Nigerian Scam Using Fedex

[grantbkk]

FEDEX COURIER COMPANY

INFORMATION ON YOUR PARCEL

Greetings!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, West

Africa, I travelled out of the country for 3 Months Course and I will not come back till endof March.

What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivery Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor 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 ($300.00 US)Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, I would have

paid that but they refused because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow:

Contact Person: Mr micheal paul

Email Address:

[email protected]

Telephone:+(234)8068826047

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Name Address Postal address telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery .Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $300.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Yours Faithfully,

Reginard Adams

My reply to Mr. Adams emal:

Dear Mr. Adams, I received your email, obviously, and it raises a few questions that need to be answered before I forward money to you in order to collect my USD800,000. While I am anxious to conclude the exchange quickly I want to warn you that I finished grade school in the United States and do not easily fall prey to what has commonly become known as “Nigerian Scams”.

To get me to send USD300 to you for services rendered please answer the following questions:

1. Where did you learn to write the English language? You feeble attempt at letter writing screams for all kinds of negative critique which happens to be what I do best. Your sentence structure and punctuation would get you held back in the 3rd grade of even a class in the Los Angeles City School District (California, USA). President Bush’s new policy of “no student left behind” may save you but for your own good you should repeat the grade normally reserved for 8 year olds.

2. You gave me a telephone number to call beginning with the country code “235”. Using secret spy tools found on the World Wide Web I determined that I could be calling a country not the United States. Research: Ghana country code • 233 • Nigeria country code • 234 • Chad Republic country code • 235 • Central Africa Republic country code • 236. This really doesn’t sit well with me because I am reticent to deal with war torn African countries when it comes to my money.

3. You said in your letter you would be back in country, making it sound like the USA, in March. It is April now. Too bad they don’t have calendars in Chad. When I send you my money transfer or check or even cash do you want me to send you a current Playboy calendar. There are eleven really hot white women and even one good looking Black featured throughout this publication. You could probably trade it for cigarettes the next time you’re in prison. I’m just saying that if you’re gay this calendar will give you nothing but the date. I’m just saying…

4. I appreciate that you paid the money for the “Clearance Certificate Fee” of the check showing that it is not a drug money or meant to sponsor terrorist attacks in my country. How do you know that I’m not a terrorist or a drug dealer exactly? Maybe you and I are a little bit alike and use the same logic. USD800,000 is really nothing in the global scheme of things. Truth be told this would not be enough to fund a two hotdog BBQ anywhere in the USA. Have you seen the prices of food lately there? When I entertain Muslims they aren’t supposed to drink but the cost of the petting zoo they want, filed under “stress reduction”, is astronomical these days. I really never got this whole bestiality thing. Do you force yourself on those skinny farm animals in Chad that I see on CNN? How do you get past the smell? Sorry. I digress.

5. When does my bank draft expire? You failed to mention that in your email. You did mention parcel but is it more like a letter. I know how these things get lost in translation. I saw on BBC once, I think it was the German military delivering aid to the region. They we throwing parcels out the back of a helicopter to some very skinny people on the ground. This is where you’ve got to use your God (whichever) given innate intelligence or that 3rd grade education. One guy didn’t know if he was getting a letter or a parcel and caught a 25 kilo bag of wheat, killing him instantly. What can you do with all that wheat anyway?

6. You said that I should notify you when I get my USD800,000. You didn’t give me your personal contact information. Please forward ASAP.

We should be able to make some arrangement to conduct business face to face as I too am not residing in the United States of America. This should be a win-win situation for both of us. I live in Southeast Asia and judging from all the West Africans selling passports, drugs and sandals here it must be easy to make travel arrangements. Please bring my bank draft to the Landmark Hotel, Sukhumvit Road at Soi 4, Bangkok, Thailand. Also, have a copy of your travel receipts which I will reimburse on the spot. Let me know the date and I will book you a suite at the Landmark for at least 3 nights with full signing privileges to rest before your return home.

Thank you in advance for your time and efforts on my behalf. Only through individual cooperation during these heady times of globalization can business like this flourish.

Sincerely,

grantbkk

[Tomkagai]

Excellent....is he talking you up on your offer...???

[grantbkk]

Excellent....is he talking you up on your offer...???

God (the real one) I hope he does!

[colino]

The latest one i received was

English Teacher wanted by a Doctor who say''s that he and his wife and to children need me to teach them English in Nigeria $4000 a month plus apartment ,car ,and spending money to take the kids out to learn English plus loads of other extras ,

you then get a contract sent to you and thats followed by an e-mail from a travel company that will process all your visa needs but you have to fed ex or wire $500 to pay for the visa which is refunded when you arrive , here is a copy of the letter

Dear respected teacher,

Me is Dr. Shamsul Bahrin and me is with Madona Teaching Hospital as Chief surgeon, Oncology Department,www.madonateachinghospital.gq.nu me is need Englsih teacher for me family, me wife Yana and Two children Ewan and Kamal, is not good in speak and write englsih since they is travel to Nigeria from we country malaysia,

me is need teacher to teach them, and is very very important for me me children is learn english, so me is offer pay you $4,000.00 USD monthly for you salary, you is have a private live in or live out accomodation depend on you own choice ok with private living room,bathroom and sitting room, you is have a Television Set, an Internet Ready Computer System and a Fixed Landline telephone. If you is able drive, you can let

us know so that we can arrange a vehicle that you would use. if you is interest contact me or you is able send me sms at with you email and me is contact you, so we is talk of the conditions well well

Cheers and more power

Dr. Shamsul Bahrin And Family

They got my e-mail from ajarn .com

Edited April 17, 2008 by colino

[tolsti]

Well done grantbkk....... you have just told the scammer that your email address is indeed an active address and you can be sure to receive more as he passes your address to all his mates.

