419 Scam – "MEGA MILLION E-MAIL LOTTO /MEGA MILLION LOTTO INTERNATIONAL SPA / FREDRICKS LINDA"

Example of response from fake security company (notice the classic all-capitals "I'M SCREAMING AT YOU" Nigerian style :-)

DR.LEONARD HENDRICKS
ZENITH TRUST AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
WEB SITE: www.zenithsecurities.com
FAX:+39 02 95 44 12 56
2004-11-15

ATTN: FIRSTNAME LASTNAME,

RE:TRANSFER:FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$500,000.00)

CONSEQUENT UPON THE CONFIRMATION WE RECEIVED FROM THE MEGA MILLION
LOTTOMATICA SpA AND AFTER DUE VERIFICATION AND SCRUTINY WE CONTACT YOU FOR
THE TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE MONEY OF US$500,000.00 WON THROUGH THE
E-MAIL COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO GO TO ANY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER POINT AND
TRANSFER THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED EUROS(500.00EUROS) TO OUR DIRECTOR OF
ACCOUNTS .THIS PROCESSING FEE IS FOR THE OBTAINING OF THE NON RESIDENT
DOCUMENTS FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND THE LOCAL LOTTO COMMISSION FOR
THE TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE MONEY.IT IS NOT OUR DUTY AS YOUR FUND
MANAGERS TO PAY FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE MONEY.

AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO DEDUCT THE PROCESSING FEES FROM THE
WINNING PRIZE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE BOND PLACED ON IT AND IT IS
FORWARDED TO US IN A CROSSED CHEQUE AND THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO
BE TAMPERED WITH, AS THE WINNING PRIZE MONEY WILL REACH YOUR ACCOUNT
INTACT.

BASED ON THE ABOVE, YOU ARE ADVISED TO GO TO ANY WESTERN UNION NEAREST TO
YOU AND TELL THEM THAT YOU WANT TO TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED EUROS TO REMY
SELLIN WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.THEY WILL SEND THE MONEY AND GIVE
YOU A 10DIGIT NUMBER THAT YOU WILL FORWARD TO US.WITH THIS NUMBER, THE
DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS WILL GO TO THE WESTERN UNION AND RETRIEVE THE MONEY
AND PROCEED TO THE MINISTRY AND LOCAL LOTTO COMMISSION FOR THE DOCUMENTS
TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE MONEY.

NAME: REMY SELLIN

ADDRESS:VIA PININFARINA 42-44

CITY:TORINO (TURIN)

COUNTRY: ITALY.

GO THROUGH THE ATTACHMENTS AND RETURN THE COMPLETED PAYMENT SCHEME FORM
WITH A RECEIPT OF PAYMENT FROM WESTERN UNION SHOWING THE TRANSFERED
PROCESSING FEES.

WE AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVE YOU BETTER.

REGARDS,

DR.LEONARD HENDRICKS
DIR.FOREIGN PAYMENTS.

Here were the message headers:

Received: from zenithse by discover.clusterdns.com with local (Exim 4.43)
	id 1Cef0Q-000709-VG
	for emailaddress; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:40:15 +0800
Received: from 213.140.6.111 ([213.140.6.111])
        (SquirrelMail authenticated user zenithse);
        by www.zenithsecurities.com with HTTP;
        Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:40:14 +0800 (SGT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:40:14 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: NOTIFICATION/PROCESSING FEES/MEGAMILLION
From: [email protected]

This email was actually sent from Italy:

     inetnum:      213.140.6.96 - 213.140.6.111
     netname:      FASTWEB-RESIDENTIAL-09
     descr:	      Infrastructure for Fastweb's main location
     descr:	      NAT IP addresses for residential customer, public subnet
     country:      IT
     admin-c:      IRS2-RIPE
     tech-c:       IRS2-RIPE
     status:	      ASSIGNED PA
     mnt-by:	      FASTWEB-MNT
     changed:      [email protected] 20040224
     remarks:      In case of improper use originating from our network,
     remarks:      please mail customer or [email protected]
     remarks:      INFRA-AW
     source:	      RIPE
     
     route:        213.140.0.0/20
     descr:        Fastweb Networks block
     origin:       AS12874
     remarks:      1st block released to it.fastweb local registry.
     mnt-by:       FASTWEB-MNT
     changed:      [email protected] 20020805
     remarks:      In case of improper use originating from our network,
     remarks:      please mail customer or [email protected]
     source:       RIPE
     
     person:       ip registration service
     address:      Via Caracciolo, 51
     address:      20155 Milano MI
     address:      Italy
     phone:        +39 02 45451
     fax-no:       +39 02 45451
     e-mail:       [email protected]
     nic-hdl:      IRS2-RIPE
     remarks:
     remarks:      In case of improper use originating from our network,
     remarks:      please mail customer or [email protected]
     remarks:
     notify:       [email protected]
     changed:      [email protected] 20011218
     source:       RIPE

Here is the completely bogus WHOIS record for the "security company":

     Registrant:
     	 Joswin [email protected] +868.931425166
     	 Joswin Inc.
     	 13421 Industrial Layout
     	 Careamo,DIttoli,TT 34213
     
     
     Domain Name:zenithsecurities.com 
     Record last updated at 2004-09-30 14:32:36
     Record created on 2004/9/30
     Record expired on 2005/9/30
     
     
     Domain servers in listed order:
     	 ns2.surf7.net 	 ns1.surf7.net 
     
     Administrator:
     	 13421 Industrial Layout
     	 Careamo
     DIttoli,
     TT
      34213
     
     	 name:(Joswin) 
     mail:([email protected]) +868.931425166
     	 Joswin Inc.
     Technical Contactor:
     	 13421 Industrial Layout
     	 Careamo
     DIttoli,
     TT
      34213
     
     	 name:(Joswin) 
     mail:([email protected]) +868.931425166
     	 Joswin Inc.
     Billing Contactor:
     	 13421 Industrial Layout
     	 Careamo
     DIttoli,
     TT
      34213
     
     	 name:(48) 
     mail:([email protected]) +868.931425166
     	 Joswin Inc.
     
     Registration Service Provider:
     	name: Surf Seven Network 
     	tel: +60.124683101
      	fax: +60.124683101
      	web:http://www.surf7.net

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