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419 Scam – "ROYAL LOTTERY UK / EQUILIBRIUM FINANCE COMPANY U.K. (MRS. LINDA GREEN)"
"ROYAL LOTTERY UK / EQUILIBRIUM FINANCE COMPANY U.K. (MRS. LINDA GREEN)" is the fake identity used by a gang of advance fee fraud ("419") scammers operating in the UK and Nigeria. It's a fraud. (see one example scam email here). Send us 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 MSN domains and/or webmail address listed as the contact email for the "claims agent". Ask for the domains / addresses to be suspended because they are used in a 419 fraud (see 419 FAQ).
Domains registered by the scammers:
Sample "winning notification":
From: royal royal <[email protected]> Date: May 24, 2005 8:49 AM Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION To: Dear Prize winner, ROYAL LOTTERY UK conducted its final draws, participants were selected through a Computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and Companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program. You emerged as one of the grand draw prize in the Category A and are there for entitled to a sum of £3,500,000.00 (three million five hundred thousand Great Britain pounds only). You/Your company, attached to ticket number 8522-5-556, with serial number 22-38 drew the lucky numbers 13-72-75-09 (12) and consequently won in this Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of £3,500,000.00 (three million five hundred thousand Great Britain pounds only), which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money of £7,000,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS! Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: Mrs. Linda Green FINANCE DIRECTOR EQUILIBRIUM FINANCE COMPANY U.K. TEL: +44 704 011 8776 FAX: +44-870-135-7720 Email: [email protected] You are advised to contact our agents by email and/or fax within a week of receiving this notice.Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: RLUK/3345/7121/09 BATCH NUMBER: R6/A442-77 Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely, THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, ROYAL LOTTERY UK 89 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood. Warrington WA3 7QH UK N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification, this is to avoid double claims. Contact your Claims agent immediately. Older version of this scam:
Message headers: Received: from 213.181.83.190 by BAY1-DAV10.phx.gbl with DAV; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:16:12 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [213.181.83.190] X-Originating-Email: [[email protected]] X-Sender: [email protected] From: "Royal lottery" <[email protected]> Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,FOR BEING OUR WINNER..... Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 03:40:17 +0100
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 213.181.83.190): inetnum: 213.181.64.0 - 213.181.95.255 org: ORG-BL4-RIPE netname: NG-BROADBANDTECH-20000327 descr: BT Limited descr: PROVIDER Local Registry country: NG admin-c: IO243-RIPE tech-c: IO243-RIPE status: ALLOCATED PA notify: [email protected] mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-routes: BT-LIMITED-MNT mnt-lower: BT-LIMITED-MNT changed: [email protected] 20000327 changed: [email protected] 20001003 changed: [email protected] 20010507 changed: [email protected] 20010704 changed: [email protected] 20011214 changed: [email protected] 20020419 changed: [email protected] 20020423 changed: [email protected] 20020613 changed: [email protected] 20030211 changed: [email protected] 20040406 source: RIPE organisation: ORG-BL4-RIPE org-name: BT Limited org-type: LIR address: BT Limited address: 8B Ademola Street, address: Off Awolowo Road, address: S. W. Ikoyi, address: Lagos, Nigeria. phone: +234 1 2693192 fax-no: +234 1 2693192 e-mail: [email protected] admin-c: IO243-RIPE admin-c: IO243-RIPE mnt-ref: BT-LIMITED-MNT mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT changed: [email protected] 20040415 source: RIPE person: Israel Oyeleke address: BT Limited address: 8B Ademola Street address: Ikoyi S.W. address: Lagos, Nigeria phone: +234 1 2673532 fax-no: +234 1 2673203 e-mail: [email protected] nic-hdl: IO243-RIPE notify: [email protected] changed: [email protected] 20010605 changed: [email protected] 20030917 source: RIPE Dear Prize Winner, Acting in accordance with the policies of the gaming board, and in accordance with section 13(11)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the House of Parliament, You Will Be Required To Pay £3,490.00 (Three Thousand Four Hundred And Ninty Great Britain Pounds Only) To meet costs of processing your winnings, which include all account opening, handling, insurance, transfer and mailing charges, Or Its Equivalent In United States Dollars. This Payment also Covers Transfer Charges, Insurance Of Vital Documents And Other Transfer Documents. Break Down Below: Tax Transfer Charges : 1,040 Insurance Charges : 830 Online A/C Opening : 500 Mailing Costs : 120 Administrative Charges : 1,000 Total Charges : £3,490 You are required to respond and act promptly to instructions provided above. Contact me immediately if you encounter any problems or wish to ask questions on issues not understood. You shall receive a mail giving you instructions on how to remit the fees shortly after you confirm notice of this mail. I await your response. Regards, Mrs. Linda Green. Equilibrium Finance UK. Message headers: Received: from 213.255.194.13 by by15fd.bay15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:17:32 GMT Subject: Funds Transfer Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:17:32 +1200 From: "Equilibrium Finance Uk" <[email protected]>