The easiest way to deal with them is to ignore the message, tempting though it is to reply. You will eventually fall off his mailing list.

[micksterbs]

Well done grantbkk....... you have just told the scammer that your email address is indeed an active address and you can be sure to receive more as he passes your address to all his mates.

The easiest way to deal with them is to ignore the message, tempting though it is to reply. You will eventually fall off his mailing list.

Well, yeah but it gave grantbkk a bit of a laugh, didn't it?

[grantbkk]

Well done grantbkk....... you have just told the scammer that your email address is indeed an active address and you can be sure to receive more as he passes your address to all his mates.

The easiest way to deal with them is to ignore the message, tempting though it is to reply. You will eventually fall off his mailing list.

Well, yeah but it gave grantbkk a bit of a laugh, didn't it?

Micksterbs! You get it. I wrote the criminal a note back that had a humorous twist for some of us. I'm sure most of it will be lost on Mr. Adams but I thought it may make a couple of people smile here on TV. As far as Mr. Adams and his ilk having my email address, I have filters for that sort of thing and do not fear electronic persecution from semi educated thieves.

Cheers!

[YangYaiEric]

These <deleted> Nigerian scammers should ALL have their nuts cut-off with with a rusty razor and stuffed down their throats!!! They REALLY give the African people such a bad name in Thailand!

[jstumbo]

Micksterbs! You get it. I wrote the criminal a note back that had a humorous twist for some of us. I'm sure most of it will be lost on Mr. Adams but I thought it may make a couple of people smile here on TV. As far as Mr. Adams and his ilk having my email address, I have filters for that sort of thing and do not fear electronic persecution from semi educated thieves.

Cheers!

I think you need to update your spam filter software if it let that letter through.

Edited April 18, 2008 by jstumbo

[Gary A]

They stole that scam from the Brits. A Brit friend of mine won the British lottery. All he had to do was to forward the money to cover the couriers travel expenses. It was a bit more than $300 but since he won 8 million pounds he could afford it.

[micksterbs]

Well done grantbkk....... you have just told the scammer that your email address is indeed an active address and you can be sure to receive more as he passes your address to all his mates.

The easiest way to deal with them is to ignore the message, tempting though it is to reply. You will eventually fall off his mailing list.

Well, yeah but it gave grantbkk a bit of a laugh, didn't it?

Micksterbs! You get it. I wrote the criminal a note back that had a humorous twist for some of us. I'm sure most of it will be lost on Mr. Adams but I thought it may make a couple of people smile here on TV. As far as Mr. Adams and his ilk having my email address, I have filters for that sort of thing and do not fear electronic persecution from semi educated thieves.

Cheers!

A lot of very serious people on here, mate.

[micksterbs]

Micksterbs! You get it. I wrote the criminal a note back that had a humorous twist for some of us. I'm sure most of it will be lost on Mr. Adams but I thought it may make a couple of people smile here on TV. As far as Mr. Adams and his ilk having my email address, I have filters for that sort of thing and do not fear electronic persecution from semi educated thieves.

Cheers!

I think you need to update your spam filter software if it let that letter through.

Well, I should imagine the OP has a filter that simply files spam into its own folder rather than automatically deleting it. Filters aren't perfect and sometimes they'll file something under SPAM that isn't and vice-versa. I always cast my eyes over the contents of the spam folder before deleting anything; I just don't click on any links. Actually, that's not true; sometimes I'll deliberately click on one purely to test my anti-virus software.

[grantbkk]

Micksterbs! You get it. I wrote the criminal a note back that had a humorous twist for some of us. I'm sure most of it will be lost on Mr. Adams but I thought it may make a couple of people smile here on TV. As far as Mr. Adams and his ilk having my email address, I have filters for that sort of thing and do not fear electronic persecution from semi educated thieves.

Cheers!

I think you need to update your spam filter software if it let that letter through.

Well, I should imagine the OP has a filter that simply files spam into its own folder rather than automatically deleting it. Filters aren't perfect and sometimes they'll file something under SPAM that isn't and vice-versa. I always cast my eyes over the contents of the spam folder before deleting anything; I just don't click on any links. Actually, that's not true; sometimes I'll deliberately click on one purely to test my anti-virus software.

Absolutely correct. I found the original message in my Junk File. When I clicked on it I received a message that the active links had been deactivated and that if I wanted to activate these features I would have to move the message to the my "In Box" which I declined to do.

[Dave the Dude]

Hi GrantBKK

Thank you for posting your comical story.

Have you ever considered invoicing Mr Adams for your consultancy fee. With your help, he could vastly improve his operations no end !!

Dave

[dr_Pat_Pong]

These <deleted> Nigerian scammers should ALL have their nuts cut-off with with a rusty razor and stuffed down their throats!!! They REALLY give the African people such a bad name in Thailand!

Only in Thailand ?