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Wedding photographer paid by large cashier's check
This scam that targets professional photographers in the UK, US and maybe other countries is run by criminals in West Africa. It is a variation of a similar scam involving cars and other big ticket items sold in classified ads. The criminal poses as someone arranging a wedding. He contacts a professional photographer to book him for a wedding. Then he/she sends a large cashier's check as payment. The check is larger than the amount of the photography package. The photographer is asked to cash the check and wire the extra amount to a third party, supposedly a wedding planner, a band or other entity associated with the wedding. The check is fake and the victim wires several thousand dollars of his own money to the criminals if he falls for this scam. Please send us any such emails you may have received and we will publish them (withholding your name and email address, of course) to warn other photographers and to assist law enforcement investigating such cases.
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Example email: From: Fred williams [fred_williams005@yahoo.co.uk] To: photographer Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: My wedding photographer ! Good day, I am Mr Fred Williams from oxfordshire UK i am getting married to Miss Helen Christy next month on the 27 0f may 2005 at de vere hotel & leisure 2100 Daresbury Park and i needed a special photographer who will take a place at the event next month i will like to know all what it will cost you to get to my location here and the actual amount to take a covarage of 7hour from the chucrh to the recption i really need to know this so that i can contact my father in-law about this cos he his the one paying for this coverage await your response immedaitely. Thanks & God bless Mr Louis Molls Message headers: Received: from [82.206.246.154] by web26901.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:49:06 BST Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:49:06 +0100 (BST) From: Fred williams <fred_williams005@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: My wedding photographer ! From: Fred williams <fred_williams005@yahoo.co.uk> To: Firstname Lastname Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: payment ! Firstname Lastname , thanks for the mail, we would pay £3000 for the wedding photographer , any other payment will be made after the wedding , payment will be made for bookings for the day , well my father in-law has issued a cheque of £7000 for the wedding photographer and wedding planner and right now he his out of location and we need to be booked for the photographer , well cheque will be made out to you and the balance will be for the wedding planner .i will like you to get back to me with this detais to make out payment . Name on cheque . Full postal address Zip code phone number for easy contact and other arrangement . Thanks Message headers: Received: from [81.199.84.130] by web26909.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:48:12 BST Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:48:12 +0100 (BST) From: Fred williams <fred_williams005@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: payment !
"committe wedding [mailto:weddingcommitte@yahoo.com]" From: committe wedding [mailto:weddingcommitte@yahoo.com] To: photographer Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:26 AM Subject: photographer Hi, I am Linda Bryann,the secretary of a wedding committe that has been constituted to see to the smooth running of my boss's son's wedding ceremony. I am saddled with the responsibilty of locating and arranging for a good and experienced wedding photographer and videographer. So,i searched through the net and found you appropriate for the photography of the wedding ceremony. The details of the wedding are as follows: Date of the wedding: 15th of May 2005 Type of wedding: social venue of the wedding:[Church and reception will be held in the same place, london] Time of wedding: 10 A.M. Every other necessary details will be forwarded to you as soon as they are available. So, how much will your service cost me including your transport fare. Lest i forget, our payment is by cheque.So,after telling me the price and your availability, i will need your details to write the cheque. Thanks in anticipation of your favourable response. Bryann. From: Van Kennedy [mailto:vankennedy1@yahoo.co.uk] To: photographer Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:51 PM Subject: Your Photographic Service Is Needed Hello, my name is Van Kennedy. I reside in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The reason am contacting you is that my daughter will be getting married soon in the