An
Email with the Subject "Fw: ATTN: SCAMMED VICTIMS" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:53:12 -0800
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--- On Fri, 2/13/09, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION <garylevine@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION <garylevine@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
From: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION <garylevine@optusnet.com.au> Subject: ATTN: SCAMMED VICTIMS To: Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 1:36 PM
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY 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
Website: www.fbi.gov
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 of the Central Bank Of Nigeria,
Mr. Patrick Aziza, none officials of Oceanic Bank, none officials of Zenith Bank
and some impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation agents and
EFCC and ICPC. 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. 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.
We also noticed that some imposter has been claiming to be one of our offices;
I want you to stop anything you have with any of them and proceed with Dr. James
Kalu of ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC, who is the only person in change of this matter.
All you have to do is immediately contact the ECO BANK 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, it will cost you a total of $496 USD which will be
paid directly to the ECO BANK ATM CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT via Western Union
Money Transfer /MoneyGram Money Transfer.
Below, you shall find contact details of Dr. James Kalu of ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC
whom will process your transaction from Federal Minister of Finance: We have
agreement with the federal government of Nigeria that you must pay for the
approval slip for them to confirm that you are the real possessor of this card.
CONTACT ECO BANK ATM CARD DEPARTMENT.
NAME: DR. JAMES KALU
CELL PHONE: +234-708-006-4544
EMAIL: ecobanatmdept@msn.com
Immediately contact Dr. James Kalu of the ATM Card Centre with the following
information:
Full Name: Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Direct Phone Number:
Current Occupation:
Contact code 009, use this code and contact Dr. James Kalu because of the
impostors in Nigeria. Once you have sent the required information to Dr. James
Kalu he will contact you with instructions on how to make the payment of $496
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 $496 to the agent in charge of this
transaction, immediately contact us back for more investigation for confirmation
of your ATM card. The both offices are working 24hours to get this project
complete.
Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau Investigation
Director, FBI