Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Contact Person: Mr Robert Shawn

from:  FedEx Courier Service info@fed-ex.com
reply-to:   fed_ex_1@w.cn
(Different addresses - red flag!  Neither one is an actual fedex.com email address.) 

Dear Customer!!!  (Have you ever, ever seen an official email from a company like FedEx that starts out Dear Customer!!!?)

We have been waiting for you to contact us reagrding the Confirmation of a
that is registered (Confirmation of a what that is 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.

We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth of $1,500,000.00 USD (1.5 Million Dollars), FedEx does not ship
money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are shippable. The package is
registered with Us for mailing by your colleague from United Nations
Organization, and Your colleague explained that he is from the U.S.A but
he is currently In Africa for a three (3) months Surveying Project as he
works with a Consultant firm in Nigeria, (Nigeria...hmmm...Nigerian scam, perhaps?) We are sending you this email
because your Package is been registered on a Special Order.
For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees
have been paid by your Colleague before your package 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). This will help you Avoid any form of query from the Monetary
Authority of your country.

However, you will have to pay a sum of $120.00 USD to the FedEx Delivery
Department (And...there's the scam.  Send us $120...but then we're going to need some more, and some more after that...extra fees, you know...they'll keep lying and telling you to send more as long as you fall for it.) being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the parcel
Been registered by your colleague, FedEx Company as stated in our privacy
Terms & condition page. Send your Postal address, telephone and your name
In full this is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone.
Please note that packages are not shipped nor delivered on Saturday,
Sunday and on holidays. If your order has been placed on any of these
days, Then it may be shipped the following business day.
Kindly complete the below form and send it to the FEDEX DELIVERY POST With
the below informations.

This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone numbers.

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
SEX:  (Just curious here, but why the hell do you need my gender to deliver a package???)
CITY:
STATE:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:

FEDEX DELIVERY POST
Contact Person: Mr Robert Shawn.
Email: fed_ex_1@w.cn
Phone number: +234-807-0707-174

Have a great day!

Federal Express Co-operation.
FedEx Online Team Management.
All rights reserved. © 1995-2012.   (This one went so far as to include a fake copyright.  Hardly convincing, though.)

Typical Nigerian scam.  Send us money, and we'll send you your tons of money that's already yours.  Never, ever pay for something that's yours in the first place!  And remember, if it sounds too good to be true...

~Blue Dragonfly  

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