Phony FedEx e-mail

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fortinbras
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Phony FedEx e-mail

Post by fortinbras »

Gee, for $210 I will get $800Gs. And how swell that my unnamed "colleague" already paid the taxes, which must have been considerable .... how come the cheap bastard didn't also pay that $210 delivery charge?
I'd really be willing to pay that measly $210, but at present all my cash is tied up in helping a Nigerian widow sneak money out of her country.


Fedex Courier Service." <info@fedex.net>Add sender to Contacts To: undisclosed-recipients
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Customer Service:
We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Package that is been
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 $800,000.00
Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars). As you know, FedEx does not ship money
in CASH or in CHEQUES but BANK DRAFTS are shippable. The package is
registered with us for mailing by Mr. John Larry of the united nation office
in UK. 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 residential
address. Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms your information,
it will take three (3) working days (72Hrs) for your package to arrive at
your designated destination.
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) 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 a sum of £105 GBP which is equivalent to $210
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 charges, but we do not accept such payments considering the fact
that all items & packages that is registered with us have a time
limitation and we cannot accept payment without knowing when you will be
picking up the package or even respond to us. So we cannot take the risk
to have accepted such a payment incase of any possible demurrage. Kindly
note that your colleague did not leave us with any further information and
hope that you respond to us as soon as possible because if you fail to
respond until the expiry date of the fore most 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:
Contact Person: Mr. Micheal Douglas.
Email: nigeria.fedex.delivery.service@gmail.com
Tel: +234 8050745939
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:
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 £105 GBP
which is equivalent to $210 USD, they shall immediately dispatch your
package to the designated address. It usually takes 72 Hours being an
express delivery service.
Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address and
ensure to fill the above form as well to enable successful reconfirmation.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Margaret Blaire.
FedEx Online Management Team.
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