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 213.255.194.13): inetnum: 213.255.194.0 - 213.255.194.255 netname: SYSTEMPLUS-LIMITED org: ORG-SLS2-RIPE descr: SYSTEMPLUS LIMITED country: NG admin-c: RO534-RIPE tech-c: RO534-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: SV-MNT mnt-lower: SV-MNT changed: [email protected] 20050221 source: RIPE route: 213.255.192.0/19 descr: SkyVision Network Services origin: AS25228 mnt-by: SV-MNT changed: [email protected] 20050218 source: RIPE organisation: ORG-SLS2-RIPE org-name: SYSTEMPLUS LIMITED, SN519 org-type: NON-REGISTRY address: IKEJA address: LAGOS address: NIGERIA phone: +23480217777 e-mail: [email protected] admin-c: RO534-RIPE tech-c: RO534-RIPE mnt-ref: SV-MNT mnt-by: SV-MNT changed: [email protected] 20041229 source: RIPE person: RICHMOND OKAFOR address: SYSTEMPLUS LTD address: Benin address: Nigeria phone: +23480217777 fax-no: +23480217777 e-mail: [email protected] nic-hdl: RO534-RIPE mnt-by: SV-MNT changed: [email protected] 20040428 source: RIPE Dear Winner, We are in receipt of your online processing form details and we are presently processing your claim, in view of this you are advised to immediately make arrangements to pay our processing fees of £3,490.00 (three thousand, four hundred and ninety Great Britain Pounds), or its equivalent in your local currency. via western union money transfer to our head accounts officer with details below: Name of receiver: MR. HOUSER THOMAS Receiver address: St Catherine's Court Herbert Road Sol hall West Midlands B91 3QE United Kingdom. Please note that immediately after making the payment, you are to send a copy of the western union transfer receipt of payment to us via email attachment this is strictly for records purposes. Kindly note that processing fees payment by western union ensures transfer of your winnings into your nominated bank account within a period of 2 working days after the payment is confirmed. I await your response. Sincerely yours, Mrs Linda Green. Message headers: Received: from 192.116.80.164 by by15fd.bay15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:14:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [192.116.80.164] X-Originating-Email: [[email protected]] X-Sender: [email protected] In-Reply-To: <messageid> From: "Equilibrium Finance Uk" <[email protected]> To: emailaddress Subject: Funds Transfer Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:14:01 +0000
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 192.116.80.164): netname: GILAT-SATCOM-BLOCK-4-27-28-33 inetnum: 192.116.79.0 - 192.116.82.255 netname: GILAT-SATCOM-BLOCK-4-27-28-33 descr: Gilat-Satcom remarks: For abuse issues related to Gilat, email [email protected] notify: [email protected] country: GB admin-c: GS3350-RIPE tech-c: GS3350-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS9116-MNT mnt-lower: AS9116-MNT changed: [email protected] 20050102 source: RIPE route: 192.116.64.0/18 descr: Goldenlines remarks: For addressing issues, email [email protected] remarks: For abuse issues, email [email protected] origin: AS9116 mnt-by: AS9116-MNT changed: [email protected] 20041121 source: RIPE role: Gilat Support address: Gilat Satcom address: 21D Yagia Kapaim st. Petach-Tikva, Israel phone: +972 3 9255000 fax-no: +972 3 9217938 admin-c: DR5299-RIPE admin-c: GE2074-RIPE tech-c: DR5299-RIPE tech-c: GE2074-RIPE trouble: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] nic-hdl: GS3350-RIPE mnt-by: AS9116-MNT changed: [email protected] 20040909 source: RIPE WHOIS details for doamin "royalluk.org" (created 2005-03-11): Request: royalluk.org whois server for *.org is whois.publicinterestregistry.net ... connected to whois.publicinterestregistry.net [129.33.96.137:43] ... Domain ID:D105867518-LROR Domain Name:ROYALLUK.ORG Created On:11-Mar-2005 11:59:13 UTC Expiration Date:11-Mar-2006 11:59:13 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Melbourne IT, Ltd. dba Internet Names Worldwide (R52-LROR) Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:C111053218962273 Registrant Name:ROYAL LOTTERY UK Registrant Organization: Registrant Street1:145th college point Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:COLLEGE POINT Registrant State/Province:NY Registrant Postal Code:98052 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.4012225698 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:[email protected] Admin ID:C111053218962270 Admin Name:ROYAL LOTTERY UK Admin Organization: Admin Street1:145th college point Admin Street2: Admin Street3: Admin City:COLLEGE POINT Admin State/Province:NY Admin Postal Code:98052 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.4012225698 Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email:[email protected] Tech ID:C111053218962272 Tech Name:MSN NOC Tech Organization:Microsoft Tech Street1:One Microsoft Way Tech Street2: Tech Street3: Tech City:Redmond Tech State/Province:WA Tech Postal Code:98052 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.4258828080 Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email:[email protected] Name Server:PDOMNS1.MSN.COM Name Server:PDOMNS2.MSN.COM
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