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Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:25 PM Oct 2012

This e-mail my wife just got can't POSSIBLY be a scam, right?



Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
ROBERT S. MUELLER,

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $5,900,000.00(Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).

We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared. Below is a tracking number you can track from Delivery Company website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
Name: GERALD D. WARNER FedEx Tracking number 875777537332 (www.fedex.com)


To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $200 USD only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $200.00 only.

Barrister Stephen Nelson (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Barrister Stephen Nelson
Email: imf.center101@yahoo.com.cn
Phone: +234-705-300-1051
Do contact Barrister Stephen Nelson of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $200.00 via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee.

ROBERT S. MUELLER,
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535



Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Barrister Stephen Nelson of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.



I mean, see how concerned they are about her well-being and financial security? And there's not a grammatical error or misspelled word to be seen.

Oh, and the tracking number is even real! But for something which was delivered to Alden, NY on Oct. 24, 2011. They only missed Las Vegas by a couple thousand miles. And I'm sure that year that somehow slipped in is of no importance.

And I'm not displaying one shred of either.

What any of you may choose to do with the e-mail address in there, which I left intact, is none of my concern...unless you want to share.

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This e-mail my wife just got can't POSSIBLY be a scam, right? (Original Post) Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 OP
You should probably send them her SS number as well. LNM Oct 2012 #1
Well fuck me with a lead pipe and call me Denise, but how about a DNA sample, too? Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #4
the email goes to a Yahoo China account. geardaddy Oct 2012 #2
Thanks for clearing that part up. Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #3
Canada is .ca TrogL Oct 2012 #13
So Chinese fraudsters are using Nigeria as respectable cover? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #14
Haha geardaddy Oct 2012 #16
Congratulations on your windfall MiniMe Oct 2012 #5
Our FedEx guy is named Ben. Iggo Oct 2012 #6
I hope Ben doesn't deliver expensive and breakable stuff by chucking it over fences! Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #12
What a lucky windfall, just in time for Christmas! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #7
Yeah, if only an exit from poverty were that simple. Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #10
Don't forget to send all your credit card and bank account numbers. n/t RebelOne Oct 2012 #8
Great! I see that DU will be getting some new servers and other goodies. BlueJazz Oct 2012 #9
If I ever strike it rich I will definitely pay it forward to some other DU'ers in tough times. Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #11
I'm jealous Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #15
Too bad it's not the Firth of Fifth bank! That one is much more soothing to the ear. Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #19
You sure that's not Fifth Third Bank? jmowreader Oct 2012 #20
Too late! I just changed my name to Ben E Ficiary RedCloud Oct 2012 #17
So, does this mean that ALL YOUR DEBIT CARD ARE BELONG TO US? Systematic Chaos Oct 2012 #18
One Rule to Go By Xyzse Oct 2012 #21

Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)
3. Thanks for clearing that part up.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:31 PM
Oct 2012

I really wasn't sure what the .cn was for. At first I thought Canada, but that didn't really make sense.

Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)
10. Yeah, if only an exit from poverty were that simple.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

It's a good thing my wife and I both have a few brain cells to rub together, because I can see how many desperate people do indeed fall for shit like this.

Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)
11. If I ever strike it rich I will definitely pay it forward to some other DU'ers in tough times.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:38 PM
Oct 2012

Sadly, it ain't gonna happen with this e-mail....

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
15. I'm jealous
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:08 AM
Oct 2012

All I get are messages from the "Third Fifth Bank" telling me that the information on my (non-existent) account needs to be updated.

jmowreader

(50,563 posts)
20. You sure that's not Fifth Third Bank?
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:34 AM
Oct 2012

Fifth Third Bank is in Ohio. It's a legitimate bank, but obviously the messages from them aren't.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
21. One Rule to Go By
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 10:52 AM
Oct 2012

1 - If the note references any sort of African country, know that it is a scam.

It goes from Ghana to Nigeria. It is pretty bad.

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