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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "FedEx Online Team Management" <info@fedexredstar.com>
Reply-To: fedexredstar_express@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:25:56 -0400 (VET)
Subject: CONFIRM OWNERSHIP (PARCEL)
Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.venamcham.org", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
the administrator of that system for details.
Content preview: CONFIRM OWNERSHIP (PARCEL) Dear Customer! We have been waiting
for you to contact us for your Confirmable Package that is registered with
us for shipping to your residential location. We had thought that your sender
gave you our contact details. It may interest you to note that a letter is
also added to your package. However, we cannot quote its content to you via
email for Privacy reasons we understand that the content of your package
itself is a Bank Draft which worth over $500,000.00.usd As you know, FedEx
do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are shippable.The
package is registered with us for mailing by your colleague, and your colleague
explained that he is from the United States but he is here in Nigeria for
three (3) months Surveying Project as he works with a construction firm in
the Nigeria West Africa region, We are sending you this email because your
package is been registered on a Special Order.What you have to do now, is
to contact our Delivery Department for immediate dispatch of your package
to your residential address.Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms
your information's will take only one working day (24 hours) for your package
to arrive its designated address.For your information, the VAT & Shipping
charges as well as Insurance fees have been paid by your colleague before
your package was registered. Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance,
Premium & Clearance Certificates, you are to certify that the Bank Draft
is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it funds to sponsor Terrorism
in your country. This will help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary
Authority of your country. However, you will have to pay a sum of $206.00
USD to the FedEx Delivery Department being full payment for the Security
Keeping Fee of the FedEx Company as stated in our privacy terms & condition
page. Also be informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security
Keeping charges, but we do not accept such payment considering the facts
that all items & packages [...]
Content analysis details: (5.4 points, 4.0 required)
pts rule name description
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-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
1.8 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
1.6 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header
2.0 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
1.4 ADVANCE_FEE_3 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
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