state, on the 7th of May 2005 and I would like you to take care of the Photographs. I came across your advert on the Internet and am impressed with your services. All expenses would be taken care off; perhaps you can give me the total/Quotes charges,plus the Flight cost for you to down to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hotel accommodation would also be gladly attended to. Please I want the best services from you, because this is my only daughter so I want the best for her. So your best is needed at this occasion. I will like to know where you are currently residing as at now, so that I could start the preparation on how you would be coming down. I look forward to your response. Best Regards
From: scott collins [mailto:scott_collins005@yahoo.co.uk] To: Firstname Lastname Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: date ,venue & payment Firstname Lastname , thanks for the mail the date you are needed is 7th of may 2005 at Till mouth park country house hotel Cornhill-on-Tweed,Scottish Borders, Northumberl. i wil like to knwo the actual price it will cost you to come over there .payment will be made via certified cashiers cheque .i need this details for payment. Name on cheque postal address and zip code phone number for furher arrangement Later email: From: scott collins [mailto:scott_collins005@yahoo.co.uk] To: Firstname Lastname Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:43 AM Subject: payment Firstname Lastname , thanks for the mail, hotel resevation will be made by us , we are will willing to pay you the sum of 2500 pounds for the wedding photographs , well i need all the details to make out payment. Thanks Here comes the cheque: From: scott collins [mailto:scott_collins005@yahoo.co.uk] To: Firstname Lastname Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: Re: payment Firstname Lastname , Thanks for the mail , i just contacted my wife about the payment details , she told me that my father in-law has already issued a cheque of 6000 pounds before traveling for his business trip of the photgrapher arrangment and the wedding planner based in U.S since we need to be booked for our photo album, the cheque will be sent to you immedaitely after sending this mail to you , the balance will be sent to wedding planner as intructd by my father in-law , sorry fo the inconviniences. Thanks and await your response S.collins
From: "John Morgan" <johnmorganjohn@yahoo.co.uk> To: "Firstname Lastname" <emailaddress> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: INFORMATION NEEDED !!!!!!!!!! Hello, Thanks alot for the mail.and i have spoke with my friend that want to pay for the charges and he agree with the Silver Wedding Package 2 Four hours coverage One hundred and fifty photographs taken One Handmade Wedding Album Thirty prints 10 x 8 One 10 x 8 enlargement in mount Price £1,380.00 For the payment of the charges,i have told you in my first mail that the payment will be made out by cheque and my friend are now prepare to made out the cheque of £4,500 for you on my behalf and the excess funds is for my secretary that will come and pick you to the wedding venue and as soon as you received the cheque you will deduct your cost of the charges and the excess funds is for you and the secretary transport that will come and pick you in your location.Do e-mail me with your FULL NAME,FULL CONTACT ADDRESS,PHONE NUMBER,so that i can forward it to my friend to issue out the cheque on my behalf and i will be waiting for the mail.. Regards. John..
From: "Henry Joe" <henryjoe@keromail.com> To: "Firstname Lastname" <emailaddress> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: payment information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Firstname Lastname, Thanks for the mail response and also thanks for your kind gesture towards this transaction and i really appreciate it.As regard the excess payment i will like you to deduct £400 out the funds and do make sure you send the excess payment to the videography via western union money tranfer not by cheque to him.So he can be able to received the funds in cash.So here is the information for you to transfer the funds to him TUNDE AJAYI. 253 SILVER RIDGE DRIVE, DALLAS GA, 30157 USA After the money has been sent to him,you will send me a copy of the transfer details such as, SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS: RCECEIVERS NAME AND ADDRESS: TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER{MY NAME?ANSWER HENRY JOE. AMOUNT SENT {MINUS D CHARGES FROM WESTERN UNION} REFERENCE NUMBER {MTCN} I will be expecting to read from you very soon. ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR BEING HONEST WITH THIS TRANSACTION AND I WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE FOR BEST CONTACT.
