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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.

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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

 



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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)
From: IPOD LOTTERY <[email protected]>
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION(FINAL NOTICE)!!!

The Lottery Department
Ipod Worldwide Business Information Technology
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
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr. John Wood,
9 Leapal Road, Guildford,
Surrey, GU1 4JX
United Kingdom
Email:[email protected]
Phone Number:+447031943217
Time to call
(10am to 5pm london time)

contact him, please provide him with your
secret pin code x7pwyz2005 and your reference number BWBI:
2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed
information as soon as possible:

Claims Requirements:
1.
Name in full--------------------------------------------------------------
2.
Address-------------------------------------------------------------------
3.
Nationality---------------------------------------------------------------
4.
Age-----------------------------------------------------------------------
5.
Occupation----------------------------------------------------------------
6.
Phone/Fax-----------------------------------------------------------------
7.Present Country-----------------------------------------------------------

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 Susan Hart
Lottery Manager

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