Beware all, I received this today in my email. I couldn't imagine why the F.B.I. would be trying to contact me so I opened the email and lo and behold you will find another way in which these "scammers" will try to get to innocent and gullible people's money.
I am not going to even bother calling the F.B.I. to inquire on this rather I will call and find out who is in charge of this type of correspondence and forward it along to them.
Read the below correspondence and beware!!
ROBERT MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
Email: swan_federalbureauofinvestigation@live.com
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
ATTENTION:
We the Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington, DC in
conjunction with some other relevant security Agencies here in the United
states of America have recently been informed through our Global
intelligence monitoring network that you presently have a transaction going on
with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), regards to your over-due contract
payment which was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly.
It might interest you to know that we have taken our time in screening
through this contract payment notification as stipulated on our
protocol of operation, and have finally confirmed that your contract payment
is 100% genuine and legal with due process of law, and it is as well
free from all illegal activities, which you have the lawful right to claim
your fund without any further delay. Having said all this, we will
further advise, that you should go ahead in dealing with the Central Bank
office accordingly as we will be monitoring all their services
accordingly with our intelligent monitoring network device, and with your
cooperation.
furthermore, we want to place this on your notice that we recently had
a meeting with the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
in the person of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Mr. Emakpo Sam Banks along
with some of the top officials of the Ministry regarding your case and
they made us to understand that your file has been held in abase
depending on when you personally come for the claim. They also told us that
the only problem they are facing right now is that some unscrupulous
element are using this project as an avenue to scam innocent people off
their hard earned money by impersonating the Executive Governor
and the Central Bank office.
We were also made to understand that a lady with name Mrs. Joan C.
Bailey from OHIO and another person named as Mr. machovina Wachovia who
reside in Missouri as well has already contacted them and also presented
to them all the necessary documentations evidencing your claims,
claiming to have been signed personally by you prior to the release
of your contract fund valued at about US$10,000,000.00 (Ten million
united states dollars), but the Central Bank office did the wise thing by
insisting on hearing from you personally before they go ahead on wiring
your fund to the Bank information which was forwarded to them by the
above mentioned names, the main reason, we the federal bureau of
investigation were contacted by the CBN is to assist them on making some
investigation regards to this issue.
They further informed us that we should inform our citizens, who must
have been informed of the contract payment which was awarded to them
from the Central Bank of Nigeria, to be very careful prior to these
irregularities so that they don't fall victim to scam. We the FBI are
instructing you personally, that if you were already dealing with anybody or
office claiming to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria, you are
further advised to STOP further contact with them in your best interest and
then, contact immediately the real office of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) only with the below information accordingly:
NAME: PROF. CHUKWUMA SOLUDO (CBN GOVERNOR)
MR. EMAKPO SAM BANKS (FINANCIAL SECRETARY)
OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
TEL: +234-802-987-9593
Email: info.office.me@sify.com
NOTE:
In your best interest, any email or fax that doesn't come from the
above official email address or addresses and phone number should not be
replied to and should be disregarded accordingly for security reasons.
Meanwhile, we will advise you to contact the Central Bank office
immediately with the above email address and request that they attend to you
payment file as directed so as to enable you receive your contract fund
accordingly. Ensure you follow all their procedure as required by them
in order to hasten Up the effective procedures, of transferring your
funds to you as designated by you. Also have in mind that the Central
Bank of Nigeria equally have their own protocol of operation as
stipulated on their banking realm, so any delay could be very dangerous.
Once again, we will advise you to contact them with the above email
address and make sure you forward to them all the necessary information
which might be required from you prior to the release of your fund. All
modality has already been worked out even before you were contacted and
note, that we will be monitoring all your dealings with them as you
proceed so you don't have anything to worry about. All we require from
you henceforth is an update so as to enable us be on track with you and
the Central Bank of Nigeria. Without wasting much time, will want you to
contact them immediately with the above email address so as to enable
them attend to your case accordingly without any further delay astime
is already running out.
