419 scam: "FedEx Courier Service"<f.delivery@unibw.de> Dear Customer, From FedEx Delivery Service Express.

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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:
- "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. )
- "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. )
- "moneygram" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- fedexdeliveryservice659@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx Courier Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedexdeliveryxpress@barid.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:54:45 +0800
Subject: Dear Customer, From FedEx Delivery Service Express.

IAS Ghana Federal Express (Fedex)
No. 60, Mango Tree Ave., Asylum Down,
Accra, Ghana.
Order: SH-5468-482485468

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

Dear Customer,

This is FedEx courier Delivery Company Ghana, the management of this Company, wishes to inform you that, we received a parcel containing an ATM Card valued $10.5million USD with some vital documents attached on it, 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, with the below information¡¦s, please reconfirm the below information, to avoid delivery of your ATM Card to wrong hand.

Full names............
Parcel owner address......
Country/State........
Occupation...........
Passport/Driving License
Tel...........

Note: that the shipping/tax fee has been paid by the UBA Bank Ghana. Base on this i want you to know that this package was deposited in our office 4 days ago, our security office taking care of your package request for the security keeping charges which cost $50 per day so the four days cost $200. We will register your package and send you the tracking numbers before we proceed for safety delivery of your package to your house.

In view of this, you are requested to send the security keeping fee of $200 with the below details via western union or moneygram;

Receiver's Name: Peter Robles
Receiver's Address: Accra Ghana

FedEx is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 33 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 (fedexdeliveryservice659@gmail.com)

Yours affectionately.
Mr. John perry.
Dispatch Manager FedEx Courier
for the Accra branch manager
FedEx Express Service Accra -Ghana

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