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Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation..Attention Beneficiary
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 (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 are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery Company website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
Name LINDBERG:DHL Tracking Number 1426425615 (http://www.dhl.com/)
Name :PITELIS :UPS Tracking Number h8433223480 (http://www.ups.com/)
Name: GERALD D. WARNER FedEx Tracking number 875777537332 (http://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 $280 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 $280only.
Dr.Lord Reuben (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Dr.Lord Reuben
Email: info@cbnatmcarddept.net.tf
Do contact Dr.Lord Reuben 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 $280 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 Mr. Dr.Lord Reuben 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.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Internet Scam: FBI Cyber Crime Scam
Here is a beneficiary scam email that almost overuses all the phrases they could think of to make this email sound legitimate: FBI, Robert Mueller (I wonder how he feels about this), the Cyber Crime Division, Internet Fraud Complaint Center, J. Edgar Hoover - egads. But it all comes down to the same scam steps. They get lots of your identity information and then ask for some fee to release the funds. It's always the same thing.
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This "threat" style scam is really on the rise (which tells you that it's actually effective). But here's a glimmer of hope:
ReplyDeleteIt isn't often enough that I can report on scammers getting caught and being arrested. Not often enough. But yesterday, authorities in the Philippines arrested more than 350 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals in the largest cybercrime crackdown in the country's history. Yea!
What were they up to? They were calling phone numbers in China (using phone over internet) and pretending to be the Chinese police and telling victims their bank accounts were being used for money laundering and to fund terrorist activities. Victims were encouraged to transfer their entire bank balance to a "safe account" provided by the scammers in order to avoid action by the authorities.
Ack.
Over 350 scammers focused on just one scam - in one country (and these are just the ones who were caught!). It's mind-boggling how many must be out there worldwide...
This type of "threat" scam has become VERY popular, which means the scammers are making a ton of money off of them. Here is another variation of the same type of scam:
ReplyDeletePolice are alerting the public to a scam involving people purporting to work for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Police said a scammer will call a person who has ordered prescription medication over the Internet, telling them that the purchase is illegal and that legal action will be taken against them unless they pay a fine.
One victim was told the fine was $5,000, police said.
The victim was told how to pay the fine and that failure to pay it would result in an arrest for illegal drug trafficking.
Police said no DEA agent or law enforcement officer "should ever call members of the public by telephone and ask for money to be paid for a violation of the law."
Wow, almost one year later exactly, I got hit a fresh batch of these emails. Three in my email box today alone.
ReplyDeleteReceived: from alinux04.techavenue.net ([210.1.224.69])
FROM: Robert S.Mueller (fbi@fbi.gov)
Reply-To: robert.s.muellerus@superposta.com
SUBJECT: Re: Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY 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
This is an official advise of U.S. Department of Justice F.B.I
Attention Fund Beneficiary,
There is a Pending Transfer Value of USD10.5M in your name waiting for certification before the transfer can be released in your favor, FBI required FUND IDENTIFICATION RECORD CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE, FBI FUND LEGALITY CERTIFICATE to empower us to transfer This US$10.5Million into your bank account within two working days, you are to secure the FUND IDENTIFICATION RECORD CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE and FBI FUND LEGALITY CERTIFICATE ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE from Nigeria where the US$10.5M originated from.
After providing the documents, The FBI will authorize the Bank of America to transfer US$10.5million to your bank account without further delay because with the provision of these required documents we will clear the fund to be released in your account.
Our mission is to protect you, and your fund from the most dangerous hackers.
For immediate release of the pending payment of US$10,500,000.00, kindly contact the Below agency,they are our Payment Coordinator in Nigeria who work with US Ambassador to Nigeria, and request for FUND IDENTIFICATION RECORD CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE and FBI FUND LEGALITY CERTIFICATE, which will ensure the urgent release of the US$10.5M in your account :
Contact Person: Mr. Anthony Ofoma
Telephone: +2348089350730
Email: anthonyofoma@superposta.com
Office Address: 15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.Nigeria.
We need this Fund Identification Record clearance Certificate and FBI FUND LEGALITY CERTIFICATE as a proof to the below frozen wired transaction ID : 1010253822148 and Be informed that You do not have any rights to receive these US$10.5Milion UNTIL YOU SECURE Fund Identification Record clearance Certificate and FBI fund legality certificate from our payment Coordinator in Nigeria, and this has to be done immediately to enable us certify any irregularities that will empower you have a legal right in receiving this fund from us immediately.
NOTE: Failure to comply with this directives will warrant the seizure of the fund as well as your immediate arrest and further prosecution for allowing the fund come into the state in your name through secret mode of transfer without proper certification from us.
Waiting for your urgent response on this matter.
Yours Sincerely
Robert S. Mueller, III
FBI Director