Wow, My $800,000 Package is Waiting for me in Lagos!

Some Nigerian tried this scam to cheat me out of $250. After I sent a couple of confusing emails to him, he finally gave up. Here's the attempt:

 

FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, WEST AFRICA.

 

Mr.James Kelvin

Dispatch Director.
Tel:+ 234-80565-14425

 

Attn: lex icon,  

 

I had a phone conversation with MRS SUSAN JONES and she asked us to contact you with via this email which she gave to us. I have been awaiting for you to contact me for the delivery of your check of $800,000,00. You can as well come down to this branch to pick up your package or even send someone to pick it up on your behalf. More so, the phone number works perfectly and I will advise you cross the number again as it is below this mail.

There is this MRS SUSAN JONES .who came to our company last week to place your check on out going delivery, she already paid for the insurance fee and the delivery charges. But she did not pay for the security keeping fee due to the fact that we did not know when you will be contacting us via mail to inform us that we have your check, so we advised her not to pay for the security keeping fee of the courier company so far but we informed her to contact you on time so you will not have to pay more than $250 USD on demurrage and we do not operate COD on a charge like this.

All you need to do right now to get your check delivered to your door step is to go ahead and pay the security keeping fee of the courier company so far.The fee is $250.00 USD only, you are to come up with this fee as to process the delivery of your package.

 

Payment should be made via western union money transfer only for security purpose, payment details are listed below.

FIRST NAME:  MR. OBAS

LAST NAME:    KELLY

ADDRESS: Lagos, Nigeria
TEXT QUESTION: BEST COLOUR
ANSWER: WHITE

The following details should send after payment to this email address.

Sender's Name:
Sender's Country:
Sender's Address:
MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number):
Text Question:
Text Answer:
Amount Sent: $250 USD

Note that you are also required to send to us your full/correct Residential Address,Country,Names,Phone number,Age,Occupation.Please be warned.You will be needed to sign on the parcel that will be delivered to you  with a legal means of identification.i.e a drivers license or a national identity card.You are to take note to avoid any form of embarrassment from our dispatch officer who will be coming to your country.

 

Get back to me with your payment details, I will have to send Mrs Susan Jones a mail that you have contacted me regarding the check she left for you. Note that your tracking number would be provided to you as soon as the payment has been made and confirmed by us.

 

Have a wonderful time. Please call me anytime you need any assistance.

 

 

Mr. James Kelvin
Dispatch Director.
Tel: +2348056514425

P.S:

Below is the display image of your package on my desk ready for instant dispatchment.

 

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The funniest part is that the dude cuts and pastes from a scamalert website. If you check the source data for this post, you'll see all the places the guy cut and pasted from, including

http://www.dailyscamalerts.com/archives/new-scam-found.htm

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Why cant you ship the cheque to South Africa Fed ex and ship it to Nigeria is the no fed ex in South Africa.

[Sharon]

I know all about those Nigerian scams. Boy they got me good. Then when I told them I was out of money they offered to have a person in the US loan me the money and I was to sent it back to them by western union. Well I get a check from fed ex. I called the bank that it was from and asked if it was a ligitamate account, the lady on the phone assured me that it was. So I took the check to my bank and deposited it, of couse I had to wait 10 days for the check to clear before I could use any of the funds, so after the 10 days I have to go get 2000.00 out and sent it to Nigeria by western union then I had to send another 2000.00 the next day. After 2 months of my sending the money over there zi find out the check was indeed a bad one. Oh boy I have to pay all that money back to the original bank and still don't have my inheiratance. Wow I delt with these guys for 2 years. How dumb am I?

[Jilson George]

Hi sir will you please mail me in a simple language to collect this courier and from where i have to receive. Please answer me through mail.

Thanks,

Jilson George

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