419 scam: "FedEx Express"<test@hl99.com> Your ATM Visa Card worth 2.5Millions US Dollars

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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:
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- mathewsoglo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx Express" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mathewsoglo@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 13:17:44 -0700
Subject: Your ATM Visa Card worth 2.5Millions US Dollars

FedEx Nigeria Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Cotonou

Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday: Office Hours Monday to Sunday:

This is FedEx courier Delivery Company of Nigeria, the management of this company, wishes to inform you that, we received a parcel containing an ATM Visa Card valued $2.5million USD for safety delivery to your residential address in your country.

This parcel was brought to us this morning by the ATM Card payment office Nigeria, please reconfirm the below information, to avoid delivery your ATM Master Card to wrong hand.

Full names............
Parcel owner address......
Tel...........

We will register your package and send you the tracking numbers before we proceed for safety delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm the required information’s for safety delivery.There is a freight charge of $65 that you have to off-set as soon as you send your information to avoid any delay from the dispatching office.

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 as FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.

Waiting to read your e-mail ( mathewsoglo@yahoo.com )

Yours affectionately.

Mr. Robert pat.
Dispatch Manager FedEx Courier
for the Cotonou branch manager
FedEx express services

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