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"UK NATIONAL LOTTERY (BRIAN HUNT)" are labels used by a gang in Nigeria for a fake lottery fraud (advance fee fraud, "419").
Please send us replies by "claims agents", especially money demands and payment instructions, we will publish them here.
This scam is related to the "Express Dispatch Courier Ltd." scam which was sent from the same IP address. It is also related to the "Castle International Lottery (Brian Hunt)" scam which used the same fake postal address and agent name as "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY (BRIAN HUNT)" and which is linked to the following fake courier services by IP address:
- 80.179.242.240 - Biznizz Courier Service / De Lotto
- 80.179.242.243 - Alpha Express Delivery Service
- 80.179.242.243 - Kelvin Chestly, Trans Global Courier Services
- 80.179.242.249 - duke_edwards@myway.com / Mr Donald Jones lightspeed delivery services
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Example of "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY (BRIAN HUNT)" scam email:
UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 5th of March, 2005
in LIVERPOOL UNITED-KINGDOM.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
06 . 19 . 24 . 26 . 27 . 49 . [08] Bonus Ball
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a
total cash
prize of $USD 25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10)
lucky winners in this category.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system
andextracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated
in your play coupon.
In view of this, your $USD2,500,000 (two million five hundred thousand
dollars) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claim is processed and
your money has been remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim
your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
andunwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our
fiduciary agent:
Mr.BRIAN HUNT
Email: fiduciary_unl@myway.com
with your claims verification information:
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................
CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................
CITY/STATE:.......................................
COUNTRY:..........................................
NATIONALITY:......................................
SEX:.......................AGE:...................
TEL NO:...........................................
NEXT OF KIN:......................................
ANNUAL INCOME:....................................
AMOUNT WON:.......................................
REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............
LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............
SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........
feel free to visit the online result site to confirm your winnings
numbers.
<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do>
For Further enquiries and confirmation,
Contact: Mr Brian Hunt
<http://www.uknationallottery.com/meettheteam.php>
Congratulations once again from all members and staffs of this
program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
programs.
Sincerely,
MR ANDREW T. HALL
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
_____________________________________________
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Reponse from the claims agent:
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY FIDUCIARY DEPARTMENT, REF NO: UK/9420X2/68 BATCH NO: 074/05/ZY369 19TH MARCH, 2005. DEAR FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR UK LOTTERY WINNING CERTIFICATE IS READY. I HAVE ATTACHED A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE TO THIS EMAIL FOR YOUR REVIEW. THE AGENCY THEREFORE WISHES TO KNOW THE MODE BY WHICH YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZEWINNINGS, THE TWO OPTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS. THE FIRST, REQUIRES THE WINNER TO CLAIM AND RECEIVE HIS WINNINGS IN PERSON AT OUR PAYMENT OFFICE HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIMED BY THE ACTUAL BONAFIDE WINNER . SECONDLY, THE WINNER HAS THE OPTION OF RECEIVING HIS WINNINGS VIA TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER, FROM A CORRESPONDING BANK HERE IN THE UK TO ANY DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. YOU ARE TO NOTIFY ME OF THE PROCEDURE THAT WILL BE MOST CONVINIENT FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZEWINNINGS TO ENABLE US SEND YOU THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE DEPARTMENT INCHARGE OF YOUR PREFERED MODE OF RECEIPT. WE DO UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT THIS PROCESS IS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL, WHICH IS AS A RESULT OF THE CAUTIOUS STEPS TAKEN IN THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DOCUMENTS, BUT I WISH TO ASSURE YOU CATHEGORICALLY THAT THIS PROCEDURE WILL SOON COME TO A LOGICAL CONCLUSION. I ANTICIPATE YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE INORDER TO ENSURE THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF THIS REMMITTANCE PROCESS. REGARDS, BRIAN HUNT. FIDUCIARY FOR UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Here are mail headers from this response:
Subject: YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE IS READY. Received: from [216.139.181.214] by mprdmailfe3.nwk.myway.com via HTTP; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:45:40 EST X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: ID = 2d20e40ca25ef8da0567392cda3626fb Reply-To: fiduciary_unl@myway.com From: "BRIAN" <fiduciary_unl@myway.com>
WHOIS details of sending network (IP 216.139.181.214):
OrgName: Global Communicaton Network NetExpress
OrgID: GCNN
Address: Plot 287 Ajose Adeogun Street
City: Lagos
StateProv:
PostalCode:
Country: NG
NetRange: 216.139.181.128 - 216.139.181.255
CIDR: 216.139.181.128/25
NetName: NETEXPRESS1
NetHandle: NET-216-139-181-128-1
Parent: NET-216-139-160-0-1
NetType: Reassigned
Comment:
RegDate: 2002-10-04
Updated: 2002-10-04
TechHandle: TIK-ARIN
TechName: Ikoko, Tekena
TechPhone: 234-84-237-536
TechEmail: tikoko@onebox.com
OrgTechHandle: ETI2-ARIN
OrgTechName: Timitimi, Ebibomo
OrgTechPhone: 2341-262-0934
OrgTechEmail: ebibomo@yahoo.com
The following message from a criminal posing as a bank came with a very real looking Adobe PDF form to open an account at supposedly the Royal Bank of Scotland, for the victim to reveal all his private data and a request for picture ID.
