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419 Scam – "UNIVERSAL TRUST LOTTERY / UK NATIONAL INC / AMADRIN EDWARD / HARIET BOOKER"
"UNIVERSAL TRUST LOTTERY / UK NATIONAL INC / AMADRIN EDWARD / HARIET BOOKER" 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). This is one of the scams run by the Aruloye brothers from the Vic Biz Cyber Cafe in Benin City, Nigeria.
FROM:THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT UNIVERSAL TRUST LOTTERY HEADQUATERS Macclesfield,United Kingdom. Customer's Service Center REF: U.T./941OYI/02 BATCH: 12/25/DC34 Dispatch date :04/02/2005. Dear Sir/Madam, We happily announce to you the draw of the UNIVERSAL TRUST LOTTERY, International programs held on the 1/02/2005 in London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 288 with Serial number 31-6-26-13-35-7 drew the lucky numbers: 5388/02, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category. therefor been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2.500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND United States dollars)in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a total cash prize of US$25 Million dollars, the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this grand category "A". This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery. The estimated $75 Million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history. The biggest was the $363 Million jackpot that went to two winners in January 2004 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$25 Million dollars (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND United States dollars) would be released to you physically by our affiliate Bank. Our approved agent will immediately commence on the processing of your claims, to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with them. All participants were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you as required in this grand category "B". This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file for your claim, Kindly contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims. ****************************************************************** MR AMADRIN EDWARD. FIDUCIAL AGENT. U.T.-LOTTO INC. Macclesfield,United Kingdom Email: amadrin@echina.com ****************************************************************** Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claiming. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Yours faithfully, MRS.HARIET BOOKER U.T.-LOTTO Co-ordinator. Contacting "MR AMADRIN EDWARD" revealed which country the criminals operate from:
Return-Path: <amadrin@echina.com> Received: from ns.echina.com (HELO echina.com) (64.239.15.33) by mx0.######.### (mx067) with SMTP; 05 Feb 2005 15:15:03 +0100 Received: (qmail 22896 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2005 14:14:41 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ns.echina.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 5 Feb 2005 14:14:41 -0000 Received: from 216.139.164.27 (unverified [216.139.164.27]) by ns.echina.com (VisualMail 4.0) with WEBMAIL id 22686; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:14:41 +0000 From: "Amadrin Edward" <amadrin@echina.com> To: emailaddress Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: <W1268112527226861107612881@ns.echina.com> X-Mailer: Mintersoft VisualMail, Build 4.0.111601 X-Originating-IP: [216.139.164.27] Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:14:41 +0000 Subject: YOUR CLAIM PROCEDURE FORM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit UNIVERSAL TRUST LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS CUSTOMER SERVICE REF: U.T./941OYI/02 BATCH: 12/25/DC34 CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be dully processed and Settlements be made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claim processing. 1. FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY:.......................................... 2. REFERENCE NUMBER:.................................................. 3. TICKET NUMBER:.................... 4. SERIAL NUMBER:.................... 5. NATIONALITY:...................... 6. SEX:..........AGE:................ 7. TEL............................... 8. FAX:.................(if any)..... 9. E-MAIL:........................... 10 COMPANY NAME:..................................................... FULL ADDRESS:..................................................... 11.DATE.............................. 12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:......................... .................................................................. 13.A scanned identification of yourself sent via email 14.You are allso to choose the mode which you want to collect your funds: i. Travel down to Europe to collect it yours seif. ii. By electronic transfer. In the light of the above, you are required to fill this form and send it back to us by email. Be aware that your application will be duly processed and verified on the receipt of this claim form. You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file. Please note that your funds have been deposited safely in our affiliate finance and Securities firm in Europe, even before the draws and your information will be forwarded to them before they can process and release your winnings. After you have sent down these information, We will immediately process your winning and forward your data to the affiliated finance and Securities firm who already have your winning particulars. On confirmation,the affiliated finance and Securities firm will transfer your prize money from your online transit account to your nominated address. Note: that the Certificate and Pin-codeis your proof of winning which you must tender to the finance and Securities firm at the point of payment. Your certificate is ready and i will send you a copy as soon as you send down the required informations. All these measures have been put in place to secure our winners' funds by preventing double claims and falsification. Once again, congratulations. Yours sincerely, AMADRIN EDWARD. CLAIMS/FIDUCIARY AGENT. U.T.-LOTTO INC. Macclesfield,United Kingdom. _______________________________________________________ This e-mail was brought to you by eChina.com WebMail. Please visit us at www.echina.com. Sending IP address 216.139.164.27 is in Nigeria (country code +234): OrgName: Qkon OrgID: QKON Address: No 8 Pieter Street Highveld Technopark City: Pretoria StateProv: PostalCode: Country: ZA NetRange: 216.139.164.24 - 216.139.164.31 CIDR: 216.139.164.24/29 NetName: QKON35 NetHandle: NET-216-139-164-24-1 Parent: NET-216-139-160-0-1 NetType: Reassigned Comment: RegDate: 2003-08-01 Updated: 2003-08-01 TechHandle: WBO2-ARIN TechName: Botha, Willem TechPhone: 234 8033027260 TechEmail: wbotha@qkon.com OrgTechHandle: SBR7-ARIN OrgTechName: Brits, Stadler OrgTechPhone: 234 8033027260 OrgTechEmail: stadlerbrits@hotmail.com
