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419 Scam Example: "Barnby Worldwide Business Information / Ice Gold Finance UK (Steven Furtado, Mrs Catty Miller)"
"Barnby Worldwide Business Information / Ice Gold Finance UK (Steven Furtado, Mrs Catty Miller)" are labels used in fake lottery scam (419 scam). The object of the scam is to get victims to pay bogus upfront processing fees because they are hoping they will receive a prize later. If you have received responses, especially money demands and payment instructions then please forward us a copy! More reasearch on this scam available here:
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Example of initial "winning notification": From: "sf08" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 22 March, 2005 22:36 Subject: BARNBY BUSINESS INFORMATIONS The Lottery Department Barnby Worldwide Business Information 9 Leapal Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4JX Dear Sir/Madam, This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prize of £2,600,000.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) This is in line with our promotional lottery for our products. We specialize in the sales of cd-roms that enhance your business growth. 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. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional lottery is the first of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims agent through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below: Steven Furtado, Ice Gold Finance UK Electron House 43 London Road Reigate, Surrey RH2 9PW United Kingdom Tel:+44-791-359-4875 Fax: +44-870130 2319 EMAIL:[email protected] [email protected] When you contact him, please provide him with your secret pin code x7pwyz2005 and your reference number BWBI:2551256003/08. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible: 1. Name in full 2. Address 3. Nationality 4. Age 5. Occupation 6. Phone/Fax If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner. Accept my hearty congratulations once again! Regards Mrs Catty Miller Lottery Manager ___________________________________________________________________________ Mail is verzonden via cairnterriers.nl - http://www.foxclone.nl/php/html/ Payment demand from the claims agent: Dear Sir, I am in receipt of your last email, please be informed that payment of our charges after the 7-day working deadline would not be accepted and your winnings automatically forfeited s the deadline cannot be stalled. What I can personally advise you do is to pay in instalments. By making the initial deposit of £600 you would have automatically stalled the deadline and you would have ample time to raise the balance. I can also guarantee you that my directors would not be drawn into any deals so I advise that you heed my instruction asap. Payment of our mandatory charges can be made via two methods: 1. Telegraphic Wire Transfer: Currently our accounts are undergoing internal audit which might take some days. If you choose to make payment through this option please pay into the account as stated below: Beneficiary's bank: Hansabank Beneficiary's account name: IceGold OU Bank account #/ IBAN: EE862200221014964827 Bank SWIFT / BIC code: HABAEE2X Bank address: 8 Liivalaia Str. 15040 Tallinn Estonia Wire memo:Exchange no 10212260, e-gold account 1964256 Correspondent bank information Correspondent Bank: HSBC Bank plc., London SWIFT code: MIDLGB22 2. Swift Money Transfer: Payment of our charges can be made through either Western Union Money Transfer (WUMT) . When using this option, payment should be made through our accounts officer as stated below: Name of Account Officer: Mr. John Boyd Address of Receiver: Ice Gold Finance UK, Electron House 43 London Road Reigate Surrey RH2 9PW United Kingdom Email: [email protected] If payment is made using Option 1 or 2, please notify our accounts department on the mode of payment you are using and you are to provide the following details once payment is made using option 2: #1. The name used on the form #2. The city/State/Country Sent From #3. The MTCN # as provided to you by western union #4. The question and answer used on the form #5. The amount sent Please contact our accounts department immediately payment is made. Once again accept our hearty Congratulations! Regards, Steven Furtado
Another "Steven Furtado" money demand: From: Steven Furtado <[email protected]> To: Firstname Lastname <emailaddress> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 11:21 AM Subject: FINAL PROCESSING Dear Sir, We have received your last email with your details, please be informed that we have in our possession instruments of payment for the sum of £2,600,000.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) to you. To complete the process of the transfer of your winnings, you are to indicate the mode of payment you would prefer to be paid: 1. Certified Check: With this option a check for the sum Of £2,600,000.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) would be mailed to your mailing address. Please endeavour to notify us if there is a change of address as we would not be held responsible for any mishaps. 2. Wire Transfer: With this option you would be required to provide us with your bank account co-ordinates which would include your Bank account name, number, swift code, sort code and all corresponding details required to initiate the transfer. Please note that all your information is kept in the strictest confidence and is not shared with any person or group of persons. You would also be required to pay the sum of £2,600.00 (Two Thousand, Six Hundred British Pounds only), or it's equivalent in your local Currency. This payment is to cover transfer charges, Insurance of vital documents like prize claim certificate and other transfer documents, handling and opening of account charges. We would provide you with instructions of how to make the payment of the charges to us upon receipt of your next mail. PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENT OF OUR CHARGES AFTER 5 WORKING DAYS OF THIS INSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. Note that your total prize claim of £2,600,000.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) has been insured to Its original value and is in a fixed bonded account and as such the charges cannot be deducted from your winnings. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. Hard copies of your Prize Claims Certificate along with other vital documents will be sent to you via Courier service immediately the transfer of your Winnings is completed. Note that your winnings will be transferred within 48hrs upon confirmation the payment of our mandatory charges. Finally, as part of our efforts to raise funds for the Tsunami relief efforts you are mandated to donate 5% of your winnings to the foundation. This donation would be greatly appreciated and it would make a difference in the lives of many. We look forward to your immediate response, Yours sincerely, Steven Furtado Clients Services Manager Net Gold Services Limited UK [email protected]
