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jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 06:46 PM Oct 2022

OMG! I'm under investigation for tax evasion and money laundering!

Well, according to this email I just got. Lemme show it to ya...

Attention: Beneficiary,

We sincerely apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of certified mail, post-mail, phone, or face-to-face conversation. It's due to the urgency and importance of the security information of our citizens. I am the deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Paul M. Abbate. We intercepted and seized two consignment boxes at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, NY 11430, coming from a foreign I checked the content of the two consignment boxes and found they contained the sum of US$4.1 million dollars in value of certified payment bond. Also, the two consignment boxes had documents with your name on them as the receiver of the package. After questioning the diplomat that accompanied the two consignment boxes into the United States, we learned that he was to deliver these two consignment boxes to your residence as an inheritance/winning prize payment due to you.

The two consignment boxes' paperwork lacks the PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE forms. We confiscated the two consignment boxes and released the diplomat. According to section 229, subsection 31 of the International Commerce Regulators Code Enforcement Guidelines, the sealed envelope lacks PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE. Since the content is valued financial material of such an amount by the joint team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security, you're to reply for direction on how to procure the two consignment boxes and be relieved of the charge of tax evasion, which is a jailable offense under section 12 subsection 441 of the tax code. We will also be asking the IRS to launch an investigation into money laundering if you do not follow our instructions.

You are required to reply within 72 hours. At that point, I will walk you through the process of clearing and claiming the money. Failure to comply may lead to your arrest, interrogation, or being prosecuted in a court of law for tax evasion and/or money laundering. You are also instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in the United States, the United Kingdom, or any part of the world regarding your fund because your payment has been confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation here in the United States.

Yours in Service,
Paul M. Abbate
The Deputy Director of the FBI


The scambuster websites are on this one. Apparently you have to buy the two documents they claim are missing for $550.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna let this one go.
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OMG! I'm under investigation for tax evasion and money laundering! (Original Post) jmowreader Oct 2022 OP
Huh, I got a very similar letter Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #1
It has nearly the same probability of paying out as a Powerball ticket nt Shermann Oct 2022 #2
Well, no ... CloudWatcher Oct 2022 #10
Well, yes. Zero and tiny are nearly the same. nt Shermann Oct 2022 #18
Ya might want to let Paul Abbate's office know that someone is committing Fraud in HIS name. nt TigressDem Oct 2022 #3
I googled his name Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #12
OK however, the ACTUAL Deputy Director of the FBI IS Paul Abbate. TigressDem Oct 2022 #22
What I meant was he's most likely Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #26
Yeah, but you can help with the stats. TigressDem Oct 2022 #27
yes Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #13
Lol Effete Snob Oct 2022 #4
Sign them over to Trump or a televangelist. keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #6
Sign the boxes over to TFG. He will take care of it from Captain Zero Oct 2022 #15
That would scare the fuck out the feeble-minded. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #5
Tppk them long enough! whistler162 Oct 2022 #7
I like playing them along for a while. The Jungle 1 Oct 2022 #8
I'm amazed that the Deputy Director of the FBI knows your personal email FakeNoose Oct 2022 #9
Scam University bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #11
I thought they closed Trump Univ rpannier Oct 2022 #17
Maybe they run a Nigerian Email Certificate night degree program? bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #20
Report Scams IronLionZion Oct 2022 #14
This would be the tip-off to me that this was a definite scam rpannier Oct 2022 #16
So people really believe this BS? BlueIdaho Oct 2022 #19
Paul Abbate... WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2022 #21
Not so fast, buster. COL Mustard Oct 2022 #23
Is this the new version of the nigerian prince? niyad Oct 2022 #24
I'm surprised at how well written the thing is n/t gristy Oct 2022 #25
Huh.... Chellee Oct 2022 #28

Farmer-Rick

(10,206 posts)
1. Huh, I got a very similar letter
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 06:57 PM
Oct 2022

About a month ago in my email too.

I love how they threaten you with arrest, interrogation and prosecution for some obviously imaginary $4.1 million. Stupid criminals, the bad English is a dead giveaway.

Funny, I might have been slightly concerned about it if I hadn't watched a show on catfishing that did a very similar con to their victim.

It's a shame some poor person is going to fall for this con eventually.

CloudWatcher

(1,851 posts)
10. Well, no ...
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:27 PM
Oct 2022

A Powerball ticket has a tiny but non-zero chance of paying out. This scam is a simply a zero percent.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
22. OK however, the ACTUAL Deputy Director of the FBI IS Paul Abbate.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:39 PM
Oct 2022

Just because they have the name correct, you still can tell by the way it's plotted out, it's a scam.

Like when someone does a redirect or pretends to be your bank or the IRS, let the institution know. If they are already investigating it, you add to the proof it's being done. If they aren't, you might get a cookie for being the first to bring a case to their attention.

ALSO it covers your ASSETS by showing that you reported it as a fraud, so if they somehow still manage to use your information, your liability is limited.

Who is to say the scam recovery group isn't just as crooked as the original scammers?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Abbate


https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/safety-resources/scams-and-safety

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
27. Yeah, but you can help with the stats.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:43 PM
Oct 2022

Or not.

I'm just glad that you didn't click on anything that could have compromised your system and gotten your info.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
8. I like playing them along for a while.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:23 PM
Oct 2022

Tell them you are a dildo salesman and you do free sizing. Keep calling back.

FakeNoose

(32,737 posts)
9. I'm amazed that the Deputy Director of the FBI knows your personal email
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:23 PM
Oct 2022

Wow, you must be really important.

rpannier

(24,337 posts)
16. This would be the tip-off to me that this was a definite scam
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:49 PM
Oct 2022

You are also instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in the United States, the United Kingdom, or any part of the world regarding your fund

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
19. So people really believe this BS?
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:54 PM
Oct 2022

That the Federal Government would use an email address to contact someone under investigation? Wow - pull the other one…

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
21. Paul Abbate...
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:21 PM
Oct 2022

Doesn't he have a cousin or something that's a Nigerian prince in exile? Either that or he's Trump's latest fundraiser.

COL Mustard

(5,920 posts)
23. Not so fast, buster.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:39 PM
Oct 2022

Don't forget about the time we were in Vung Tau and I loaned you $35. You swore you would pay me back, and now would be a perfect time!

Chellee

(2,101 posts)
28. Huh....
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:44 PM
Oct 2022

The Deputy Director of the FBI is personally checking boxes at JFK airport? Weird. You'd think he'd be busier, and use junior staff for the legwork. And he's taken such a personal interest in you too. Keeping you out of the hoosegow, making sure you get a shit ton of money. And all you have to do is exactly as he says, and tell no one. That is not suspicious at all.

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