419 scam: "MR.HENRY MORGAN."<fed.delive@gmail.com> Attention' Attention''Attention'''

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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. )
- "western union" (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. )
- "tax 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. )
- "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "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. )
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!
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348073018203 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- fed.deliverycompany@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.HENRY MORGAN." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fed.deliverycompany@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 05:07:09 -0800
Subject: Attention' Attention''Attention'''

FedEx Lagos Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku,LAGOS.
Tel:.+2348073018203

Attention' Attention''Attention'''

CLAIM NOTIFICATION.

This is to notify you that your parcel is still in our possession,this parcel contained an
International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of $2 Million Dollars only and it is
ready for delivery to your door step. Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take
place,you are advice to send to us the following datas mention
below:

1.Your Name
2.Address
3.Telephone

The above requested informations will enable us deliver your parcel correctly without any
mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong person.Furthermore,you might be asking
yourself how come this email,cheque or draft,Anyway,your cheque was brought to this office
by a Lottery Fudiciary Agent Or Claim Agent,signifying that you are the rightful winner to
their Lottery Award selected randomly from 10 lucky email addresses which your email
address is one of the lucky email address.

FedEx courier service company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this
company to be delivered to you by lottery groups, along the delivery process that brought
a misunderstanding between you and the lottery claim agent and in regards of their request
as per their insurance certificate cost and tax fee which happened to be the course of your
parcel being pending for the past months/one year.

Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the FedEx Company has finalized everything
with the nicon insurance company of London and the internal revenue office as the company
organization has also listed 24 valuable parcels to be intact in their office after the
released of the parcels from the nicon insurance company and internal revenue office.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains the sum of $ 2 million
dollars is among the 24 parcels listed which is now in our office and also with your name
as the receiver despise that we lost your private residential address, which is an
indication that you can now re-send your residential address,telephone as stated above back
to the FedEx company where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with this
e-mail (fed.deliverycompany@gmail.com).

Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel would like you to know that the fudiciary
agent still owes this company the sum of $100 before incident occurs, know you that this
company has spend out of their income in the process by recovery back your parcel.So dear
customer we once again appreciate your patronage in our favour.

Without hesitation you are to pay for just the balance left by your sender since we have
lost his contact.via western union so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential
address before it accumulate a demurrage after one week only,as you know your parcel is not
just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and I think you understand what i mean by
accumulating a demurrage Which you will not allow to happen to your recovery parcel that
almost gone.

We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days time and it will get
to your door step the third day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your
sender and the tracking number of your parcel will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so
that you can track it yourself to see your parcel coming on the way and you will also know
when it will arrive at your country because we operate in trust and loyalty in your favour.

And also the FedEx Courier Service Company is hereby to inform all their customers by
eradicating all their communication with the scam mails that are going all-over the world
be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with their evil
planes.

FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a network of supply chain,
transportation, business and related information services.

FULLNAME:.....
ADDRESS:......
SEX:..........
COUNTRY:......
PHONE:........

Please you have to send the full information for us to fully proceed on your delivery
FedEx is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized the
delivery of packages and information. In the past 30 years, we've grown up and grown into a
diverse family of companies -a FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever. Call me:

Tel:.+2348073018203

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.

MR.HENRY MORGAN.
Tel:.+2348073018203
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR..

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