419 scam: "FedEx - Shipping Center."<watsonians@wanadoo.co.uk> FedEx - Shipping Center (Security Code: FedExHXDEUSD$25,800,000,00/2010).

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "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)
- "fedexdiplomaticdelivery@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +2347095146607 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx - Shipping Center." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedexdiplomaticdelivery@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 02:52:34 +0100
Subject: FedEx - Shipping Center (Security Code: FedExHXDEUSD$25,800,000,00/2010).

FedEx Nigeria Head Office
70 International Airport Road Mafoluku,
Custormers Service Hours--Monday To Saturday:
Office Hours Monday To Saturday:
Call us for assistance: +234-709-514-6607

Dear ,

The FedEx Courier Service Company are hereby passing an essential massage today beign the 2nd of June,2010 to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers residential address to these office to avoid wrong delivery. This is the FedEx courier service company mailing you as per compensation fund which was approved on your behalf by the United Nation and the World Bank and you have been nominated as one of those beneficiaries that have lost huge amount of money to criminals and its with a great pleasure that we are still reminding you that these fund which has amounted to Twenty Five Million Dollars (US$25,000,000.00) with an interest of Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars USDS$800,000,00 making the total sum of USD$25,800,000,00 a has been packaged ready to be delivered to your doorstep if you will select which options will be best for the delivery due to the money laundeing which the IMF has imposed against illegal funds.

Below are the three options and you have to select which of them you preffered:

(a). ATM CARD DELIVERY
(b). INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT
(c). CASH DELIVERY IN REGISTERED TRUNK BOX

You just have to select any of these options and kindly respond back to us immediately because we want to make sure all unpaid beneficiaries get their package,and you must bear with us and also have it in mind that we are here to protect you and these fund against money laundering because all CERTIFICATE will be procured by our legal department with your name on thmem fully signed and registered ,so make sure you respond only to these office and stop whatever you are doing with anyone claiming to assist you get your fund because you are just wasting your time.

Kindly provide these details to me now:

Your Name:............................
Present address:......................
Tel:..................................
Next Of Kin:..........................
Nearest Airport in your state:........
I.D CARD/Passport Number:.............
Time at Home/Office:..................

We are happy to inform you once again that your USD$25,800,000,00 is among the 24 parcel listed which is now in our office awaiting final release 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 back to the FedEx company where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with the information listed below:

Contact of the FedEx - Shipping Center Lagos Branch.

Name: Mr.Robert WIllison.
E-mail: fedexdiplomaticdelivery@yahoo.cn
Office Tel: +234-709-514-6607
Position: Managing Director (Lagos Branch).

You must use these (Security Code: FedExHXDEUSD$25,800,000,00/2010) when responding to any of my emails.

Thanks for your Co-operation.

Regards,
Mr.Robert WIllison.
For the Ikeja Branch Manager FedEx Express Services Lagos -Nigeria.

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