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Most ludicrous scam email I've had so far, here it is, word for word.
important message from ( FBI ) From: ![]() ![]() Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.C Telephone Number : (425)-606-4401 ATTN: BENEFICIARY This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo ofthe Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, none officials of Zenith Bank and some impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation agents. During our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment. So therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in the total amount of $800,000.00 USD which will be deposited into an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw funds anywhere of the world. You now have the lawful right to claim your funds which have been deposited into the ATM CARD. Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been involved in this transaction, you are now to be rest assured that this transaction is legitimate and completely risk-free as it is our duty to Protect and Serve citizens of the United States Of America. All you have to do is immediately contact the ATM CARD CENTER via E-mail for instructions on how to procure your Approval Slip which contains details on how to receive and activate your ATM CARD for immediate use to withdraw funds being paid to you. We have confirmed that the amount required to procure the Approval Slip will cost you a total of $200 USD which will be paid directly to the ATM CARD CENTER agent via Western Union Money Transfer / MoneyGram Money Transfer. Below, you shall find contact details of the Agent whom will process your transaction: CONTACT INFORMATION NAME: MR. PAUL SMITH EMAIL: pailsmtp73@gmail.com Immediately contact Mr. Paul Smith of the ATM Card Centre with the following information: Full Name: Address: City: State: Zip Code: Direct Phone Number: Current Occupation: Bank Name: Annual Income: Once you have sent the required information to Mr. Paul Smith he will contact you with instructions on how to make the payment of $200 USD for the Approval Slip after which he will proceed towards delivery of the ATM CARD without any further delay. You have hereby been authorized/guaranteed by the Federal Bureau Of Investigation to commence towards completing this transaction, as there shall be NO delay once payment for the Approval Slip has been made to the authorized agent. Once you have completed payment of $200 to the agent in charge of this transaction, immediately contact me back so as to ensure your ATM CARD gets to you rapidly. FBI Director Robert Mueller. NOTE: To ensure you have been AUTHORIZED to pay the required fee's stated above, kindly find below an Authorized Signature band also our Federal Bureau Of Investigation NSB ( National Security Branch ) Seal to accurately guarantee your safety towards completing this transaction. |
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Just the other day I got a well done paypal e-mail scam. I mean REALLY well done.
Obviously the entire thing was BS and anyone alert to scams would know it was, but that thing is going to catch huge numbers of e-noobs. That "we'll delete your account after 72 hours thing" is going to instantly alert anyone even remotely aware of how scams work. But it'll also catch a lot of idiots. The number of mistakes on the e-mail were fairly minimal. Seriously though, these Nigerians need to get an American to proofread their stuff. If they fixed the few mistakes in there it would be flawless. Here's a copy of it: http://www.wolves.us/ppscam.pdf |
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Sounds legit.
BTW, check out a scam email I got when I was trying to sell my PS3 on eBay. http://www.wiznillyp.com/files/GmailPaypalScam.pdf This is my favorite part: This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED/DEPOSITED into escrow account" but this is international shipment, your account will not be a credited until the shipment tracking number is sent to us for shipment verification so as to secure both the seller and the buyer. Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited. You are to send the shipment tracking number through our customer service helpline (info.paypalcustomeraccount@emailaccount.com) and our customer service care will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment's tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller, the money will be credited to your account. Do not send to the buyer the reference/tracking number for the safety of your money. |
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Sounds legit. |
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