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419 Scam Example: "GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL / GREYHOUND FINANCIAL SERVICES / DAVID MANSONDO"
"GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL / GREYHOUND FINANCIAL SERVICES / DAVID MANSONDO" are labels used by a gang in South Africa for a fake lottery fraud (advance fee fraud, "419").
Example of "GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES" scam email: From: <greyhoundlottswp@netscape.net> To: <greyhoundlottswp@netscape.net> Sent: Wednesday, 09 February, 2005 11:35 Subject: ++Congratulation You Have Won++ FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT ATTENTION: (REFERENCE NUMBER: LXE-504K23-06 BATCH NUMBER: 987-XP36) THIRD CATEGORY WINNER After a successful completion of the third category draws of the GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL, held on 5TH JANUARY 2005, we are pleased to inform you of the official announcement today that you have emerged one of the winners of the GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 36,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program. You/Your company, attached to ticket number 234-69-2167, with serial number 425-70 drew the lucky numbers 10, 60, 71, 66, 12, 32, (20), and consequently won in the Third Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of US$2.600,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for third category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$109,010,000.00 from which eight international winners in the Third category will be shared. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with GREYHOUND FINANCIAL SERVICES, insured in your name. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep this award strictly from public notice until the entire process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your certified banker's Cheque sent to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2005 high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to US$1.1 billion; we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate. Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process; MR. DAVID MANSONDO. SENIOR CLAIMS EXECUTIVE, GREYHOUND FINANCE & INSURANCE LTD. PHONE:+27-73-7009720 FAX : +27-73-7006921 EMAIL: davidmansondo@netscape.net for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent within a week of receiving this mail. NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: LXE-504K23-06 BATCH NUMBER: 987-XP36 Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely, THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, GREYHOUND SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL. GREYHOUND BUILDING, SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG. SOUTH AFRICA. N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Rather, contact your claims agent whose credentials are listed above Message haders: Received: from mydomain.com (c2-47-1.rdg.dial.mweb.co.za [196.23.226.47]) by rly-xj02.mx.aol.com (v104.17) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXJ27-507420976fc3b; Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:35:53 -0500 several fake Received: headers deleted Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:35:53 +0200 From: greyhoundlottswp@netscape.net To: greyhoundlottswp@netscape.net Subject: ++Congratulation You Have Won++ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-AOL-IP: 196.23.226.47
WHOIS details of sending network (IP 196.23.226.47): OrgName: The Internet Solution OrgID: IS Address: The Campus, 57 Sloane Street Address: Bryanston City: Johannesburg StateProv: Gauteng PostalCode: 2021 Country: ZA NetRange: 196.23.0.0 - 196.23.255.255 CIDR: 196.23.0.0/16 NetName: NET-ISNET-02 NetHandle: NET-196-23-0-0-1 Parent: NET-196-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: JUPITER.IS.CO.ZA NameServer: TITAN.IS.CO.ZA NameServer: DEMETER.IS.CO.ZA Comment: RegDate: 1995-03-22 Updated: 2004-07-20 TechHandle: ZT12-ARIN TechName: The Internet Solution TechPhone: +27 11 575 1000 TechEmail: netadmin@is.co.za OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE239-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +27 11 575 0055 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@is.co.za OrgTechHandle: ZT12-ARIN OrgTechName: The Internet Solution OrgTechPhone: +27 11 575 1000 OrgTechEmail: netadmin@is.co.za Reply from "DAVID MANSONDO":
