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419 Scam – "UNIPLAN WORLD PROMOTIONS"

"UNIPLAN WORLD PROMOTIONS" is the fake identity used by a gang of advance fee fraud ("419") scammers operating in Nigeria and the UK. 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 free webmail address listed as the contact email for the "claims agent". Ask for the addresses to be suspended because they are used in a 419 fraud (see 419 FAQ).

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Sample "winning notification":

From: "christopher Adams" <[email protected]>
To: emailaddress
Subject: REF: UNIPW/067/2005(Lucky May Winners)
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:36:31 -0700

UNIPLAN WORLD PROMOTIONS
1ST FLOOR TRAFALGAR HOUSE 11 WATERLOO PLACE
LONDON SW1Y 4AU
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UNIPW/067/2005
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
 
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 19th of  
May 2005, of winners of the  UNIPLAN WORLD PROMOTIONS draw held on  
16th May   2005.
Your email address was attached to ticket number 13-2316-5086-477; 
with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-
87, and consequently won in category A. You have therefore been 
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 in cash 
credited to file REF NO.  UNIPW/067/2005. This is from total 
prize money of US$3,000.000.00 shared among the three 
international winners in the category A.
 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system 
drawn from 100,000 companies/individuals from Middle East, 
Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe and North America as 
part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted 
annually. CONGRATULATIONS!
 
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your 
name. 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 remitted to your account. 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 you prize, you will participate in our end 
of year high stakes US$10. Million international lotto.
 
To begin your claim, please respond back to me so that I can brief 
you steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your 
prize money. Remember, you must contact me using this mailing 
address not later than two weeks after this date or funds will be 
returned as unclaimed.
 
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, 
please remember to quote your reference number in every one of 
your correspondences.
 
Ticket number 13-2316-5086-477
Serial number A025-09
Lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-87
File REF NO.UNIPW/067/2005
 
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being 
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
 
Christopher John Adams
For: Promotions Director.

Message headers:

Received: from [217.194.157.182] (helo=IBM-AADB7391)
 by emailhost with esmtp (Exim 4.44)
 id 1DZnpR-0007sz-3T
 for emailaddress; Sun, 22 May 2005 12:37:07 +0200
From: "christopher Adams" <christopherjadams@uniplanworld.net>
To: emailaddress
Subject: REF: UNIPW/067/2005(Lucky May Winners)
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:36:31 -0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Internal Email Service (4.3.0.699)
Message-ID: 
Reply-To: [email protected]

WHOIS details for sending network (IP 217.194.157.182):

     inetnum:        217.194.157.176 - 217.194.157.183
     netname:        ABMICH-NET
     descr:          ABMICH GLOBAL ENERGY LTD
     country:        NG
     admin-c:        AMO6-RIPE
     tech-c:         AMO6-RIPE
     status:         ASSIGNED PA
     mnt-by:         SV-MNT
     mnt-lower:      SV-MNT
     source:         RIPE # Filtered
     
     person:       ABRAHAM M ORJIH
     address:      SUITE 47/48 LSDPC PLAZE,
     address:      CORPORATION DRIVE DDOLPHIN
     address:      IKOYI, LAGOS
     phone:        +234-1-2670984
     fax-no:       +234-1-2696630
     e-mail:       [email protected]
     nic-hdl:      AMO6-RIPE
     mnt-by:       SV-MNT
     source:       RIPE # Filtered
     
     % Information related to '217.194.144.0/20AS25228'
     
     route:        217.194.144.0/20
     descr:        SkyVision Network Services
     origin:       AS25228
     mnt-by:       SV-MNT
     source:       RIPE # Filtered


WHOIS details for domain "uniplanworld.net":

Request: uniplanworld.net
connected to whois.melbourneit.com [203.27.227.114:43] ... 

Domain Name.......... uniplanworld.net
  Creation Date........ 2005-05-11
  Registration Date.... 2005-05-11
  Expiry Date.......... 2006-05-11
  Organisation Name.... michael townsend
  Organisation Address. westsouth 65
  Organisation Address. 
  Organisation Address. humble
  Organisation Address. 77803
  Organisation Address. TX
  Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... michael townsend
  Admin Address........ westsouth 65
  Admin Address........ 
  Admin Address........ humble
  Admin Address........ 77803
  Admin Address........ TX
  Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
  Admin Email.......... [email protected]
  Admin Phone.......... +1.678457687
  Admin Fax............ 

Tech Name............ MSN NOC
  Tech Address......... One Microsoft Way
  Tech Address......... 
  Tech Address......... Redmond
  Tech Address......... 98052
  Tech Address......... WA
  Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
  Tech Email........... [email protected]
  Tech Phone........... +1.4258828080
  Tech Fax............. 
  Name Server.......... pdomns1.msn.com
  Name Server.......... pdomns2.msn.com


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