Oh, don’t you love it?
Now they’re getting the scams pre-cleared by the FBI!
I just love being referred to as “undisclosed recipient.”
I especially enjoyed the use of the FBI’s seal and Robert Mueller’s signature, as if the director of the FBI personally certifies lottery winners for private organizations, or any organization. All spellings and punctuations just so:
Official FBI Information for You
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 5:05 PM
- Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
935 Pennsylvania Ave, NW- Washington, DC 20535
Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local banks. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD. has been deposited with Bank Of America.
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following –
(1) Deposit Fee’s ( Fee’s paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is – Bank Of America )(2) Cashier’s Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier’s Check )
The total amount for everything is $200.00 (Two Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $200.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you, the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee’s to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( SAMUEL OLIVER ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: SAMUEL OLIVERE-MAIL ADDRESS: sammufbilotto911@sify.comYou will be required to e-mail him with the following information:FULL NAME:ADDRESS:CITY:STATE:ZIP CODE:DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $200.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier’s Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $200.00 ONLY to Mr. Samuel Oliver via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Director- Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National Security
FBI Director
Robert Mueller.
Authorized Signature
NSB SEAL ABOVENOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Samuel Oliver via contact information provided above and make the required payment of $200.00 to information in which he shall provide to you.
Sam, I won’t be responding. The FBI doesn’t offer the service of verifying lottery winners, especially for people who didn’t enter the lottery.
And of course, it’s already been done — this is the same scam I got last February, just presented with a couple of graphics to try to make it look more official. At least they lost the name of their contact, “Peter Water.”
Sure, it’s wire fraud. Is there any way to get any authority to prosecute?
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This is the kind of BS that comes to wopmen and men from Nigeria. What a crock. And they work the romance, eternal love angle well.
I wasn’t able to pay the custom duty fees anymore as the Nigerian port Authority placed additional funds on the clearance fees plus Tax, can you imagine i was meant to pay $40,000 for clearance fees and Tax but i ended up paying $51,500 to port authority clearance office which has never happened in my business before and when i asked about the reason for the increase in the fees they said the additional money was meant for the increase security costs caused by the increase in attacks on vessels on the water ways by sea pirates as well as because of the Global recession. i had no choice and paid it. Now after paying for the clearance fees and Tax, i was asked again to pay for Custom duties,. So i went to the Customs office to pay the fees, When it was my turn on the queue, i was so surprised again when i was charged me $9000 because as at then, i was having a little over $4000 remaining on me after paying the $51,500 for clearance fees, out of the $56,000 i took with me to the port earlier today. Thats why i told you that i had to head back to the suite to see how much i had left at the suite so i could add it to the $4000 on me and use it to pay for the custom duties. When i got back to the suite, i checked for how much i had left and i discovered that i had just a little above $4000, so i still need a little under $1,000 to complete the money on me now. Baby i dont know how this will sound to you but can you please do me this great favor of lending me any amount between $600-$650 to complete the money with me for the Custom duties so i will pay for it first thing tomorrow morning because i really dont know what to do, asking you for helping has made me loose my hope in us as i never thought it was the best thing to do but i do really need you . I am sorry if this will change your schedule or spending plans for the day but i will be so grateful if you can just alter any plans you have a little by just stopping by a western union money transfer centre when you wake up in the morning about 6-7hours from now to send me the funds. If i dont clear the containers today, i will have to start paying a demorage fee (daily rent charge of $2000 on each container that stays in the port) of $6000 daily which is very unnecessary, so the earlier i pay the custom duties and the earlier i get my containers out of the port, the better for my finances cos it will be so unfortunate to have to pay $6000 daily just cos of $800, not very smart-business wise…
I have contacted my clients whose fabrics i am in Nigeria to market and i was told that the over-charge has been paid into my into my bank account back home, so right now, my account has been credited but i cant be paid cash here in Nigeria cos my ATM,Check and even e-Banking is restricted here in Africa. Please let me know how much you can lend me and i will be sure to refund it to you first thing as soon as i land in Australia when i am coming to meet you, i feel so shy to ask you for such a favor, but i have no one else to turn to and i believe so much that you can help me out cos i will do the same thing for you any day, anytime .. I Love you so much and i hope to hear from you when you wake up.
Note ..when i get to back home, i will pay back your money before anything else i promise. Thanks for your care and understanding. God bless you my ever smiling princess….lol… kisses to you from my heart… Emily says hi, she is knows nothing about this baby…I am really sorry about all this and hope you can help me out so i don’t miss this flight..its a wrong thing for me to do but i don’t have a choice sweet..Please don’t think of my as a failure or not the man you wish for,i know this is happening for a reason..i ll be waiting patiently for your ..I already payed for flights honey that’s why i am short of funds
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If there’s anything Nigerians are good at, it is forgery and leaving your real names here will…
Fraud prevention 101 don’t use your real name/details on social networking sites 90% of people get contacted through social networks.
Nigerians and fraud
Stay safe
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Your suggestion is my command, Mr. Rabett — done as you suggested.
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Just send a note to Scam O Rama they love tying one on the boys from Lagos.
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I think it would be more impressive if the Secret Service were blessing this, as they are the bureau which deals with the Nigerian Advance-Fee Fraud cases.
When I publish these in my “Friday 419” series I generally redact the phony contact information. The Secret Service has a reporting site, but they say they are not doing any new investigations. Here’s a site with basic information on "419" fraud fighting. It’s pretty old, but yet very informative.
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