419 scam: "MR. JONES FRED"<support@smtp.nationalsystems.com> FedEx Nigeria Head Office

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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. )
- "stamp duty" (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. )
- "western union" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "tax 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. )
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "stamp duty charges" (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. )
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "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)
- "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. )
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!
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2348090738312 (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.
- jones_fred1@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JONES FRED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.jonesj@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:17:22 +0100
Subject: FedEx Nigeria Head Office

FedEx Nigeria Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku, Lagos.

Tel +234-80907-38312

Attention: Dear Valued Beneficiary,
CLAIM NOTIFICATION.

This is to notify you that your parcel is still in our possession, this
parcel contained an International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum
of $3,000

000.00(three million USA dollars only) and it is ready for delivery to
your door step. Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take
place, you are

advice to send to us the following data? mention below:

1.Your Name
2.Address
3.Telephone

The above requested information? will enable us deliver your parcel
correctly without any mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong person.
Further more,
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
Claim

Agent, signifying that you area rightful winner to their Lottery Award
selected randomly from 10 lucky email addresses which your email address
is one of the

lucky email address.FedEx courier service company mailing you as per your
parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by lottery
groups,

along the delivery process that brought a misunderstanding between you and
the lottery claim agent and in regards of their request as per their
insurance

certificate cost, tax fee and lots of other universal cops and drug
searches which happened to be the course of your parcel being pending for
the past

months/one year.

Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the FedEx Company has
finalized and resolved the whole issued with the legal offices like the
International

Monetary of Funds(IMF),and the Internal Revenue Service(IRS) office, the
company organization has also listed 24 valuable parcel? to be intact in
their

office after the released of the parcel? from universal cops and drug
searches.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains the
sum of $3,000 000.00 is among the 24 parcel? listed which is now in our
office 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, telephone as stated above back to the FedEx company where your
parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation.Meanwhile remember that
the sender

of this parcel to you that? the fiduciary agent still owes this company
the sum of $95usd before the incident occurs, Note that this fee is not
just for

delivery but with the immigration and customs stamp duty, this company has
spend out of their incomes in the process by the recovering back your
parcel?so

dear customer we once again appreciate your patronage in our favor.

Without hesitations you are to pay for just the balance left by your
sender since we have lost his contact. this payment have to be via western
union money

transfer with the below payment information so that your parcel can be
delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a demurrage
after one week

only,as you know your parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a
huge amount and I think you understand what I mean by accumulating a
demurrage? Which

you will not allow that to happen to your recovery parcel that almost gone
if not for the love that the good God have for you by favoring you with
his favor

because it was God who did it not by your power but by the spirit say the
lord.

We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days
time and it will get to your door step the third day as soon as this
company receive

the balance left by your sender and the tracking number of your parcel
will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so that you can track it
yourself to see

your parcel coming on the way and you will also know when it will arrive
at your country because we operate in trust and loyalty in your favor.And
also the

FedEx Courier Service Company hereby inform all their customers through
this media by eradicating alltheir communication with the scam mails that
are going

all-over the world be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will
not be in danger with their evil planes.

FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a network
of supply chain, transportation, business
and related information services.

PAYMENT INFORMATION FOR THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS STAMP DUTY CHARGES
BEFORE DELIVERY EFFECT, FIND BELOW:

Receivers Name: Michael Wale
Senders Name: ------------?
Text Question: In God
Answer: We Trust
Location; Lagos Nigeria.
MTCN Number... ???
Amount to be sent: $95us dollars.

Please you have to send the full payment information including the MTCN
Number for we to fully proceed on your delivery 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 bigger, stronger, better than ever.

E-mail: (jones_fred1@aol.com) get back to Us With The Payment Of $95
dollars for the Customs and Immigration

Clearance and Stampt Duty So That We Can Proceed With The Delivery Today.

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR..

MR.JONES FRED

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