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If you receive an email from Mr Wellington claiming they hadn't heard from you, or owed you money, and left it at "FedEx Delivery Services", and now you need to contact Donald M. Smith at fedexdeliverydept05@live.com to recover the money; well, by now you should immediately recognize it as a scam. Why would someone you don't know owe you a huge sum of money, and leave it at a "courier" or a "security company or "FedEx Delivery Services" and tell you to contact Donald M. Smith in order to retrieve? It simply makes no sense. You should immediately dismiss it as a scam.
However, if you really have a desire to be a victim, and are saying to yourself "but, but, but... what if I just forgot that I'm owed a huge sum of money, or maybe they got me by mistake and will still send me the money". Well, first, we'll tell you that's just pathetic.
Next ask yourself why Donald M. Smith, who presumably works at "FedEx Delivery Services" is having you write to him at "fedexdeliverydept05@live.com". Shouldn't he have a real company address like "Donald.Smith@FedEx.com" ?
Here are some other clues to the scam:
Pigeon English - Notice that as the scammer gets past the initial template email and must write free-form, how his grammar, spelling and basic sentence structure go straight in the toilet. The scammers don't even know how to use spell checkers. After all, this is a stupid, low-life criminal in the heart of Africa, who probably dropped out of school at age 5 to join a gang or militia. Obviously, real businesses proofread their emails; they look and read more professional.
Using free email account: The scammer is writing to you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization would use its own email, its own domain and website?
"FedEx Delivery Services" - Have you ever heard of FedEx Delivery Services? What is it's website? Why wasn't that in the email?
From: "FedEx Delivery Services" <info@fedex.com>
Subject: You Have A Package; Contact FedEx
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:37:16 -0400 (EDT)
Greetings!
I have been waiting for you ever since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $1,243,000.00 United States Dollars, but I haven't heard from you since that time. So I went and deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, West Africa. Mean while, I've travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and will not be back till the end of June.
What I would advise you to do now is contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they would commence the delivery of your package to you because of the expiry date. For your information, I have paid for the delivery Charges, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate fee of the draft showing that it is neither connected to Drug Money nor meant to sponsor any terrorist attack in your Country. The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is($215.75) US Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company sofar. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any money more than $215.75 US Dollars for the Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company.
I would have paid that but I was denied of it as they argued that they don't know when you will contact them in the case of any demurrage. You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information below; Contact Person: Mr. Donald M. Smith Email Address: fedexdeliverydept05@live.com Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivery and ask them to inform you of when your package would get to your address once it is on transit. Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $215.75 US Dollars for their immediate action.
You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Wellington.
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