Another One Of Them There Email Scams!

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So I get those damned Nigeria emails ALL the time and I consistently spam them. Today I got one that ALMOST got me! Straight from the email:

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001

DATE: 08/10/2009

ATTENTION FUND BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL ADVICE FROM THE FBI

IT HAS COME TO OUR NOTICE THAT THE C.B.N BANK NIGERIA DISTRICT HAS RELEASED US$2,500,000.00 INTO BANK OF AMERICA IN YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY, BY INHERITANCE MEANS. THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES TO EFFECT THIS PAYMENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO YOUR ACCOUNT, USED WHAT WE KNOW AS A SECRET DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT PAYMENT S.T.D.P TO PAY THIS FUND THROUGH WIRE TRANSFER, THEY USED THIS MEANS TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENT.

THEY ARE STILL, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM YOU ON THE ALREADY TRANSFERRED FUNDS, WHICH WAS MADE IN DIRECT TRANSFER SO THAT THEY CAN DO FINAL CREDITING TO YOUR ACCOUNT. SECRET DIPLOMATIC PAYMENTS ARE NOT MADE UNLESS THE FUNDS ARE RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WHY MUST YOUR PAYMENT BE MADE IN SECRET TRANSFER, IF YOUR TRANSACTION IS LEGITIMATE, IF YOU ARE NOT A TERRORIST, THEN WHY DID YOU NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, THIS IS A PURE CODED MEANS OF PAYMENT.

DUE TO THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND UNNECESSARY SCRUTINY BY THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES WHEN FUNDS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF EUROPE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THE F.B.I BANK COMMISSION FOR EUROPE HAS STOPPED THE TRANSFER ON ITS WAY TO DELIVER PAYMENT OF $2,500,000.00 TO DEBIT YOUR RESERVE ACCOUNT AND PAY YOU THROUGH A SECURED DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT ACCOUNT (S.D.T.A). WE GOVERN AND OVERSEES FUNDS TRANSFER FOR THE WORLD BANK AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.

WE ADVICE YOU CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY, AS THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND ARE BEING HELD IN OUR CUSTODY, UNTIL YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) WITHIN 3 WORKING DAYS FROM THE WORLD LOCAL BANK THAT AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER FROM WHERE THE FUNDS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM TO CERTIFY THAT THE FUNDS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE FROM NIGERIA ARE TERRORIST/DRUG FREE WE SHALL RELEASE THE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

SO TO THIS REGARDS YOU ARE TO RE-ASSURE AND PROVE TO US THAT WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE IS A CLEAN MONEY BY SENDING TO US THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) TO SATISFY TO US THAT THE MONEY YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE IS LEGITIMATE AND REAL MONEY. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENT TO US, WE WILL TAKE PROPER ACTION AGAINST YOU FOR NOT PROVING TO US THE LEGITIMACY OF THE FUND YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE.

THIS CONDITION IS VALID UNTIL 11TH OF OCCTOBER 2009 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELING THE PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGES YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING FUNDS OUT OF NIGERIA. GUARANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT.

SIGNED
ROBERT MUELLER
FBI DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
FBI-WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE
601 4TH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20535

Very impressive Mr. & Mrs. Scam Artists!!!!!! Now this one is kinda creepy when it gets to the part about being charged with crimes if you don’t comply to the instructions in the email. Yea, I am not in the mood to go to prison today. Just saying! But once you get past that initial shock and really LOOK at this email you see a problem.
First off, why do they address me as “Fund Beneficiary”? I mean if the FBI is looking for someone they would have the decency to address me as Mrs P. Jeesh I might be a criminal but I can be shown manners! Secondly, you don’t exactly offer up “OFFICIAL ADVICE FROM THE FBI” and then later state “WE WILL TAKE PROPER ACTION AGAINST YOU FOR NOT PROVING TO US THE LEGITIMACY OF THE FUND YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE”. That’s not advice. That would be like a cop shouting to a running suspect “I advise you to stop before I release the dogs”. Lastly, and this should be the most obvious problem with the email, Government agencies DO NOT EMAIL YOU! Ok maybe some of you out there in cyberland think that the US Government has a monopoly on the internet and has access to every person’s email, but your wrong. Yea…..no….not happening. I mean come on, think about it. Do cops email drug dealers and advise them they will be at their home on Wed at 3 pm? Ok bad example, maybe in Hollywood or some really fucking crooked cops would. But actually the majority wouldn’t.
 
By the way, you can see on the FBI website that they have warned about this scam. If you get this scam, be sure to tell everyone you know about this and DON’T FALL FOR IT!


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