UPS - ow, my eyes!

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:54 am

This dropped into my catcher account:

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Greetings!
We the management and staff of Multi-National Oil Company have your
email address as a winner in our end of year email ballotting promotion
and have deposited a certified Bank draft of $850.000.00 United States
Dollars with the UNITED POSTAL SERVICE(UPS) for collection, but we did
not hear from you since that time.
Then we went and deposited the Draft with UNITED POSTAL SERVICE(UPS), West Africa.What you have to do now is to contact the UNITED POSTAL SERVICE(UPS)as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, We have paid for the delivery Charges, 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 charges you will send to the UPS to deliver your Draft direct
to your postal Address in your country is ($105.00 USD) Dollars only
being payment for Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company. Again,
don't be deceived y anybody to pay any other money except $105.00USD
Dollars as stipulated by the company.We would have paid that but they
said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case
of any demurrage.
You have to contact the UNITED POSTAL SERVICE(UPS) now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow:
Contact Person: Mr. James Nw3t3g0
Email Address:( [email protected] )
Tel/FAX: +229 9345 7955
Finally, make sure that you re-confirm your Postal address(s) and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your
package over there and know when it will get to your address that you
would provide.
However, 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 only $105.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let
me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.CONTACT UPS FOR YOUR PAKAE ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address that you would provide.However, 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 only $105.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Paul Williams.Director

Point to note: the sender's address was [email protected] - and no, I haven't leeted it.

Captain Mal replied to Dr Williams, ccing Mr Nw3t3go:

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What draft? And what ballot? I haven't received any messages from you previously. Please explain further.

Well, it turns out that Dr Williams/mlchealmoore is a dead end.

But the UPS Lad replies... and it's a doozy, a real eye-waterer:

The actual text reads:

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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE BENIN.
RUE 105 AKPAKPA WAY
COTONOU BUREAU OFFICE, REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
PHONE / FAX: +
E-MAIL:[email protected]
SUB: DELIVERY OF YOUR CERTIFIED CONSIGNMENT.‏‏
DEAR COSTUMER
You are welcome to UNITED POSTAL SERVICES LTD with world wide delivery at its best. We are pleased to be at your service. UNITED POSTAL SERVICES LTD is Regulated and Stipulated by the Delivery Service Authority(DSA),the delivery institutions that REGULATES all delievry activities in the Benin Republic.This office has been Notified by your partner of Your Sealed Cerified Bankers Draft deposited in our company With code (2661428) for the delivery to your nominated as reconfirmed below.
NAME : NEEDED
ADDRESS : NEEDED
TEL : NEEDED
Your mailing address where to deliver your package has been noted with your telephone number as the Delivery fee and in surance of your package has been paid. But you have to pay the SECURITY KEEPING FEE of $105.00 United States Dollars which your Cerified Bankers Draft accumulated since it was under the Safe keeping of the SECURITY DEPARTMENT before we can dispatch your Cargo for delivery today .
=======================================
SECURITY KEEPING CHARGE : $105.00 USD
=======================================
Be Informed that the SECURITY KEEPING FEE of your CONSIGNMENT will keep increasing until you pay the SECURITY DEPARTMENT of the Ups to Release your draft for delivery.
PAYMENT INFORMATION (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER) OR MONEY GRAM .
RECIEVERS NAME : 0f0rka Chr1st1an
COUNTRY : Benin Republic
CITY : Cotonou
QUESTION : In God
ANSWER : We Trust
PAYMENT DETAILS TO SEND TO US
Money transfer control number (MTCN)
Senders Name
Senders address.
MODE OF DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY.
As soon as we Recieve the security keeping fee, Our international Diplomat agent will depart benin with your CONSIGNMENT BOX and your Shipment Airway bill will be sent to you immediatly to track your Cargo to your given address within 48 Hours . Our Diplomat agent will call you on arrival to your country to hand over your draft to you.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE
The information contained in this message is confidential. This message is intended to be read only by the person named above. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this mail and did not request for it please discard with urgency. This mail was sent on behalf of Consignment box delivery in UPS delivery code of Conduct. Registered Trademark
Treat with urgency, Call us +

DR. JAMES NW3T33GO
(FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT UPS BENIN)
UPS COURIER COMPANY LTD,
Regulated by the Delivery Services Authority

Small point of interest: "This message is intended to be read only by the person named above" - the only person named is the one who I'm supposed to send the money to, so I shouldn't have read it...

So Mal writes back:

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There may have been some mistake here - I haven't been able to get confirmation from Doctor Williams on this as his email address seems to be out of action. Perhaps you could ask him to contact me.

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:34 am

do you think he may have been baited before

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We have paid for the delivery Charges, 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

I think he may have filled in an odd form or two Laughing

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:16 pm

Actually another oddity should have caught my eye before...

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DEAR COSTUMER

- I'm a fashion designer now?

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:42 pm

^ I understand M00seknuckle may be looking for agents and they hold some wild parties, get your application in now