419 scam: "Federal Express Service"<deni.nugraha@fordeniumusic.com> Dear Customer Last Reminder for Pickup Request,

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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:
- "express courier delivery" (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. )
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (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.
- alxxus@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Express Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <keysskb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 15:38:33 -0700
Subject: Dear Customer Last Reminder for Pickup Request,

Federal Express Courier Service

Nigeria Head Office

70 International Airport Road

Mafoluku, Lagos.

Order: SH-5468-482485468

Dear Customer,

This is Federal Express Courier Delivery Company of Nigeria, the Management of this Company, wishes to inform you that, we received a parcel containing an ATM Master Card valued $5.5million USD with some vital documents attached on it, for safety delivery to your residential address in your country. the delivery was not concluded because of wrong address that you submitted

Your ATM Master Card Delivery was approved by Central Bank of Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari, and I was informed by Mr.Godwin Governor Central Bank of Nigeria that DHL delivery Agent have attempted to deliver your ATM Card late last year without any success because your address in Central Bank of Nigeria payment file was not complete.

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

Full names............

Parcel owner address......

Country/State........

Occupation...........

Passport/Driving License

Tel...........

You will register your package with the sum of $150 only before we proceed for safety delivery of your package , you hearby to contact mr chidi ubani on his email to ask him how to make the payment to him and you send your house address to him

Mr Chidi Ubani

alxxus@hotmail.com

We proceed for safety delivery of your package as soon as you made the required payment for safety delivery. Federal Express 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 Federal Express that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.

Yours affectionately.

Mr. Onyx perry.

Dispatch Manager Federal Express

for the Ikeja branch manager

Federal Express Service Lagos -Nigeria

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