419 scam: "MR Frederick W. Smith" <fedexdeliv541@gmail.com> ATTENTION: FROM FEDEX

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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:

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.
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.
- email.fedexdeliveryservice487@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR Frederick W. Smith" <fedexdeliv541@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fedexdeliverysaverice973@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:10:58 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION: FROM FEDEX

FEDEX DELIVERY SERVICE
INTERNATI0NAL UNITED STATE
5151 W 73RD ST,CHICAGO
IL 60638 UNITED STATE
(USA)
Email.fedexdeliveryservice487@gmail.coM

Working Hours......... Monday TO SATURDAY.OFFICE HOURS MONDAY TO SUNDAY:

FROM FEDEX

This is FEDEX International Delivery Company of UNITED STATE,we wish to
officially inform you that WE RECEIVED A CELL CONTAINING
AN ATM MASTER CARD VALUED $10 million USD WITH SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS
to be delivered to your
residential address in your country. It was brought to our notice
yesterday morning from International Monetary Fund Department (IMF),
kindly reconfirm the below information properly to avoid us not making
any mistake during delivery or delivery to a wrong hand.

Full names..............
Parcel owner address....
WHATSSAP NUMBER.........
Nearest Airport.........
Copy of your ID ........
Occupation..............

We will register your package and send you the tracking number for
safety delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm the required
information needed for safety delivery to your residential address in
your Country.

FEDEX brand is known around the world. FEDEX takes protecting our
customers and their sensitive information seriously, FEDEX is one of
the world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized
the delivery of packages and information in the past 50years, we have
grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies as FEDEX that IS
bigger, stronger, better than ever.We wait for your swift response to
enable us to proceed with the
deliver your parcel to your home address as instructed..
Sorry if you received this information in your spam, is due
to recent connection error here in the country,

I will be looking forward to hearing from you within 48hours.

Yours affectionately.

MR Frederick W. Smith
Dispatch Manager FEDEX Company

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