The following scam involving the "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" is related to the "UNIVERSAL TRUST" scam:
Here we go: From: "uknationa_lottery" <martin_walker05@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:38:04 -0300 Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY FROM:THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT UK NATIONAL LOTTO HEADQUATERS Macclesfield,United Kingdom. Customer's Service Center Ref Number: UK/910/16454 Batch Number:VC/32/ID1141 Dispatch date : 07/02/2005. Dear Sir/Madam We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 1/2/2005 in ENGLAND AND WALES. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 0098/UK0204,batch number VC/32/ID1141,lottery ref number UK/910/16454 and drew lucky numbers 03-01-15-20-34-33-07 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2.500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND United States dollars)in cash credited to file KLTT/KTU/2004ETN.This is from a total cash prize of US$25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first TEN (10) lucky winners in this First category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers. To file for your claim,please contact our fiducial agent: ======================================================================== MR MARTIN WALKER UK NATIONAL INC. Macclesfield,United Kingdom Email:martinwalker01@netscape.net Email:agent_05@online-uknalgame.com ======================================================================== Remember, all winning in this first category must be claimed not later than 31st of March,2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promot ional program.Note that you must contact your claims agent within one week of receipt of this notice. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. Sincerely, MRS.HARIET BOOKER UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator. trustuniversal2000@yahoo.co.in ___________________________________________________________________________ Este mail ha sido enviado desde donde los Alvarado - http://www.alvarado.cl
WHOIS lookup for domain "online-uknalgame.com": We see the familar Mrs Booker. Whoever registered this has a sense of humour, because both the area code of the phone number and the number of the street address is 234, which is the Nigerian country code for international phone calls... Domain name: online-uknalgame.com Registrant Contact: Hariet Booker Hariet Booker (winners@online-uknalgame.com) +1.2345346678 Fax: none 234 SUNSET DRIVE AVENUE HYDE PARK, VT 05655 US Administrative Contact: Hariet Booker Hariet Booker (winners@online-uknalgame.com) +1.2345346678 Fax: none 234 SUNSET DRIVE AVENUE HYDE PARK, VT 05655 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
"UK N.L Information Service"
From: "hariet booker" <mike07@uk-agent.com> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Friday, 25 February, 2005 6:53 Subject: UK N.L Information Service FROM:THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT UK NATIONAL LOTTO HEADQUATERS Macclesfield,United Kingdom. Customer's Service Center Ref Number: UK/910/16454 Batch Number:VC/32/ID1141 Dispatch date : 25/2/2005. Dear Sir/Madam We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 2/1/2005 in ENGLAND AND WALES. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 0098/UK0204,batch number VC/32/ID1141,lottery ref number UK/910/16454 and drew lucky numbers 03-01-15-20-34-33-07 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2.500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND United States dollars)in cash credited to file KLTT/KTU/2004ETN.This is from a total cash prize of US$25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first TEN (10) lucky winners in this First category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers.To file for your claim,please contact our fiducial agent: ===================================================================== MR KELVIN GIBSON UK NATIONAL INC. Macclesfield,United Kingdom Email:claims@uk-lotterys.ws ===================================================================== Remember, all winning in this first category must be claimed not later than 31st of March,2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.Note that you must contact your claims agent within one week of receipt of this notice. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. Sincerely, MRS.HARIET BOOKER UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator. Message headers: Message-ID: <BAY1-F40933B974C3E1ED415F1DF2640@phx.gbl> Received: from 216.139.176.62 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:53:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.139.176.62] X-Originating-Email: [mike07@uk-agent.com]
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 216.139.176.62): OrgName: Vic Biz OrgID: VICBI-1 Address: 7 Akpakpava str City: Lagos StateProv: PostalCode: Country: NG NetRange: 216.139.176.56 - 216.139.176.63 CIDR: 216.139.176.56/29 NetName: QKON30 NetHandle: NET-216-139-176-56-1 Parent: NET-216-139-160-0-1 NetType: Reassigned Comment: RegDate: 2003-07-24 Updated: 2003-07-24 TechHandle: EJI-ARIN TechName: Jimoh, Ester TechPhone: 2348033248388 TechEmail: dstaal@qkon.com OrgTechHandle: EJI-ARIN OrgTechName: Jimoh, Ester OrgTechPhone: 2348033248388 OrgTechEmail: dstaal@qkon.com
WHOSIS details for "uk-agent.com": Request: uk-agent.com connected to whois.enom.com [66.151.151.170:43] ... Registration Service Provided By: Microsoft Contact: personal_address@css.one.microsoft.com Visit: http://support.msn.com/contactus.aspx?pk=PersonalAddress Domain name: uk-agent.com Registrant Contact: garry gate garry gate (notification@uk-agent.com) +1.5643546543 Fax: +1.6663 234 sunset drive avenue HYDE PARK, VT 05655 US Administrative Contact: garrygate garry gate (notification@uk-agent.com) +1.5643546543 Fax: +1.6663 234 sunset drive avenue HYDE PARK, VT 05655 US Technical Contact: NOCMSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-TECH@msn.com) +1.4258828080 Fax: One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Billing Contact: NOCMSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-BILL@MSN.COM) +1.4258828080 Fax: One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Status: Locked Name Servers: pdomns1.msn.com pdomns2.msn.com Creation date: 04 Feb 2005 08:03:26 Expiration date: 04 Feb 2006 08:03:26
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