WHOIS details for domain "netgldservices.com": Request: netgldservices.com connected to whois.crsnic.net [198.41.3.54:43] ... connected to whois.OnlineNIC.com [218.107.207.4:43] ... The Data in OnlineNIC's WHOIS database is provided by OnlineNIC for information purposes, and to assist persons in obtaining information about or related to a domain name registration record. OnlineNIC does not guarantee its accuracy. By starting a WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to: (1)allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail(spam). (2)enable high volume,automated, electronic processes that apply to OnlineNIC Inc.(or its systems). OnlineNIC reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By starting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. Registrant: Paul Adams [email protected] +91.442070600549 ZENITH LTD 96 HIGH STREET Surrey London,London,IO SM53AEUK Domain Name:netgldservices.com Record last updated at 2005-03-23 05:01:03 Record created on 2005/3/23 Record expired on 2006/3/23 Domain servers in listed order: ns1.webcomindia.net ns3.webcomindia.net Administrator: Paul Adams [email protected] +91.442070600549 ZENITH LTD 96 HIGH STREET Surrey London,London,IO SM53AEUK Technical Contactor: Paul Adams [email protected] +91.442070600549 ZENITH LTD 96 HIGH STREET Surrey London,London,IO SM53AEUK Billing Contactor: Paul Adams [email protected] +91.442070600549 ZENITH LTD 96 HIGH STREET Surrey London,London,IO SM53AEUK Registration Service Provider: name: Webcom Systems tel: +91.116910358 fax: +91.116910358 web:http://www.webcomindia.net
WHOIS details for domain "barnbywbi.com": Registrant: Katz Global Domain Name Trust 32 Maxwell Road #03-07 Singapore, SC 069115 Singapore Registered through: GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: BARNBYWBI.COM Created on: 22-Feb-05 Expires on: 22-Feb-06 Last Updated on: 25-Feb-05 Administrative Contact: Privacy Protected Domain, Katz Domain Name Trust [email protected] Katz Global Domain Name Trust 32 Maxwell Road #03-07 Singapore, SC 069115 Singapore 67228356 Fax -- 67258021 Technical Contact: Privacy Protected Domain, Katz Domain Name Trust [email protected] Katz Global Domain Name Trust 32 Maxwell Road #03-07 Singapore, SC 069115 Singapore 67228356 Fax -- 67258021 Domain servers in listed order: NS1.HONGKONGDNS.COM NS2.HONGKONGDNS.COM Registry Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
From: "MILLIONPROJECT" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 13 April, 2005 11:54 Subject: You made the one million timer count, claim your prize!!! O.W.W.W The Organization of World wide web Barnby Worldwide Business Information 9 Leapal Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4JX Dear Sir/Madam, We the Organization of World wide web is happy to inform you that you have luckily log in to the one million timer count. This is to mark the years of internet existence on earth and to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of �1,000,000.00 (one Million,Great British Pounds) This is in line with the first ten lucky winners and the Big cash prize of ten million Great British Pounds goes to the overall winner picked from the first ten luck winners. The selection process was carried out from all web site in the world through one million timer count computerized email selection system random selection from a database of over 10 000 000 000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This is the first of its kind since the years of internet existence on earth Prize collection:For the processing of your prize you are to contact The D.C.V.D for the winning Prize using the contact as stated below D.C.V.D NAME: WILLIAMS BANKS PHONE NUMBER: +44-704-0112514 FAX : +44-870-1362184 EMAIL: [email protected] United Kingdom Below are your winning Prize information Secret pin code: #7pwyz2005 Reference number BWBI:2551256003/007 Account DCVD: 0110000007 When you contact the D.C.V.D, provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible: 1. Name in full 2. Address 3. Nationality 4. Age 5. Occupation 6. Phone/Fax keep your winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim Congratulations! Regards Mrs Hellen Jones O.W.W.W Reply by the "claim agent":
ATTN:Mr.FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, Thanks for your immediate response. Information concerning your winning has been taken to the verification department. You are expected to process your claim, so we assist you in the processing of your claim to reduce the burden that you may encounter during this process,and to let you know, my department D.C.V.D or any other partner are not allowed to deduct or remove any amount of money from the prizes won. Either for charges,taxes/other expenses which are needed for the processing and transfer of your funds. Below is the claim Verification form, which you are expected to fill and submit a copy to me and a copy to verification department Mr. Williams Banks D.C.V.D Email: [email protected] PHONE NUMBER: +44-704-0112514 And a copy to MR RICHARD BOWEN VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT Email: [email protected] Hope to have informed you correctly. CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM SECRET PIN CODE:................................. REFERENCE NUMBER BWBI:........................... ACCOUNT DCVD NUMBER:................................ FULL NAME............................................... COMPANY NAME: ........................................... FULL ADDRESS:........................................... SEX:................................ AGE................................... OCCUPATION............................. TEL.......................FAX................ (If any) COUNTRY................................ E-MAIL................................. A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR LICENCE............. (identification on delivery) INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION: (A) CHEQUE (B) DRAFT (C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (Details of the account where you want your funds transferred): ......................................................... ........................................................... .............................................................. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL: ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ____________________________ ____________________________ (With) SCANNED COPY OF YOUR SIGNATURE(Note: not your account singnature, just for documentation) The steps you need to take before collecting your winnings starts with the filling of this form,and you will then proceed to the next step.It all depends on the preferred mode of prize collecttion indicated by you. We the entire members of O.W.W.W are saying good luck for marking the years of internet existence on earth and Congratulates you for being one of our lucky winners cash prize of �1,000,000.00 (one Million,Great British Pounds)and to let you know, you are among those been picked for the Big cash prize. Good luck Williams Banks PHONE NUMBER: +44-704-0112514 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
IPOD LOTTERY / Ipod Worldwide Business Information Technology "Ipod lottery" is another version of the "Barnby" scam using a different label. It uses the same fake postal address, the same amount, same wording, even the "BWBI" reference number. Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 06:40:38 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
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