Dear Winner Message headers for reply: Since both the sender and recipient use an AOL-related mail service, only the IP address of the sending AOL mailer is preserved, so we don't really know the source for this one.Return-Path: <davidmansondo@netscape.net> Received: from rly-xm03.mx.aol.com (rly-xm03.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.104]) by air-xm03.mail.aol.com (v104.17) with ESMTP id MAILINXM31-5fc4209aeb74f; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:33:39 -0500 Received: from imo-d01.mx.aol.com (imo-d01.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.33]) by rly-xm03.mx.aol.com (v104.17) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXM32-5fc4209aeb74f; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:33:27 -0500 Received: from davidmansondo@netscape.net by imo-d01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id p.13b.ed841b1 (22681) for <emailaddress>; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 01:33:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from netscape.net (mow-d22.webmail.aol.com [205.188.139.163]) by air-in04.mx.aol.com (v104.17) with ESMTP id MAILININ42-58994209aea12cd; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:33:06 -0500 Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:33:05 -0500 From: davidmansondo@netscape.net To: emailaddress Subject: Verification Form MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4B95B1B4.73923EC5.1D5BFDE7@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 205.188.157.33 A little later we received another one, this with full headers: Dear Winner Message headers: Received: from davidmansondo@netscape.net by imo-d02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id f.1af.d5fed11 (16237) for <emailaddress>; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:39:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from netscape.net (mow-m05.webmail.aol.com [64.12.184.133]) by air-in03.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILININ31-3f6d4214746e1db; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:39:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:39:42 -0500 From: davidmansondo@netscape.net To: emailaddress ("firstname lastname") Subject: Verification Form MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3439E4D9.5414D04F.1D5BFDE7@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 196.25.255.226 X-AOL-Language: english
WHOIS details for sending IP (196.25.255.226): OrgName: Telkom SA Ltd. OrgID: SAIX Address: Soekor Building Address: 151 Frans Conradie Ave City: Parow StateProv: Western Cape PostalCode: 7500 Country: ZA NetRange: 196.25.0.0 - 196.25.255.255 CIDR: 196.25.0.0/16 NetName: SAIX NetHandle: NET-196-25-0-0-1 Parent: NET-196-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: IGUBU.SAIX.NET NameServer: SANGOMA.SAIX.NET Comment: Please contact abuse@saix.net for abuse queries RegDate: 1995-10-24 Updated: 2003-08-27 AbuseHandle: TIA-ARIN AbuseName: Telkom IPNet Abuse AbusePhone: +27 12 6807561 AbuseEmail: abuse@saix.net NOCHandle: TIN2-ARIN NOCName: Telkom IPNet NNOC NOCPhone: +27 12 6800224 NOCEmail: nnoc@saix.net TechHandle: JDU24-ARIN TechName: Du Preez, Johan TechPhone: 012 6800067 TechEmail: johan@saix.net OrgAbuseHandle: TIA-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Telkom IPNet Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +27 12 6807561 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@saix.net OrgTechHandle: TIN2-ARIN OrgTechName: Telkom IPNet NNOC OrgTechPhone: +27 12 6800224 OrgTechEmail: nnoc@saix.net Once the forms are filled, "David Mansondo" passes the victim to the next stage, the fake lawyer who will ask for cash: Dear Winner Here is an email from the fake lawyer, "MR CARABO": Dear Winner, The attached JPG files showed documents requesting payment of $999 for "Registration and Notarisation of your Power of Attorney at the Federal High Court and the Legal and Verification Department of the South African Gaming Commission". Payment was requested by Moneygram to the following recipient: ILITONGO REEB 212 JAN SMUTS ROAD RANDBURG JOHANNESBURG 2001 SOUTH AFRICA. Message headers: Received: from [165.165.134.198] by ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com with http for caraboassociates@lawyer.com; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:04:47 -0500 From: "carabo carabo" <caraboassociates@lawyer.com>
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 165.165.134.198): OrgName: Telkom OrgID: TELKOM Address: Soekor Building Address: 151 Frans Conradie Ave City: Parow StateProv: Western Cape PostalCode: 7500 Country: ZA NetRange: 165.165.0.0 - 165.165.255.255 CIDR: 165.165.0.0/16 NetName: IPNET-ADSL NetHandle: NET-165-165-0-0-1 Parent: NET-165-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Assignment NameServer: IGUBU.SAIX.NET NameServer: SANGOMA.SAIX.NET NameServer: NS1.TELKOM.CO.ZA Comment: Please contact abuse@saix.net for abuse queries RegDate: 1993-06-30 Updated: 2003-08-27 AbuseHandle: TIA-ARIN AbuseName: Telkom IPNet Abuse AbusePhone: +27 12 6807561 AbuseEmail: abuse@saix.net NOCHandle: TIN2-ARIN NOCName: Telkom IPNet NNOC NOCPhone: +27 12 6800224 NOCEmail: nnoc@saix.net TechHandle: JDU24-ARIN TechName: Du Preez, Johan TechPhone: 012 6800067 TechEmail: johan@saix.net OrgAbuseHandle: TIA-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Telkom IPNet Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +27 12 6807561 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@saix.net OrgTechHandle: TIN2-ARIN OrgTechName: Telkom IPNet NNOC OrgTechPhone: +27 12 6800224 OrgTechEmail: nnoc@saix.net
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