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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:37 AM Jun 2014

I'm the target of a FBI investigation

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


ATTENTION: FUND BENEFICIARY,

WE BELIEVE THIS NOTIFICATION MEETS YOU IN A GOOD STATE OF MIND AND HEALTH. WE THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) WASHINGTON, DC IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OTHER RELEVANT INVESTIGATION AGENCIES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED THROUGH OUR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE MONITORING NETWORK THAT THE SUM OF $10.500,000.00, HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A BANK BEARING YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY.

YOU ARE BEING CONTACTED BY THE FBI ANTI TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION BECAUSE THE FUND WAS TRANSFERRED WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTATIONS TO PROVE THAT THE FUND IS NOT RELATED TO TERRORIST OR MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES.

FOR SECURITY REASONS AND DUE TO THE LEVEL OF TERRORIST / MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES GOING ON HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU ARE MANDATED TO OBTAIN THE LEGAL WIRING DIST DOCUMENT SO AS TO PROVE TO US THAT YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO TERRORIST OR MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES.

IT MIGHT INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OUT TIME IN SCREENING THROUGH THIS TRANSACTION AS STIPULATED ON OUR PROTOCOL OF OPERATION AND HAVE FINALLY CONFIRMED YOU AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF THE SAID AMOUNT OF $10.500, 000.00.

WARNING: YOU WILL BE ARRESTED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING/ TERRORISM IF THE NEEDED DOCUMENTS ARE NOT OBTAINED WITHIN 48 HOURS, WE WILL ALSO CLOSE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND JAIL YOU, AND ALL YOUR PROPERTIES WILL BE CONFISCATED BY THE FBI IF FOUND GUILTY AS CHARGED.

TO THIS REGARDS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO GET BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

Finally, you are expected to have the CLEARANCE DOCUMENT obtain at a fee of USD Five Hundred and Fifty ($350) from where the FUND originated from to have you and your fund cleared. Only then shall we release your FUND as clean money devoid of any illegality, and you will be free of any involvement. To this end, the funds will be legally credited in your account with immediate effect.

NOTE: THE SAID AMOUNT OF $10.500, 000.00 WILL BE RELEASED INTO ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE UPON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE NEEDED DOCUMENTS FROM YOU.
CONTACT THE AGENT MEANT TO HELP YOU OBTAIN THE DOCUMENT CELL: +1 347-354-1471 (USA)



YOURS FAITHFULLY,

SPECIAL AGENT FRED JONES,
ON BEHALF OF THE FBI DIRECTOR
MR.JAMES B COMEY

OMG I should do what he says!! How did this happen when I don't even have a bank account?

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I'm the target of a FBI investigation (Original Post) JonLP24 Jun 2014 OP
I'd call the number and play along for awhile. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #1
I would totally do that! pipi_k Jun 2014 #9
This is my all time favorite scam-baiter story: Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #12
hahahaha!!! Long, but... pipi_k Jun 2014 #15
I have to warn you that you can waste several hours reading that website. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #18
The "FBI" needs a proofreader Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #2
Personally, I like, "...from where the fund originated from..." magical thyme Jun 2014 #8
Dear Fred struggle4progress Jun 2014 #3
OMG!! Was the letters postmarked from Nigeria? Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #4
The best part is the second to last paragraph jmowreader Jun 2014 #5
About time! whistler162 Jun 2014 #6
You better do it, or else! dr.strangelove Jun 2014 #7
Special Agent Fred Jones? Arkana Jun 2014 #10
That's funny,mine get a lot of those but I've never seen that one. Packerowner740 Jun 2014 #11
Reply to them and explain that you have already spent this money... EnviroBat Jun 2014 #13
im running kind of low blueknight Jun 2014 #14
I always knew your past would catch up with you! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #16
For the record, we have never met or communicated prior to this reply. bluedigger Jun 2014 #17

TexasTowelie

(112,119 posts)
1. I'd call the number and play along for awhile.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:49 AM
Jun 2014

However, you might want to block your phone number when you do it. It might be interesting entertainment. The phone number area code is a Brooklyn/Bronx number.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
9. I would totally do that!
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:56 AM
Jun 2014

In fact, maybe we should all call that number and demand our rightful share

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
15. hahahaha!!! Long, but...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:00 PM
Jun 2014

extremely entertaining!


the guy who got back at the scammer...diabolical!


"detective Juan Trique Ponee"!!!

dead squirrel in a box containing a "burst head"...


Hassin Bin Sober

(26,325 posts)
18. I have to warn you that you can waste several hours reading that website.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:57 PM
Jun 2014

The "hall of shame" photo section where they post photos of scammers is hilarious. They talk the scammers in to sending a photo as a sort of password.

struggle4progress

(118,278 posts)
3. Dear Fred
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 03:51 AM
Jun 2014

I'm monitoring my father's emails for the next few months while he is abroad in Asia, where he hopes to become the oldest man to climb Mt Everest. Normally, my mother handles his affairs when he travels, but one of her aunts recently slipped while re-roofing her guest house, so Mother set off cross-country several days ago on her motorbike to check up on her and discuss the situation with other family members. Mother has become somewhat unpredictable in recent years, and I am afraid no one will know where she is until she actually arrives in Yellowknife, which I hope will be sometime this week but might be as late as next week. I am trying to contact Father's attorney but his phone number seems to have been changed: the number I was given fifteen years ago now rings a brothel somewhere in Nevada. I do regret the inconvenience to you, but I cannot promise to clear this up before mid-July. In view of the extenuating circumstances, please consider an extension

Sincerely

Sonny Boyardee

Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
4. OMG!! Was the letters postmarked from Nigeria?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:03 AM
Jun 2014

My boss used to get letters like this at work. Over the years they have evolved from hand written to typed to word processor to faxes to email. Technology at work.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
5. The best part is the second to last paragraph
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:46 AM
Jun 2014

Are you supposed to send them $550 or $350? And you'd think even the worst 419 scammer would know Americans, like the ones who work at the FBI, don't refer to their own currency as USD.

Now, these 419 scammers...do they work freelance or are there companies that do this?

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
6. About time!
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:12 AM
Jun 2014

Well at least we know part of Mystery Inc. landed on their feet after Shaggy's death last week.

EnviroBat

(5,290 posts)
13. Reply to them and explain that you have already spent this money...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:05 PM
Jun 2014

on three kilo's of fine Columbian spank, and they should express their concerns to the friendly drug cartel leaders that you dealt with.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
17. For the record, we have never met or communicated prior to this reply.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:13 PM
Jun 2014

This is liable to drag all of DU into the FBI's investigation. Thanks a lot!

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