419 scam: FedEx Online Team Management <fmdca.setad@salvador.ba.gov.br> Confirm Ownership 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.express.delivery.services@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "fedex.express.delivery.services@w.cn" (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 <fmdca.setad@salvador.ba.gov.br>
Reply-To: fedex.express.delivery.services@w.cn
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:24:44 -0300
Subject: Confirm Ownership Parcel!!!

Confirm Ownership Parcel!!!

We have a Parcel containing 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 US 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 Accra Ghana. 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 Accra Ghana 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 Accra Ghana Insured your winning for
delivery. As soon as you have paid our delivery team will take your Insurance
fee, they will proceed to the insurance company of Accra Ghana to Insure your
winning funds,as soon as it is been Insured by the insurance company of Accra
Ghana 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 Accra Ghana as a proof that you have Insured your
winning which value the sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
($800.000.00 US).

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 in case 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 Accra Ghana 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: +233543685278
Email: {fedex.express.delivery.services@w.cn}

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.express.delivery.services@w.cn) 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 US, they will not hesitate to to work straight 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. Linda Joy
FedEx Online Team Management

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