FBI verifying your lottery winnings!

What can I say - the scammers get more bizarre with their ideas daily.
Western Union + free web email reply address + email lottery = scam

From: Robert Mueller
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: Important Alert - FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington.
Telephone Number : (206) 973-2572

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 $97,650.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. 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 the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $97,650.00 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 )

(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address and this fee includes Insurance )

The total amount for everything is $525.75 (Five Hundred-Twenty Five and 75/100 US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $525.75 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.

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: [email protected]

You 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 $525.75 in order to immediately ship your prize of $97,650.00 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 $525.75 ONLY to Mr. Benson Edward via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $97,650 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 Branch) seal.


FBI Director
Robert Mueller.

NSB Seal



Authorized Signature



NSB SEAL ABOVE

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 $525.75 to information in which he shall provide to you.

'Verifying' a UBA scam, which of course is rubbish. Hmm... $8,75 - I think they may have missed out a '0' or two

----- Original Message -----
From: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:52 AM
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.

Washington Field Office Banner with FBI Seal linking to FBI Home
Assistant Director in Charge
Joseph Persichini, Jr
Anti-Terrorist and Monitary Crimes Division.

Mr. Victor Collins
OFFICER IN-CHARGE:
FBI Africa Internet Fraud Watch/Alert

[email protected]

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
J. EDGAR. HOOVER BUILDING WASHINGTON D.C

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.

FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET

The Federal bureau of investigation (FBI WASHINGTON DC IN CONJUNCTION with the Economic and financial crimes (EFCC) have observed the transaction you have with UNION BANK OF NIGERIA. We are contacting you to go ahead and deal with them as we are monitoring all their services with the NIGERIA EFCC and OFFICE OF PRESIDENT of NIGERIA as part of our ongoing deep cover investigation.

We are now directing you make the requested payment of this money and send it to them immediately. We are here to see that you are not SCAMMED. We are here to protect your interest and to see that you recieve your fund as promised. So do not be afraid of anything as long as we are concerned, you must recieve your money, try and send the money to them as soon as is possible. As soon as you pay a fee of US$8,75 we are asure you that you will receive your money to your doorstep without delay.


THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.


VICTOR COLLINS

NIGERIAN CONSULATE TO THE FBI

[email protected]


ROOM 7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20535
FBI Seal

FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller, III

HaHa!
I see "Director Mueller" is making good use of the resources at the [email protected] to reassure lottery winners that they can safely send their money to Nigeria!

Our "tax dollers" hard at werk!

Anti-Terrorist And Monetory 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: http://www.fbi.gov
Telephone Number : (206) 973-2572


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 $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. 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 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 issued by Bank Of America Check.

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 )
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address )

The total amount for everything is $500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $500.00 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 ( MR.Alejandro Ricco ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. Alejandro Ricco
E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]


You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:


FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
MONTHLY INCOME:
OCCUPATION:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $500.00 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 $500.00 ONLY to Mr. Alejandro Ricco 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).

RE:
Special Agent.
Washington DC FBI.
Room, 7367
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001


Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Director- Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National Security Branch Seal)

NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Alejandro Ricco via contact information provided above and make the required payment of $500.00 to information in which he shall provide to you


On personal note, I love to ruin these people's days.
-Tell them gambling is against your religion so you have to forfeit your winnings
-If they claim someone with your last name has died...tell them that you are now divorced and there are several other relatives closer in line than you and that you would be subject to any number of lawsuits for accepting money that was not yours after being divorced.
----These people are really so freaking ignorant. I know scams will probably always exist, but I really wish they'd wise up and find something completely new. The stupidity level has really got quite boring in playing with them