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419 Scam – "DIRECT WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM (Mr. Cole Sanders)"

"DIRECT WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM (Mr. Cole Sanders)" is a fake lottery in the Nigeria and UK

Send us any replies by "claims agents", especially money demands and payment instructions, we will publish them here.

Please forward copies of fraud emails to the abuse department of the webmail address listed as the contact email for the "claims agent" and ask for the address to be suspended because it is used in a 419 fraud (see 419 FAQ).

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Example email:

From: <[email protected]>
To: <emailaddress>
Sent: Sunday, 13 March, 2005 19:42
Subject: 2.1MILLION PRIZE CLAIM!!!

DIRECT WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REFERENCE: DIRECTWAY/01/01CBUK
BATCH: DIRECTWAY/00319/ZCUK

AWARD NOTIFICATION RESULT: FINAL NOTICE.

ATTENTION: Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 13th March 2005 of
winners of the DIRECT  WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM PROGRAM held on
11th February, 2005. Your Name/Email, is  attached to Ticket Number
11-333-10Z-800, with Serial Number HH3-200 drew the Lucky Numbers 
00-11-44-00-10-UK, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd Category. You
have therefore been  approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,100,000.00 Pound
Sterling in cash credited to file REFERENCE  NUMBER: DIRECTWAY/01CBUK. This is
from total prize money of 52,500,000.00 Pound Sterling shared  among the
Twenty-Five international winners in this category. All participants were
selected  through a computer ballot system drawn from 398,000 Names and Email
addresses from Australia, New  Zealand, Europe, North/South America, Africa and
Asia as part of International Promotions  Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security Company insured with your Name/Email
address. Due to  the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice  until your claim has been processed and
your money is cleared by you. This is part of our  security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.  We hope
with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
1.01  Billion Pounds Sterling International Lottery. To begin your claim,
please contact your claim  agent, Mr. Cole Sanders for due processing on

Email: [email protected]

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th March, 2005. After
this date, all  funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your  reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as  possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Cole Sanders.

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DIRECT WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS,
UNITED KINGDOM.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

Message headers:

Received: from 81.199.108.5 ([81.199.108.5]) 
	by webmail.freedom2surf.net (IMP) with HTTP 
	for <[email protected]@inmail.f2s.com>; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:42:01 +0000
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:42:01 +0000
From: [email protected]

WHOIS details for sending network (IP 81.199.108.5):

     inetnum:        81.199.108.0 - 81.199.111.255
     netname:        CIDR-INTERCELLULAR-1
     descr:          Intercellular Nigeria Ltd
     country:        NG
     admin-c:        YA95-RIPE
     tech-c:         YA95-RIPE
     status:         ASSIGNED PA
     mnt-by:         AS12491-MNT
     source:         RIPE # Filtered
     
     person:         Yakubu Adamu
     address:        5th Floor, UBA House 57
     address:        Marina, Lagos
     address:        Nigeria
     phone:          +234 14704387
     fax-no:         +234 12643014
     e-mail:         [email protected]
     e-mail:         [email protected]
     nic-hdl:        YA95-RIPE
     source:         RIPE # Filtered

Here is another example:

From: [email protected]
Date: 03/25/05 22:59:18
To: emailaddress
Subject: 2.1MILLION PRIZE CLAIM!!!
 
  
DIRECT WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REFERENCE: DIRECTWAY/01/01CBUK
BATCH: DIRECTWAY/00319/ZCUK
 
AWARD NOTIFICATION RESULT: FINAL NOTICE.
 
ATTENTION: Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 25th March 2005 of
winners of the DIRECT  WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM PROGRAM held on
25th February, 2005. Your Name/Email, is  attached to Ticket Number
11-333-10Z-800, with Serial Number HH3-200 drew the Lucky Numbers
00-11-44-00-10-UK, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd Category. You
have therefore been  approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,100,000.00 Pound
Sterling in cash credited to file REFERENCE  NUMBER: DIRECTWAY/01CBUK. This is
from total prize money of 52,500,000.00 Pound Sterling shared  among the
Twenty-Five international winners in this category. All participants were
selected  through a computer ballot system drawn from 398,000 Names and Email
addresses from Australia, New  Zealand, Europe, North/South America, Africa and
Asia as part of International Promotions  Program, which is conducted annually.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!
 
Your fund is now deposited with a Security Company insured with your Name/Email
address. Due to  the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice  until your claim has been processed and
your money is cleared by you. This is part of our  security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.  We hope
with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
1.01  Billion Pounds Sterling International Lottery. To begin your claim,
please contact your claim  agent, Mr. Cole Sanders for due processing on
 
Email: [email protected]
 
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 15th April, 2005. After
this date, all  funds will be returned as unclaimed.
 
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your  reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.
 
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as  possible.
 
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.
 
Sincerely Yours,
 
Mr. Cole Sanders.
 
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DIRECT WAY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS,
UNITED KINGDOM.
 
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

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