Venditoris: Beware of Scams

Here’s a very recent email.

See if you can spot some of the clues that tip one off to the fact that this is a crude attempt at Yet Another Nigerian Letter (YANL) Scam.

THINK!
Hint: Is it Fedex Courier Servic or FEDEX or Fedex Express Delivery?

Hint: Mr.Ahmed Zafa,

Hint: rev dr ugo odili or REV DR UGO ODILI

Hint: email addresses ending in cz and fr (They are two different countries and neither is Benin!)

Hint: Any others you can spot? I see several beginning with the fact that this email is addressed to someone else. I am certainly not the “Dear” to whom he would entrust even a wooden Rand, Yen, Euro, Buck or Loonie.

If you must fall for this scam, try asking him to send you cash in a double sealed envelope first to test his good faith

(Hey: he claims to have faith in you, the unnamed ‘Dear”. Why shouldn’t you ask him to earn your trust and faith in return before you send him any information- after all, who is he?),

Better yet: Label this as “Spam”, that’s what it is, and TOSS it and all like it into your trash bin.

Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 13:13:16 +0200
From: frankjames1@centrum.cz
Subject: NOW CONTACT FEDEX FOR YOUR PACKAGE
To:

Hello Dear ,

Good day, How are you today? I am writing to inform you that I have deposited your Cheque Draft with Fedex Courier Servic Company Benin and this is the tag no given to me FCSCBnnnnn.And I went to the bank to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire . But Mr.Ahmed Zafa the manager of Eko Bank.Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire. So I told him to cash $1.3Million USA Dollars all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $1.3Million USA Dollars in cash was made with Fedex Express Delivery Company.

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