419 scam: "Mr. Henry Bowden" <henry@bowden.com> Contact FedEx Delivery For Your PackageACTne HadingY CHILDPŒë¸"

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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:
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "certificate 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. )
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +2347032075025 (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.
- fedxdelivserv48@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Henry Bowden" <henry@bowden.com>
Reply-To: fedxdelivserv48@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:54:27 -0500
Subject: Contact FedEx Delivery For Your Package

Greetings!

I am Mr.Bowden. I have been waiting for you to contact me for your
Confirm-able
Bank Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars but I did not hear from you
since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with FedEx Delivery, West
Africa, I traveled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will
not come
back till end of August.

What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx Delivery as soon as
possible to
know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.
For your information, I have paid for the delivery charges, Insurance premium
and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Check showing that it is not a drug money
or meant to sponsor terrorism in your Country.

The only money you will send to the FedEx Delivery to deliver your Draft
directly to your postal Address in your country is $150.00 USD only being
Security Keeping Fee of the Delivery Company so far. Again, don't be
deceived by
anybody to pay any other money except $150.00US Dollars. I would have
paid that
but they refused as they did not know when you will contact them and
in case of
demurrage but now I am on a course and they will not be able to contact me for
the payment as i will be on course vacation and I will not be able to reply my
emails. You have to contact the FedEx Delivery now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information below;

Contact Person: Mr. Robert Hole
E-mail: fedxdelivserv48@gmail.com
Telephone: +234-703-207-5025

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your:

Full Name
Postal Address and
Direct Telephone Number

to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to
give you the
tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it
will get to your address.Let me repeat again, try to contact them as
soon as you
receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their
security keeping fee of $150.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
Note that
it is when you must have paid the $150 for the security fee that the package
will be released and the tracking number would be given to you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Henry Bowden.

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