From: "Tobey Farrell" <tobeyfarrell@operamail.com> To: <emailaddress> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:47 PM Subject: Photographer needed Hello, My name is Tobey Farrell.My wife Lisa and i are planning to have our wedding on December 18th,2004 at St Paul's Church Bow Common Burdett Road,. I am looking for the best photographer who will come and snapshot on the D-day and when i came across your advert i was impressed. Let me know your charges for your required services if you are to work for at most 6 Hours on that day.We want about 150 copies of different photos in both black and white and in coloured both in the church and reception and of both the bride and the bridegroom,their parents,the officiating ministers and our guests. We will want you to work for at least 6 Hours at the occasion and if you are out of London,we will pay the transportation charges to and from the party venue so indicate in your email if you are out of London what it will costs either via Plane or through Car transport to get to the party company.Also,we will have the photographs snapped at the wedding forwarded to the Publisher of a Magazine Company in Germany so they could feature it in their celebrity journal. At this moment,my wife and i are on our way to Holland for a 4 weeks prewedding honeymoon and will try get in touch with you personally when we return. However,I will be making the payment by means of a Cheque.Let me have your full names,Address,Phone Number,Cellular Number where a Cheque will be mailed to for the payment.Moreso,should you be out of London,the Hotel accomodation will be provided for by me.Waiting to read from you soon as regards this. Best regards, Tobey Farrell. -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Later email: From: "Tobey Farrell" <tobeyfarrell@operamail.com> To: "Firstname Lastname" <emailaddress> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Wedding Planner's Mistake. Firstname, Am sorry for the mix up,the cheque you've received was drawn on The Royal Bank of Scotland for £5,000.The mistake in the amount the cheque was drawn for is as a result of my wedding planner mistake.I guess she got worked due to the work load,cos the wedding it's going be a big affair. The rest of the funds is meant for payment of the services of the Magazine Company that will feature the Photographys snapped on the Dday in the celebrity column of the Magazine. Please cash the cheque and help transfer the remaining £3,237.50 minus the transfer charges to the Publisher of the Magazine company via Western Union Money Transfer in the details below: MR UZOMA STANLEY IFEANYI HAFKORT 619 1102 LA AMSTERDAM ZUID HOLLAND. Below are western union money transfer outlet close to you 1, THE MONEY SHOP 71 B GEORGE STREET OXFORD , OXFORDSHIRE OX1 2BQ Tel: (44 ) (186) 5242299 2, GOING PLACES 6-8 GEORGE STREET OXFORD , OXFORDSHIRE OK1 2BO Tel: (44 ) (186) 5726727 3, LUNN POLY 44 WESTGATE OXFORD , OXFORDSHIRE OX1 1PD Tel: ( ) (44 ) 1865295165 Please get back to me with the transfer details in the manner below: 1,Sender's name and address 2,Receiver's name and address 3,Amount sent 4,Test question/Code word 5,MTCN/Control Number Waiting to read from you soon. Tobey. The following scam targeted a US photographer: On Apr 2, 2005, at 10:16 PM, scott williams wrote: Hello and good day,i came across your work and it was quite impressive,so i decided that i will be needing you services in my forth coming wedding i will want to know how much are your charges and also if it will be possible for you to come over. Thanks On Apr 4, 2005, at 10:05 AM, scott williams wrote: Hello and thanks for your mail,well the wedding will be taken place in the U.K on the 28th of may,i will want to know if it will be possible for you to make it,and also what are your charges like. Thanks Scott On Apr 4, 2005, at 12:48 PM, scott williams wrote: Hello an thanks for your mail,well i will be takeing charge of your travelling fee so i will need you to include it to the total cost i will be paying you for everything. Thanks Scott On April 8, 2005 1:29:03 PM EDT, scott williams <scottwilliams_5000@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello and goodday,i am yet to read from you will am expecting you to get back to me so that we can proceed, you know i dont have much time on me. Thanks Scott
Received: from [66.178.82.211] by web50107.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:29:03 PDT From: scott williams <scottwilliams_5000@yahoo.com> Date: April 8, 2005 1:29:03 PM EDT To: Photographer <emailaddress> Subject: wedding shooting.......................... Hello and thanks for your mail,pls i will need you to sned me this details not as an attached file cos i am finding it difficult to asses it. Thanks Scott Hello and thanks for your mail,well i am okay with your price ,but what i will do is that i will pay you half of the monay and on delivery of the images i will give you the other half of the moeny i am sure that will be fine by you,if so then you can send a me a name and address that the check for the payment will be sent ,so that i can arrange for you to receive the check for the for the payment. Thanks Scott Hello and thanks for your mail,well the check for the payment has being sent out so should expect to receive it anytime from now,concerning the final arrangements my wedding planner will be coming over to the states so the both of