CONTACT FEDEX or UPS COURIER SERVICES NOW: This is the new Nigerian scam called and emailed to UCAN
CONTACT FEDEX OR UPS COURIER SERVICES NOW IS THE NEW NIGERIAN SCAM. If you get an email like the one below or a phone call telling you there's money waiting to be delivered to you by UPS, Fed Ex or other delivery services, DON'T RESPOND TO THE EMAIL AND HANG UP ON ANYONE CALLING YOU to say money is waiting for you and shall be delivered C.O.D. "today". Part of the trick is to get you to agree to provide your full name, address, bank name, social security number or any other personal information. UCAN received one call last Friday and I received two emails today. two ucan seniors called to report that they received calls stating UPS was trying to deliver money or checks to them via cash on delivery or C.O.D. Folks, this is a scam and many people have been hurt by it. Ususally, the callers have noticeable foreign accents and can't pronounce your name correctly or ask for another name to get you to provide your real name. Authors of the emails write in a manner that is worded differently than you or I would write or speak.
One of the emails I received today is as follows:
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER SERVICES NOW
Good day!
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirm able Bank Draft of $2,500.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now.Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.James Adams the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hands that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $2,500.000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of January 2009.
What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you. For your information, They accepted cash on delivery C.O.D But insisted that the security fee most be paid before the delivery will commence.So the only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($120.00 US)One Hundred and Five United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.
Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $120.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of dumorage.You have to contact FED EX COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your consignment with this information bellow;
Directors Name: Rev. Maxwell Shargan
Company's Name: FEDEX COURIER SERVICES COMPANY
Telephone--( +229-93861 888 / +229-9387 2226 )
Email Address: (fedexcourierservice47@gmail.com)
1.YOUR FULL NAME..............
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS...........
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER........
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.............
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE..........
6.NATIONALITY..........
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to send your airway bill and keep you updated on the arrival of your consignment and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay or increase in the dumorage and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $120.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the Box.I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let them know that box contents money please. Finally, Endeavor to indicate this CODE (FDX0081) which will prove that you are the owner of the Consignment i deposited in there company, Hoping you have a wonderful season.
Yours Faithfully,
MR EDITH NELSON.
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