Should in case you need any more information in regards to this
notification, feel free to get back to us so in order to brief you more,
because we are here to guide you and serve you better during and after this
contract fund has been completely perfected and you have received your
contract fund as stated. Thanks, for your anticipated cooperation in
advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.
Best Regards,
Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Email: swan_federalbureauofinvestigation@live.com
I have not now or ever had any contact with these Nigerians. I know only too well about these scams as they have been going around for quite some time but had never received one of these that was supposedly from the Feds.
Have you received one of these? Or have you received any others like this lately?? I wish it were true but unfortunatey it isn't and I wanted to pass this along.
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Comments: 86
This is one I haven't seen.
I am glad that you were able to find out that it was indeed a scam.
Just out of curiousity, was the letter from a stateside address or was it from overseas??
It is funny now but it scared the wits out of me!!
Yes I know that it would have had a govt extension in the address and as I said there were several obvious signs that this was a scam and a big one at that!
I will let you know when I receive my winnings from Microsoft, Yahoo, the Nigerians, The Textile Mills, The Italians, and so many others. When I get those millions I will take all of my Gather connections and friends to the Virgin Islands. Hows that for a treat?? ;)
Woo Hoo your FBI/CIA look huh?? Whats up with that?? ;p
FBI does not send e-mail to like that
Unfortunately, there are probably some people that fall for it. :-(
If the FBI wants to contact me they can use the phone or the US mail
I can't believe that there are people that would really fall for this.
Of course, things look legit, but even if your bank initially accepts the deposit, you get ... ahem... fooled and cheated.
No one should ever open up an email, no matter who is says it is from, as government agencies, banks and other legitimate businesses don't send frightening stuff. Sometimes just opening them gives the emailer access to your personal information, so be careful.
TRY TO IGNORE IT AND DON'T OPEN IT..
Seriously, Esther, thanks for sharing. It amazes me (and saddens me) that after all this time, these scams still occasionally succeed.
I get those inheritance ones, the work from home ones, the national lottery ones, the microsoft ones and now the "supposed" banks writing to ask me to change my password because they have been renewing bank records. The fact behind those from the banks could have actually seemed real if I had not known better because I actually have accounts at some of the banks that I am contacted from.
As of yesterday, I am no longer opening anything from anyone that I do not know. This time I have learned my lesson and that is why I posted this as I wanted more people to be aware of the audacity of these people to impersonate the F.B.I.!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for posting to Gatherlicious!
But no, they don't email.
I believe that these people continue to perpetuate this fraud because they know that they are untouchable and as such they keep on keeping on. It is free money and whose the wiser??
Sad but true!
She quickly learned her lesson. ;)
And yes they are fools! There's an old spanish saying that translates to "The extremes that people will go to so as not to have to work!" Sad but true.
Boy did I used to love the X-Files!!
As someone above stated, the fbi's web address ends with .fbi.gov
This one was xxxxxx@live.com. Who the hell is that?
Second of all, the language they use is very Nigerian sounding. Don't you think? The overuse of prepositions is what always cracks me up.
Third, they direct you only to a small handful of people at the Nigerian Central bank, to deal with. If there really was an enormous fee to recover, they'd hold it up to make sure that the funds weren't some Minister scamming money from the government.................which has actually happened numerous times in Nigeria.
Fourth, Robert Mueller doesn't know or care who you are. And the FBI doesn't make a policy of telling the media who they have under investigation or not. They just don't think they need to.............so they don't. To "recommend" one guy in Nigeria to work with at the Central Bank? No, that just doesn't happen.
This was hilarious, however.
How can people still be duped by these amateurs these days?
Everybody has heard of the Nigerian scam by now.
God bless you and please be careful. My thoughts are with you.
I wanted to put this out there so that possibly one person could be saved from losing their money as it seems that I accomplished what I set out to do.
...and how was your day??
<3 Krystal