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Email with the Subject "Fw: Mail From FBI." was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:23:47 -0700
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--- On Sun, 4/12/09, Robert Mueller <info1@washingtondcfbi.us.tc> wrote:
--- On Sun, 4/12/09, Robert Mueller <info1@washingtondcfbi.us.tc> wrote:
From: Robert Mueller <info1@washingtondcfbi.us.tc> Subject: Mail From FBI. To: aluna831@sbcglobal.net Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 10:10 PM
Anti-terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington.
ATTN: BENEFICIARY
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $2.5million USD from a
Lottery Company here in Nigeria. During our investigation we discovered that
your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized
this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be
cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your
behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within your location so
as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay.
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 check will be sign on your name and 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) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer
payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
(2) Shipping fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's
Check to your home address).
The total amount for everything is $475.00 (Four Hundred and seventy five
Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $475.00USD
should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have
already been deposited 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 ( Mr. Benson Edward ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. BENSON EDWARD
E-MAIL ADDRESS: bensonedward3@hotmail.com
Telephone Number : +234-705-847-2645
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
OCCUPATION:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the
required $475.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $2.5million USD via
Certified Cashier's Check drawn from First Irland Bank Nigeria, 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 $475 USD ONLY to Mr. Benson Edward via
information in which he shall send to you.
FBI Director
Robert Mueller.
NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised
to immediately contact Mr. Benson Edward via contact information provided above
and make the required payment of $475.USD to information in which he shall
provide to you.
