419 scam: "FedEx Online Team" <fedex-dept201@hotmail.com> (no subject)

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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. )
- "cheques " (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.
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.
- +2348059379190 (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.
- fedex.department78@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx Online Team" <fedex-dept201@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fedex-dept2011@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:28:54 +0200
Subject:

Dear Customer!

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package
thatis registered with us for shipping to your residential location.We had
thought that your sender gave you our contact details.It may interest you
to know that a letter is also added to your package.However, we cannot
quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons.

We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth of (£98,000.00) Ninety Eight Thousand Great Britain Pounds
Sterlings.Note that FedEx do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank
Drafts are shippable.The package is registered with us for mailing by your
colleague, and your colleague explained that he is from the United States
but he is here in Nigeria for a three (3)months
Surveying Project as he works with a consultant firm in Nigeria West
Africa We are sending you this email because your package is been
registered on a Special Order.

What you have to do now, is to contact our Delivery Department for
immediate dispatch of your package to your residencial address.
Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirm your information, it will
take only one working day (24 hours) for your package to arrive it's
designated destination.For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as
well as Insurance fees have been paid for by your colleague before
yourpackage was registered.Note that the payment that is made on the
Insurance, Premium & Clearance Certificates, are 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 avoid any form of query from
the Monetary Authority of your country.

However, you will have to pay the sum of $125 USD 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 your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping fee, but we do
not accept such payment considering the facts that all items & package
that are registered with us have a time limitation and we cannot accept
payment not knowing when you will be contacting us for your package or
even responding to us.So we cannot take the risk to have accepted such
payment incase of any possible demurrage.

Kindly note that your colleague did not leave us with any further
information.We hope that you respond to us as soon as possible because if
you fail to respond until the expiry date of your 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 Online Delivery Post
Contact Mr Alex Smith
Email:fedex.department78@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: (+234) 80 593 79190

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the email address given
above.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone
numbers.

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

Kindly complete the above form and summit it to the delivery manager
on:fedex.department78@yahoo.com.hk As soon as your details are received,
our delivery team will give you the
neccessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment for the
Security Keeping Fee. As soon as they confirm your payment receipt of
$125 USD, they will not hesitate
to dispatch your package as well as the attahced letter to your residence.

It usually takes 24 hours being an overnight 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 as your sender did notleave
us with his phone number because he stated that he just arrived Nigeria
and he hasn't fix his phone yet. We indeed personally sealed your Bank
Draft and we found your email contact in the receivers column as the
recipient of the foremost package.

Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address given
above and ensure to fill the above form as well to enable a successful
reconfirmation.

Do not reply this email because this email account is not monitored.Send
your details to: fedex.department78@yahoo.com.hk

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Alex Smtih .
FedEx Online Team Management.
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