419 scam: "FedEx Express Services"<courrier_fedex@yahoo.ca> YOUR OVERDUE LOTTREY PRZE PLEASE HURRY!!!

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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:
- "demurrage " (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. )
- "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. )
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "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.
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 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.
- +2347083907096 (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.
- fastfedex@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx Express Services" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fastfedex44@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 07:35:26 +0200
Subject: YOUR OVERDUE LOTTREY PRZE PLEASE HURRY!!!

Plot 8, Ahmed Way,
Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria.
fastfedex@yahoo.ca
TEL...+234-7083907096

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

You’re Honesty Payment,

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 Receivers/Residential Address to avoid wrong delivery.

Your overdue lottery prize of $1.5 million US Dollars is boxed and put to v.i.p FedEx to deliver to you as cash

a payment! since you’re disappointed in the past, So contact us with your Full Name, delivery address and telephone number, and bellow is who to contact.

Name : Mr. William smith
Tell : +234-7083907096

You should duly contact FedEx for tracking number and v.i.p shipment recipient's (SKF), your reference code is..AXD-101-87529K.

Note that you will pay for the Security Keeping Fee of $250 and it is compulsory.

We once again appreciate your patronage, without hesitation you are to pay the Security Keeping Fee of $250 your sender via western union money transfer so that your Package can be delivered to your residential
Address before it attracts demurrage

Your Package is not just an ordinary Package but with a huge amount and I think you understand what I mean by accumulating a demurrage

We assure you that your Package will arrive your country within 3 days as soon as this company receive your full information required and the Security Keeping Fee of $250, the tracking number of your Package will be sent to you via e-mail after your payment have being made, So that you can track it yourself to see whether we are competent in the discharge of our duties.

FedEx courier Service Company do hereby inform all their customers to be at alert especially with all sorts of scam mail that might be coming to you Globally.

Be careful with their e-mail so that your Package will not be in danger with their evil planes, Note reply to fastfedex@yahoo.ca

PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE

SENDERS NAME:
SENDERS COUNTRY:
RECEIVERS NAME: Mrs. Franca Osuagwu
RECEIVERS COUNTRY: Lagos Nigeria.
TEXT QUESTION: Good
TEXT ANSWER: Day
AMOUNT TO BE PAID: $250

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.

Thanks for your Co-operation.
Yours Affectionately.
>From The FedEx Term.
www.fedex.com

FedEx Express Services

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