419 scam: FedEx Online Team Management <info@fedex.com> YOUR PARCEL

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "fedex.courierservice@london.ir" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "fedex.courierservice@london.ir" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: FedEx Online Team Management <info@fedex.com>
Reply-To: fedex.courierservice@london.ir
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:57:21 -0300
Subject: YOUR PARCEL

Good Day!!!

We have a Parcel contained an International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque
worth the
sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800.000.00 USD) which will be deliver
to you at the moment as long as you provide all the requirement information to
the FedEx package company before the parcel can be shipped to your own
residential address in your country. Further more, you might be asking
yourself
how come this email, cheque or draft, Anyway, your cheque was brought to our
office by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company via a Lottery Fiduciary Claim Agent,
signifying that you are a rightful winner to their Lottery Award Promo
selected
randomly. Your e-mail address was among the Ten lucky email addresses which
make your email address as one of the lucky email address and they
have decided
to send it to you true Federal Express Delivery Service. What you have to do
now, is to contact our Delivery Department for immediate dispatch to your
residential address. For your information, the Delivery fee and Security
Keeping fee & Shipping charges as well as the Vat fees have been paid by the
Lottery Fiduciary Company. You will have to pay a sum of $220.00 USD to the
FedEx Delivery Department being payment for the Insurance Fee of the FedEx
Company.And all you have to do now is to insured your winning parcel with the
Insurance Company which is registered with FedEx Ivory Cost. Also be informed
that the Lottery Fiduciary company has paid the Delivery Fee of your winning &
Security Keeping also Shipping charges as well as the Vat fees for you
,but you
have to pay for the Insurance Fee, The reason why you are been ask to pay for
the Insurance Fee is because of the fact that all items & packages that is not
Insured by the insurance company of Ivory Cost are not allowed to be delivered
to their delivery address. So you are to pay the Fedex Courier Service the
Insurance Fee to enable the insurance company of Ivory Cost Insured your
winning's for delivery. As soon as you have paid our delivery team will take
your Insurance fee, they will proceed to the insurance company of
Ivory Cost to
Insure your winning funds,as soon as it is been Insured by the insurance
company of Ivory Cost they shall commence with your delivery without any delay
and also we shall provide you with the Insurance Certificate that was been
given to us by the insurance company of Ivory Cost as a proof that you have
Insured your winning which value the sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
($800.000.00 USD).

The main reason why you are been ask to Insured your Winning Funds is to
certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is the
funds to sponsor Terrorism in your country this will help you to avoid
any form
of query from the Monetary Authority of your country. And also we can not take
the risk to carry out the delivery of your funds incase of any possible
demurrage so you have to contact our delivery team and ask them how you are
going to make the payment of the Insurance fee of your funds.We hope that you
will respond to us as soon as possible because if you fail to respond
until the
expiry date of this package, we may refer the package to the Ivory Cost
Commission for Welfare Or better still to Coca-Cola Bottling Company as the
package do not have a return address. Kindly contact the delivery department
(FedEx Delivery Post) with the details given below:

FedEx Delivery Post Contact Person: Mr. Kelvin Green
Tel: +22544497748
Email: {fedex.courierservice@london.ir}

Do provide us with this information, and it's mandatory to reconfirm your
Postal address and telephone numbers to enable us commence with your delivery
and mostly to enable us Insured your Winning Funds.

=========================================
DO PROVIDE US WITH BELOW INFORMATION
=========================================
FULL NAMES:
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
STATE:
AGE:
COUNTRY:
SEX (M/F):
NEXT OF KINS:
========================================

Kindly complete the above form and summit it to the delivery manager on:
(fedex.courierservice@london.ir) As soon as your details are received, our
delivery team will give you the necessary payment procedure so that you can
effect the payment for the Insurance Fee. As soon as they confirm your payment
of $220.00 USD, they will not hesitate to to work stright to the insurance
company and insure your winning for delivery. It usually takes 24 hours being
an over night delivery service to deliver your winning funds to you after it
has been Insured by the insurance company. We were instructed to email you due
to the high priority of your package we had to inform you through the letter
that was attach in your package, We indeed personally sealed your Bank
Draft we
found your email contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the fore
most package. Ensure to contact our delivery department with the email address
given above and ensure to fill the form as well to enable a successful
reconfirmation and a safe delivery of your winning.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Tracy Philip
FedEx Online Team Management

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