The Nigerian Scammers Have Invaded The FBI

I'm curious as to how many people are getting messages like this. I found it in my junk mail this morning:

Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.Federal Bureau Of Investigation.Seattle, Washington. Telephone Number : (206) 973-2572

ATTN: BENEFICIARY

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.


Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD has been deposited with Bank Of America.


We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -


(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America )
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address )


The total amount for everything is $500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. Benson Edward ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:


CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. BENSON EDWARD

E-MAIL ADDRESS:
bensonedward1974@gmail.com

Telephone Number : +234-808-250-7237

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

FULL
NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT
NUMBER:

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $500.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $500.00 ONLY to Mr. Benson Edward via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).

Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Director- Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National Security

FBI Director Robert
Mueller.




Authorized Signature

NSB SEAL ABOVE
NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Benson Edward via contact information provided above and make the required payment of $500.00 to information in which he shall provide to you.



Well, after looking around a bit I see that the D.C. Office knows something about it, and the FBI homepage makes a mention as well. Seeing how they knew this since last December, I'm surprised that the newspapers haven't made some noise.

FYI: Currently, the special agents in Seattle are: Special Agent-in-Charge Laura M. Laughlin, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge David C. Gomez, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Steven M. Dean and Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Ronald Twersky.

And while we're on the subject of the FBI: anyone remember this story in the news? I'd think the murder of a US Attorney would make some headlines, even in the wake of the 9/11 Attacks.

Comments

Leon said…
This scam comes over my e-mail everyday. I was involved with a Nigerian scam 2 years ago. This is very similar, but the FBI did not send that to you. Because of them my bank closed my account, my e-mail address was frozen, and I had to change everything. I came to my senses and wrote a book on scams and fraud. www.eloquentbooks.com/ScammersAmongUsBeware.html. This book will help keep you safe from scam artists forever.LeonCarey,leoncarey@gmail.com

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