419 scam: "FEDEX COURIER SERVICE" <info@fedex.com> Reply Asap

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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:
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "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. )
- "f.courierservice@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "f.courierservice@yahoo.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!
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.
- +2348061593211 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "FEDEX COURIER SERVICE" <info@fedex.com>
Reply-To: f.courierservice@yahoo.cn
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 12:19:26 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Reply Asap

Good Day!!!

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmable Package
that is registered with us for shipping to your residential location. We
had thought that your sender gave you our contact details so that you can
quickly come and pick it up without informing you. we cannot quote its
content to you via email for Privacy reasons we understand that the
content of your package itself is a parcel contained an International
Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of $10,000,000.00 USD which will
be deliver to you at the moment as long as you provide all the requirement
to the FedEx Express Service before the parcel can be shipped to your own
residential address in your country.Furthermore, you might be asking
yourself how comes this email,cheque or draft, Anyway, your Cheque was
brought to this office by a Lottery Fiduciary Agent Or Claims Agent,
signifying that you are a rightful winner to their Lottery Award selected
randomly from 10 lucky email addresses which your email address is one of
the lucky email address. What you have to do now, is to contact our
Delivery Department for immediate dispatch to your residential address.

For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees
have been paid by the Lottery Fiduciary Company and the icon insurance
company of Nigeria has finalized everything before your package was
registered. The payment that was made on the Insurance, Premium &
Clearance Certificates was to certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug
Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it 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 you must compensate the FedEx Express
company by paying the security fee which they used in protecting your
fund. You will have to pay the sum of $105 USD to the FedEx Courier
Serrvice being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of your parcel as
stated in our privacy terms & condition page.Also be informed that the
Lottery Fiduciary company wished to pay for the Security Keeping
charges,but we do not accept such payment considering the facts that all
items & packages that is registered with us having a time limitation and
we cannot accept payment having known not when you will be picking up the
package or even responding to us. So we cannot take the risk to have
accepted such payment incase of any possible demurrage.

Note: The Money can not be deducted from the parcel because the Lottery
Fiduciary Company (L.F.C) advise us that you must pay for the security
keeping fees before we can deliver the parcel to you, the Lottery board
did not leave us with any further information because we hope that you we
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 British
Commission for Welfare 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. Anthony Bright
Tel: +2348061593211
Email: <f.courierservice@yahoo.cn>
This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone numbers.
=====================================
FUNDS RELEASED AND VERIFICATION FORM
=====================================
FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
SEX (M/F):
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
NEXT OF KINS:
========================================
Kindly complete the above form and summit it to the delivery manager on:
f.courierservice@yahoo.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
Security Keeping Fees. As soon as they confirm your payment of $105 USD,
they will not hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the attached
letter to your residence. It usually takes 24hours being an over night
delivery service.

Note: that we were not instructed to email you, but 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
foremost package and we where very glad that will found the owner of the
package. Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address
given above and ensure to fill the form as well to enable a successful
reconfirmation.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Gladys Rose
FedEx Online Team Management.

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