Scam Money Transfers: James Grant / Mr. Prosper Efe or Mr. Fred Efe or MR. MARK DAVES or Fred Hills or Mr. Fred Taylor

Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - An "unfinished transaction" with James Grant, Mr. Prosper Efe or Mr. Fred Efe or MR. MARK DAVES or Fred Hills or Mr. Fred Taylor
fedex delivery company

Did you receive an email from a "James Grant" who  says to contact Mr. Prosper Efe or Mr. Fred Efe or MR. MARK DAVES or Fred Hills or Mr. Fred Taylor and "fedex delivery company" regarding an "unfinished transaction"? The scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. If this email out-of-the-blue from an unknown foreigner offering to pay you absurd amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then you really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and familiarize yourself with their approach. Honestly, this particular scam is so riddled with gibberish, lousy grammar, pathetically illogical statements and grossly unprofessional phrases, that you would have to be an absolute idiot to fall for it.

James Grant and Mr. Prosper Efe or Mr. Fred Efe or MR. MARK DAVES or Fred Hills or Mr. Fred Taylor (not their real names, obviously, and probably the same person) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.  If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!

Notice (highlighted below) some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:

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Scam email:

Dear Friend,

How are you today? I hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition.

I am using this opportunity to thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transaction and transfer of your international bank draft cheque to you from the bank, I am sorry for presenting and using  someone else in your name to get this transaction successful.

Due to logistic reasons and your inconsistence best known to you. Right now, I want to inform you that I have successfully cleared the bank  draft check fund to someone else account who was capable of assisting me in  this great venture.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed  at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $750,000.00 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS).

I have authorized Mr. Prosper Efe where I deposited the money with to issue you international certified bank draft, cashable cheque at your  bank or anywhere as choice felt. My dear friend I will like you to contact  Mr.

Prosper Efe for the collection of this international certified bank  draft.

His name and contact address is as follows:

Contact Agent Mr. Fred Efe

Phone:  234 70-23012140

Email: fred_officer4@yahoo.dk

Contact Mr. Mr. Fred Efe At the moment, I'm very busy here in Athens  Greece because of the investment projects, which my new partner and I are  having at hand In Greece. Finally remember that I have forwarded instructions  to Mr. Mr. Fred Efe on your behalf to send the bank draft cheque of $750,000.00 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS).

to you as soon as you contact him without delay.

Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart.

Thanks God bless you and your family.

Sincerely,

James Grant 

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And then a follow-up email from the scammer, using still different contact names and gibberish; it appears to be unrelated to the first email, yet it came in response to teh vicitim asking "how much is the shipping charge?"

James Grant <myoga@msnmadness.com> wrote:

Plot 5,Okoi Way,
Victoria Island,
Lagos Nigeria.
Direct Line: +234-807521-7207.
EMAIL: f_shipping_company1@yahoo.fr
DATE: 9/01/2008.

Customers Service Hours--Monday To Saturday: Office Hours Monday To Saturday:

Attention, Attention, Attention.

The fedex delivery company are hereby passing an essential massage to all
our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers
residential address to avoid wrong delivery.

This is the fedex delivery company mailing you as per your parcel that was
brought to this company to be delivered to you by one Mr.james hills along
the delivery process there came a misunderstanding between you and the
Nikon Insurance Company in regard of their request as per their insurance
certificate which happens to be course of your parcel pending for the past
one year. Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the fedex
delivery company has finalized everything with the Nikon Insurance Company
of Nigeria as the company organization has also listed 24 valuable
parcel's to be intact in their office after the released of the parcel's
from the Nikon Insurance Company.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contain the
sum of 200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars) is among the 24 parcel's
listed which is now in out office and also with your name as the receiver
despite that we lost your private residential address, which is an
indication that you can now re-send your residential address back to the
fedex delivery company where your parcel can be delivered to you without
hesitation with this e-mail (f_shipping_company1@yahoo.fr) Meanwhile
remember that the sender of this parcel Mrs. Sandra Williams & Jennifer
Faith still owes this company the sum of 100 Pounds before the incident
occurred, know you that this company has spent out of their incomes in the
process of recovering back your parcel's So dear customer we once again
appreciate your patronage in our favor.
Without hesitations you are to pay the required sum of 120usd via Western
Union Money Transfer or Money Gram so that your parcel can be delivered to
your residential address before it accumulate a demurrage after one week
only, as you know your parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a
huge amount and I think you understand what I mean by accumulating
demurrages? Which you will not allow to happen to your recovery parcel
that was almost gone if not for the love that the good God.

We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days
time and it will get to your door step the second OR third day as soon as
this company receive the balance left by your sender and the tracking
number of your parcel will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so that
you can track it yourself to see your parcel coming on the way and you
will also know when it will arrive at your country because we operate in
trust and loyalty in your favor. And also the fedex delivery Company is
hereby to inform all their customers by eradicating all their
communication with the scam mails that are going all-over the world be
careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with
their evil plans.swift provides access to a growing global marketplace
through a network of supply chain, transportation, and business related
information services.

PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE MR. MARK DAVES.
SENDERS NAME-------
RECIEVERS NAME------ MARK DAVES
SENDERS COUNTRY-----
RECIEVERS COUNTRY----LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION------------WHO IS KING
TEXT ANSWER---------------. JESUS
AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------120usd
AND ALSO WITH THE CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN)

Swift is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that
revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 30
years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of company's -a
FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
Mr. Fred TAYLOR.FEDEX DELIVERY MANAGING DIRECTOR.
For the Ikeja Branch Manager
fedex delivery company Lagos -Nigeria.
 

 

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