Royal Bank of Scotland
Smith House
Elmwood Avenue,
Feltham
Middlesex,
TW 13 7QD
U.K.
22ND MARCH, 2005.
REFERENCE NUMBER: RBS/CS/2005/45876/77
Attn: Firstname Lastname,
This is to inform you that your UK lottery winning funds of U$D 2.5 million
has been deposited with the treasury and security department of this bank by
the UK national lottery.
The management of the UK lottery agency has instructed that we transfer the
said monies to you at any designated bank account of your choice and the
operations department of this bank is to handle the transfer.
To commence this transfer transaction, a gold dollar cheque account will be
activated for you in this bank, into which your funds will be deposited, and
subsequently transfered from, to you at any bank account you wish.
I have attached your account opening forms to this email, you are to
complete the form with black ink, in capital letters as it duely concerns
you, and send back to us at this department via fax or email attachment.
fax no: +44 7075055626
We also require that you send a copy of any valid identification that bears
your photograph and full names so we can prove that you are FIRSTNAME
LASTNAME, the true beneficiary of the funds in our custody.
The following information of the designated bank account you wish the funds
to be transfered will also be required.
Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account holders name:
Type of account:
Bank aba/routing number:
Your certificate of deposit will be issued for you as soon as we receive
your account opening forms and identification and have proven that you are
the actual bebeficiary of the funds.
We also need you to send us your lottery winning documents for inspection
inorder to ascertain that the said funds are not being transfered for
illegal activities.
I anticipate your propmt response.
Yours in service,
Neil Roden.
Director of operations.
As you can see from the message headers, the "bank" uses the same IP address as the "lottery":
Received: from 216.139.181.214 by by21fd.bay21.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:25:03 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.139.181.214] X-Originating-Email: [operationsdepartment@rbs-online-uk.com] X-Sender: operationsdepartment@rbs-online-uk.com From: "Royal Bank Of Scotland" <operationsdepartment@rbs-online-uk.com>
Domain registration details for "rbs-online-uk.com" (created 2005-03-08):
Request: rbs-online-uk.com from whois.crsnic.net:43 [cached Sat Mar 26 03:22:04 2005 UTC] from whois.enom.com:43 [cached Sat Mar 26 03:22:05 2005 UTC] Registration Service Provided By: Microsoft Contact: personal_address@css.one.microsoft.com Visit: http://support.msn.com/contactus.aspx?pk=PersonalAddress Domain name: rbs-online-uk.com Registrant Contact: Royal Bank Of Scotland Royal Bank Of Scotland (operationsdepartment@rbs-online-uk.com) +1.5592917520 Fax: none 7031 West 750 North Winamac, IN 46996 US Administrative Contact: Royal Bank Of Scotland Royal Bank Of Scotland (operationsdepartment@rbs-online-uk.com) +1.5592917520 Fax: none 7031 West 750 North Winamac, IN 46996 US Technical Contact: NOC MSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-TECH@msn.com) +1.4258828080 Fax: none One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Billing Contact: NOC MSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-BILL@MSN.COM) +1.4258828080 Fax: none One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Status: Locked Name Servers: pdomns1.msn.com pdomns2.msn.com Creation date: 08 Mar 2005 11:39:00 Expiration date: 08 Mar 2006 11:39:00
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