you will discuss the details,i am sure as soon as you notify me that you have received the check i will have him come over to meet you. Thanks Best Regards Hello and good day,pls i will want to know if you have gotten the check for the payment so that i can have mywedding planner come over to meet you and the both of you will be coming over for the wedding. Thanks Scott Hello and thanks for your mail,its like you have not received the check for the payment cos i am yet to read from you,well just a reminder that the amount on the check you will receive is just half part of the paymewnt on delivery of the images you will receive the other balance of the payment.i have spoken with my wedding planner,he will be coming over meet with you before you come over for the wedding,get back to me if theres any further details you need. Thanks Best Regards Hello and good day,please i will want to know if you have received the check for the payment cos i am concerned about you having your payment before i ask my wedding planner to come over to your place to discuss the final movement. Thanks Scott hanks for the comfirmation of payment..I spoke with my wedding planner today and told him to startup with the arrangments fast but he will require the funds to make fast arrangments.i will Advice you send the funds today to my wedding planner to this name and address unfalling today..Here is the name and address of my wedding planner to send the funds via western union. Mr KABBA BEN 60 ARSENAL ROAD, ELTHAM,LONDON, SE 9 1JY UNITED KINGDOM Pls firstname, As soon you get the transfer done you will have to forward me with the following details of the transfer for security purpose.. 1)sender`s name and address........ 2)money transfer control number(mtcn)..... 3)text question and answer......... 4) amount sent to my wedding planner...... Pls email me with the following details as soon as you have transfer the funds so that i can be able to forward it to my weeding planner to pickup the funds and make fast arrangments.Looking forward to your kind reply.. Regards, Scott Here you can get intouch with the wedding planners ok.. (weddingplaners5000@yahoo.com) pls make sure the $3000 funds is sent to them before midnight so that they can startup with all the necessary arrangments concerning our tip to london.. Regards, Scott Will like you email me with the details of transfer so that i can email them to my wedding planner.pls get back am still online for the details of transfer. Thanks, Scott. Hello and good day,thanks for your mail,well i undertsand the fact that you will have to send the funds in two transaction thats okay by me ,i have spoken with the wedding planner and he has accepted that its okay by him,so you can go ahead and send him the funds this morning,as soon as you have sent the funds i will need you to send both me and the wedding planner the western union details,so that he can pick up the funds and come over to your place to meet with you this weekend i am sure that will be okay by you,get back to me. Thanks SCOTT Its 6.5 here in the Uk. We appreciate your urgent mail..Yea We are the wedding planners. We have been introduce by Mr Scott Williams to collect some amount of money fro you to make all necessary documentation papers that will be needed for the trip to the uk for you (photographer and Mr scott william).so we will greatrfull if we can receive the funds this morning here in the uk and make urgent arrangments and maybe by tommorow saturday everything will be ready then cos we still have some necessary arrangments will need money to make before tommorow..Pls kindly get back immidiately to know how soon the funds will be ready what time today and date so that arrangments can proceed immidiately. Good day, Manager, Mr Kabba ben.. We are still waiting for the details of the transfer before midnight so that we can startup with all necessary arrangments.. Best regards, Kabba ben..
"Desmond Powel: PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED URGENTLY" Domain "desmondpowel.com" is a MSN Personal Address domain registered on the same day the spam was sent (technically, the following day, but that is only because of the time zones of the registrar and the spam recipient). The same name also appeared in a scam targetting British photographers. Emails were sent from the same IP at the same provider in Nigeria as in the "Wedding Committee" scam email above. From: "Desmond Powel" <desmond@desmondpowel.com> Date: March 9, 2005 4:49:18 PM EST Subject: PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED URGENTLY Reply-To: powel234@yahoo.com Hi, My name is Mr. Desmond Powell .I am planning to have my wedding ceremony on April 9, 2005 at Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Marshfield Missouri, 515 East Washington Street, Marshfield MO 65706 . I am looking for a good photographer who will come and do the snap shots on the D-day. I came accross your listing on the net and decided to contact you. I want to know your charges for the following required services if you are to work for between 6 and 8 Hours on that day. We will select the best 100 copies of different snaps photos in both black and white and coloured and in Two main sizes and dimensions which is required for my personal use at home, 1)16" x 12" (405 x 305mm) approx. including post and packaging 2)12" x 10" (305 x 204mm) approx. including post and packaging 3) I want