419 scam: FEDEX COURIER <fedex.courier@qip.ru> CLAIM YOUR PACKAGE‏‎

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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:
- "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. )
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "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 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.
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.
- fecdex101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FEDEX COURIER <fedex.courier@qip.ru>
Reply-To: fecdex100@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 11:03:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR PACKAGE‏‎

FedEx Nigeria Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku,Lagos.
Date: 6/3/2014

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

Attention, Attention, Attention.

FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a network of supply chain, transportation, business and related information services. The FedEx courier Service Company is hereby passing an essential message to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their Receivers/Residential Address to avoid wrong delivery. Authoritatively, this is the FedEx courier Service Company mailing you in expect of your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by one Mrs. Sandra Williams a fiduciary agent. Before the delivery protocols commenced, there was a misunderstanding between you and the National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) over the Insurance Certificate which caused the delay of you receiving your parcel for the past three month. Meanwhile we are happy to inform you that the FedEx has finalized everything with the (NICON) and subsequently approved yours among the 24 valuable parcels to be courier after the released of the parce
ls from the (NICON) We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains a cheque worth $2 Millions among the 24 parcel’s listed which is now in our office and also with your name as the receiver but we want you to re-confirm you postal address where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation.

REPLY TO THE DISPATCHED DEPARTMENT VIA THE BELOW E-MAIL:( fecdex101@gmail.com )Be informed that the sender Mrs. Sandra Williams the (FIDUCIARY AGENT) still owes us the sum of $95 before the incident occurred and we wish to notify you that we spent some money in the process of recovering back your parcel but still, We once again appreciate your patronage. With due respect, you are hereby advice to pay for just the balance left by your sender and do send the $95 remaining via western union money so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it attracts demurrage. We assure you that your parcel will arrive your country within 3 days as soon as we receive the payment information to pick up the fee we required and do not forget to re-confirm your postal address upon delivery of your parcel to your door step. The air ways bill prepared and the tracking number will be sent to you as soon as we confirm payment to register your parcel in our data base for delivery
and be informed that we are competent in discharge of our duties. FedEx couriers Service hereby inform all their customers to be at alert especially with all sorts of scam mails that might be coming to you globally. Be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with their evil planes.

PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE
SENDERS NAME-------
RECEIVERS NAME------John Ugo
RECEIVERS COUNTRY----LAGOS/NIGERIA.

TEXT QUESTION------------to whom

TEXT ANSWER---------------John

AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------$95

ALSO SEND 10 DIGITS MTCN NUMBER FROM WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

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? -a FedEx that?s
bigger,stronger, better than ever.

YOURS AFFECTIONATELY.
Mr.Sam Brown
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR.

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