419 scam: Fedex Express Company <amiltonb@salvador.ba.gov.br> Good Day!!!

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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:
- "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")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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!
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.
- +2347056315760
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.
- fedexcourierexpresscompany01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Fedex Express Company <amiltonb@salvador.ba.gov.br>
Reply-To: fedexcourierexpresscompany01@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:38:13 -0300
Subject: Good Day!!!

CONFIRM OWNERSHIP (PARCEL)

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
parcel contained an International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of
$1,200,000 USD which will be deliver to at the moment as long as you provide
all the requirement to the FedEx package company 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
Claim 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 package company by paying the security fee which
they used in
protecting your fund. You will have to pay a sum of $150.00USD to the FedEx
Delivery Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the
FedEx Company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page.

Also be informed that the Lottery Fiduciary company wished you 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. Fredrick Gardner
Tel: +2347056315760
Email: {fedexcourierexpresscompany01@yahoo.com.hk}
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:
fedexcourierexpresscompany01@yahoo.com.hk

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 $150.00 USD, they will
not hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the attached letter to your
residence. It usually takes 24 hours 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. Victoria Williston
FedEx Online Team Management

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