Now the Nigerian scam “artists” are impersonating FBI agents. I found this in my junk mail box:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Seattle Office
1110 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-2904
Phone: (206) 350-6981
Fax: (206) 350-6981The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network, that you have an on going transaction with a Financial Institution in Nigeria, as the owner of the said sum $7,500,000.00 USD confirmed on a certified cashier’s check.
So the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) Seattle, Washington in conjunction with The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and has been confirmed and notified that the transaction you have with the Financial Institution is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to claim your due fund. We advise you to go ahead with the transaction as we are monitoring all their services and networks. Be advised that any letter or claims notification received from anybody or company should be forwarded to us with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, you are advised to follow the procedure of the Financial Institution. They have their own legal procedure which we have examined and confirmed legal. Follow their instructions while you keep us updated for more details. You are advised to contact the necessary office for more details of transfer as we are monitoring every move now.
Please, be advised and be aware that your funds had been insured and the necessary charges would be taken care of by you, as confirmed by the Monitoring network. For your own good you are advised to confirm any transaction or lottery promo you have either involved yourself with in the past to enable us trace this scammers. Only the Financial Institution has been confirmed Legal any other are still under investigation, and so many others are scam, most especially from Nigeria and Africa.
You are to contact the EFCC Director of Operation Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde with the information below in regards to more details on your funds.
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde (Director of Operations)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Phone: +234 1 479 0580
E-mail: efcc-ng@live.comIf you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (206) 350-6981.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Robert S. Mueller, III (Director)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
I especially like the warning to be wary of OTHER scams from “Nigeria and Africa”. Well heck, if the FBI says it’s OK it must be. Right? I’m amazed that anyone actually falls for this stuff. That’s one LONG tail on the other side of the bell curve.
I just got this exact same email!
I to received this email. So, I decided to contact my local FBI Agency. I forwarded the email to them at their request. Don’t know if they are able to do anything since it is sent from an overseas country. But we’ll see.
I recieved the same e-mail. I sent a copy to the FBI but have not heard back from them.
I have just got this kind of email I ll be glad if they just gave the money in front and also just give the money to the poor if its a real money please try to find these people and make a real world.
I received the same e-mail. Iam sending the copy to FBI.
I got the same one. I actually looked up the EFCC and saw that Mr. Lamorde is the director of the EFCC and I already knew that Mr. Mueller is the director of the FBI but if he is the director he would be in Washington D.C. and not in the Seattle office. I send them emails back to the original sender and just blast them for tying up my email or send them fake addresses or phone numbers and make up fake bank names with false numbers so they can go through same shit as anybody else.
I won!!!! I just collected all 7.5 million!!!! What a great man Mr. Muller is!!!
Wow….I can’t believe what people will do to scam. If only this knowledge could be used for good instead of evil. Yes, we got it to along with several others leading up to this one. I did alot of research myself and then found this site.
So glad I have a “delete” button.
Great, I just got this e-mail and I am so tired of these types of scams. There are many and most are coming from Africa. I usually reply to them saying “F-ck off thieves!”, then I spam them. Not much else one can do.
Don’t waste time reading the entire junk of emails. Who could buy this? Scams coming not from from Nigeria only, but from all over the world, like China, Europe, etc…
I was only offered 1.5 million. 🙁 I guess Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde was starting to run out of money when I got mine.
What a mess!
Got the same bulshit e-mail, I check with the FBI web site for information if there was a Mr. Mueller to my satisfaction that there was. Now I used Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde same thing, but…Something was wrong; I found lots of info about semilar cases and got to the conclusion is all a scam.
Thank’s to sites like this one.
Dont worry Jonathan, I got offered the same amount as yours;)
Thank you for having this site. This had me going. It actually scared me. I tried getting it checked up by snopes and snopes new nothing about it.
I have received this letter and other letters from the “FBI” and some of them were almost threatening in nature. one stated i was under investigation because of the number of contacts i had with a “foriegn investor” who may or may not be have ties to a terrorist group. i found it odd that the “FBI” would notify me of an on-going investigation using my email. Between “lotteries I’ve won”, “Grants by ‘born again christian’ who are dying”, and “business opportunities”, i get about 30 to 60 of these emails a month and i don’t know how to stopped them from coming.
There is a new twist in this scam, the amount has dropped to 2 million and the senders email address is from an “fbi.gov”. I sent a copy to our local FBI office just in case they were interested in the scamers using an fbi email address. I hope no one falls for this crap!
I just received the same email as Bill with the 2M amount and from an fbi.gov address. I pity the people who are so desperate for money that they actually let themselves put their hopes in these scams. THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH!
CYBER WIRETAP AND FUNDS RECOVERY DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
J.EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, D.C
20535-0001, USA.
Payment Code: R5780906K
Reg No: 132521093
Date: March 02, 2009
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network that you are eligible to receive the sum of $7,500,00.00 USD regarding to an over-due Inheritance/Award payment which was fully endorsed to be paid in your favor.
Therefore, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in conjunction with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and has been confirmed and notified that the transaction you have with the Financial Institution is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to claim your due fund. We advise you to go ahead with the transaction as we are monitoring all their services and networks. Be advised that any letter or claims notification received from anybody or company should be forwarded to us with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, you are advised to follow the procedure of the Financial Institution. They have their own legal procedure which we have examined and confirmed legal. Follow their instructions while you keep us updated for more details. You are advised to contact the necessary office for more details of transfer as we are monitoring every move now.
Please, be advised and be aware that your funds had been insured and the necessary charges would be taken care of by you, as confirmed by the Monitoring network. For your own good you are advised to confirm any transaction or lottery promo you have either involved yourself with in the past to enable us trace this scammers. Only the Financial Institution has been confirmed Legal any other are still under investigation, and so many others are scam, most especially from Nigeria and Africa.
Please contact the Head of Operations Dr. Ferren Rodriguez, Spring Bank Plc.
Dr. Ferren Rodriguez (Head of Operations)
Email: ferrenrodriguez@gmail.com
If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (206) 350-6981.
Sincerely,
John S. Pistole (FBI Deputy Director)
hey fellow computer users there is a fantastic device on our computer its called the DELETE button and the other one is called MAIL CONTROLS you set that one to only allow email from family and friends and other people you trust to not send spam mail to you. maybe if we all put our computers on mail control these nigerian banks fraud scammers will stop with their annoying email crap and get a life …..its worth a try….