just one Panoramic images size 18" x 6.5" (457mm x165mm) 30 10x8 prints in album.coloured Snapped in the church and at the reception.I want is for me and my wife, Our parents, the officiating ministers and our guests. I will be requiring your service for atleast 6 Hours at both occasions (church and at the reception). The church is Holy Trinity Catholic Church - Marshfield Missouri 515 East Washington Street, Marshfield MO 65706 . If you are out of Missouri, I will pay the transportation charges to and from the party venue so I want you to indicate in your email if you are out of Missouri and state what it will cost you to get transport to Marshfield Missouri so that we both can work it out and also the total amount you will receive for the whole services at the occasion. We will have the photographs snapped at the wedding forwarded to the Publisher of a Magazine Company in U.S so they could feature it in their celebrity journal so due to this, I want the pictures neat and nice. However,I will be making the payment by means of a Check. Let me have your full Names, Address, Phone Number, where the Cheque will be mailed to for the payment.Moreso, should you be out of state, the Hotel accomodation will be provided for by me. Waiting to read from you soon as regards this. Thanks and have nice day. Regards. Desmond Powell The gang running this scam operates from IP address 81.199.84.130. See the following scam bait on http://419eater.com for more emails, some of which mention "Desmond Powel's" wedding:
"Desmond Powel" Dear Firstname, Thanks for the acknowledgement of the receipt of the check, I am sorry for not replying earlier.I have been very busy as the new date is 4th June. Firstly now I want you to send the money to the Musician/Band today or first thing tomorrow because they are disturbing me for a deposit for their payment. They have instructed that their money be sent to their head office in Netherlands. I have provided the detailed information below so please kindly make sure you send the money tomorrow morning as soon as you receive confirmation that it has cleared your bank. The information is: NAME: ROBINSON WILLIAMS ADDRESS: KRALENEEK 78 1104KJ AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST NETHERLANDS I want you to provide the following information as soon as you are through with the money transfer via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. i) MTCN (10 Digit number which will be provided by the agent) ii)SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS. iii}EXACT AMOUNT SENT AFTER DEDUCTING WESTERN UNION CHARGES These details are very important for the Band to be able to pick up the money as soon as possible. About the Your accomodation,I have secured an accomodation for you in a very near hotel and that will be if you want to arrive 2 days before the wedding but I will surgest a day before the wedding as I will prefare so before wedding snap shots and then early in the morning while my wife to be is getting ready for church. Please don't hesitate to get back to me if you need any explanation but please the Band thing is very important ok. I will be expecting your email to confirm the receipt of this mail.Thanks and have a nice day. Desmond Powel.
"rick benson" Hello, am Mr Rick the best man to be and wedding consultant for mr Mark which is to take place 21st of next month.So all i need from you is to let me know how much it cost for 900 pieces of black and white and cloloured pics on the wedding day and also if u can come over to United Sates of America for the wedding.so i will like u to total the cost of traveling down here and the cost of the cost of everything.where it is taken place is Grayson United Methodist Church 555 Grayson Parkway Grayson, GA 30017 NB i will like to see your current pics you have taken in a wedding. THANKS. Rick Message headers: Received: from [81.199.84.130] by ws5-9.us4.outblaze.com with http for rickben@graffiti.net; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:26:38 +0800 From: "rick benson" <rickben@graffiti.net> To: Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:26:38 +0800 Subject: wedding phortographer X-Originating-Ip: 81.199.84.130
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WHOIS details for sending network (IP 81.199.84.130): inetnum: 81.199.84.0 - 81.199.87.255 netname: CIDR-COMMUNICATION-01 descr: Internet service provider country: NG admin-c: TECH7-RIPE tech-c: TECH7-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS12491-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered person: Tech Supernet300 address: 21 Mobolaji Bank address: Anthony Way Ikeja address: Lagos address: Nigeria phone: + 234 1 4976493 e-mail: admin@supernet300.com nic-hdl: TECH7-RIPE source: RIPE # Filtered
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 66.178.82.211): OrgName: Turner Technologies OrgID: TURNE-4 Address: 8 Lateef Salami St City: Ajao StateProv: Lagos PostalCode: Country: NG NetRange: 66.178.82.192 - 66.178.82.255 CIDR: 66.178.82.192/26 NetName: TURNER-CHNOLOGIES NetHandle: NET-66-178-82-192-1 Parent: NET-66-178-0-0-1 NetType: Reassigned Comment: RegDate: 2004-09-20 Updated: 2004-09-20 OrgTechHandle: KAD3-ARIN OrgTechName: Adejuyigbe, Kenn OrgTechPhone: 234 1 816 1185 OrgTechEmail: kenn@turner-tehcnologies.com This IP seems to be used by a major criminal enterprise, based on its email footprint:
WHOIS details for domain "desmondpowel.com": Request: desmondpowel.com connected to whois.melbourneit.com [203.27.227.114:43] ... Domain Name.......... desmondpowel.com Creation Date........ 2005-03-10 Registration Date.... 2005-03-10 Expiry Date.......... 2006-03-10 Organisation Name.... Desmond Powel Organisation Address. 20, meridith trace Organisation Address. Organisation Address. sharpsburg Organisation Address. 30277 Organisation Address. GA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Desmond Powel Admin Address........ 20, meridith trace Admin Address........ Admin Address........ sharpsburg Admin Address........ 30277 Admin Address........ GA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... desmond@desmondpowel.com Admin Phone.......... +1.4408573483 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........... MSN-PA-TECH@msn.com Tech Phone........... +1.4258828080 Tech Fax............. Name Server.......... pdomns1.msn.com Name Server.......... pdomns2.msn.com The following "wedding committe" sent its email for a wedding in London via a satellite ISP that servers customers in Nigeria and other African countries. From: "Ms Shantelle Moore" <weddingcommitte007@mail.com> Message headers: Received: from [212.247.93.242] by ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com with http for weddingcommitte007@mail.com; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:30:13 -0500 From: "Ms Shantelle Moore" <weddingcommitte007@mail.com> To: emailaddress Subject: YOUR SERVICES IS NEEDDED!!! X-Originating-Ip: 212.247.93.242
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"cole smith" hiring a musician using a fake check issued by qchex A similar scam targets musicians instead of photographers. Here is one such email: From: "cole smith" <colesmith_002@yahoo.com> Message headers: Received: from [195.166.235.66] by web33910.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:18:26 PDT Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:18:26 -0700 (PDT) From: cole smith <colesmith_002@yahoo.com> Subject: the info
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 195.166.235.66): inetnum: 195.166.224.0 - 195.166.255.255 org: ORG-LNL1-AFRINIC netname: NG-LINKSERVE-971217 descr: Linkserve Nigeria Limited descr: PROVIDER country: NG admin-c: CO445-AFRINIC tech-c: OC5192-AFRINIC status: ALLOCATED PA notify: chima@linkserve.net notify: obinna@linkserve.net mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT mnt-lower: MNT-LKS-AS8770 mnt-domains: MNT-LKS-AS8770 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 19971022 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040706 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040922 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040922 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040927 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20041122 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC organisation: ORG-LNL1-AFRINIC org-name: Linkserve Nigeria Limited country: NG org-type: LIR address: Plot 308 Adeola Odeku Street address: N/A address: Victoria Island address: Nigeria phone: +234 1 2623900 phone: +234 1 2623901 fax-no: +234 1 2623906 e-mail: chima@linkserve.net admin-c: CO445-AFRINIC admin-c: OC5192-AFRINIC mnt-ref: AS8770-MNT mnt-ref: AFRINIC-HM-MNT mnt-ref: MNT-LKS-AS8770 notify: obinna@linkserve.net mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040415 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040514 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040820 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040903 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040903 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040903 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040906 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040922 changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040922 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040927 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040927 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041005 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041006 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041007 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041012 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041012 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041012 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041022 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041117 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041117 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041117 changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20041201 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC person: chima onyekwere address: Linkserve plot 308 adeola Odeku street, Victoria Island notify: chima@linkserve.net phone: +234 1 262 3900 nic-hdl: co445-AFRINIC changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20041117 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC person: Obinna Chukwujekwu address: 308 Adeola Odeku Street phone: +234 1 2624802 nic-hdl: OC5192-AFRINIC mnt-by: MNT-LKS-AS8770 changed: obinna@linkserve.net 20040927 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC Here is another wedding photography scam format that has been going around:
From: david smith <david_smith_20010@yahoo.com>
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