Scam Alert: Email Received: Subject Line: This is to notify you that your Recompense fund as approved by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Date Received: 19 November 2020 at 4:43 PM

Easy Identification of Scam

• Sender's name: "Barr. JOHN. M DAVID"
• Sender's email: davidbarrjohnm@gmail.com
• Scam: Phishing (they want money upfront)
• Email signed by: MR.AHMED YAKI Postman, Regular Mail Post Office Cotonou Benin.
• Email Subject Line: This is to notify you that your Recompense fund as approved by the Federal Reserve Bank.
• Scam Lure: ATM card worth $17.5Million united state dollars
• Peculiarity: The fedex website did indicate that there was a shipment in transit. This is good enough for you to fall prey to the scam and send them the money.

Image of scam email received by me

Image of Tracking id on Fedex.com

What should you do?

Do not pursue and delete the email.