the same email..... lol..... such scam emails reaching mumbai, india as well.....
at 08:43 on July 18th, 2009
Attention.
Wiley (Coyote?) Upson is a very busy boy, I was not offered a BMW. However, I was offered a very impressive 1,388,208.39 USD! Ref No: PBLUK/67C-563MJ/K Batch: 5694KI/WINFREE We announce to you the winners of the POWER BALL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on July 4th, 2009.your personal e-mail address,attached to winning number 4 9 22 41 44 14, With serial number 647489 and REF;NO:PBLUK/67C-563MJ/K ,consequently won you £850,000.00 POUNDS in the Tenth lottery category,all participants were selected through our Power Ball computer ballot system drawn form 42,000,Names,6,000 names from each continent, to claim your winning Price, you must first contact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your Price (Prize?) money to you.The claims process information's are listed below: (CONTACT EVENT MANAGER) : Sir Wiley Upson Tel : ( +4470240 17866) ( +4470240 80889) E-mail: inquiringdept.powerball@live.com Claims Requirements: 1.Full Name.............. 2.Address:............... 3.Sex.................... 4.Age:................... 5.Occupation:............ 6.Phone:................. 7.State: ................ 8.Country:............... 9. Batch No:............. 10. Ref No .............. 11 .Winning No:.......... Sincerely, Mrs. Maurine Diane H. Online Coordinator.at 22:12 on August 6th, 2009
I Have to received email from
From:THE BMW® (UK) Ltd Registered Office:Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 8TA.
United Kingdom.
Congratulations,
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 one of the 10th STAR PRIZE WINNER
in this Year BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP)
held on Friday 31st of July,2009 in Berkshire.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 2008 X6 35iM(2008
modern) and a cash prize of £,750,000.00 GBP (seven hundred and fifty
thousand Great British pounds).The car comes with a special BMW
Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in
2010.
It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW
AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide. 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 drawn from all the continents of the
world.
For you to claim your prizes, kindly contact prize consultant BARR.
ALAN ROBERT through email, stating your receipt of this notification.He
has been mandated to offer you legal assistance and facilitate the
urgent delivery of your prizes directly to you.Please reply to
BARRISTER.ALAN ROBERT,
BMW Claims Manager
DIRECT EMAIL:bmwclaimsconsultant09@live.com
TEL: (+44) 703-592-8180.
Fax: +44 7005-934-945
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed
information's.
1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
6. CITY:
7. STATE:
8. ZIP CODE:
9. OCCUPATION / POSITION HELD:
10.PHONE NUMBER:
11.FAX:
12.EMAIL ADDRESS:
13.REFERENCE NUMBER:BMW:25513500DS
Congratulations once more, and keep trusting BMW Automobile for top
quality automobiles.
Engr.Ms. Emello Schachter
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. This is realy or Cheating plz answer me