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An Email with the Subject "FROM THE OFFICE OF THE FBI" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:54:17 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "ROBERT MUELLER"<john1@fbi.org>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Attn: Beneficiary, It has come to our notice as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that your long awaiting funds worth US$10,500,000.00 only has been transferred to Bank of America to credit to your account. However, we decided to inform you about this good news in other to prepare to receive the huge sum of money with any bank account of your choice. Moreover, we have instructed Bank Of America to hold and we instructed bank of America not to release any details regards until we receive what is called "Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer (DIST) from you to prove the legitimacy of the funds and also to be sure is not for sponsorship of terrorist attack or money laundering which also the above documents also approval from Nigerian federal government. Furthermore, more details and the contact information of above stated certificate responsible issuing officer shall be given to you in my next e-mail. Note that we shall conduct immediate payment cancellation and then charge you for money laundering if fail to adhere to the instructions. The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division processes these requests to check illegal activities in U.S.A. Regards, Robert Mueller, III FBI Director.