Nigerian Scammers are Getting Vicious And Does the FBI Care?

[Bobbieo]

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dept: Anti-Terrorist & Monetary Crimes Division
Office: Washington, D.C. Headquarters
Address: J. Edgar Hoover Building 93 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Date: 12/24/2010

Important: Our agents will visit you for arrest if you fail to comply fully with the below instructions.

This is to bring to your notice that my office has taking over all the money transfer originated from any part of Africa and European countries as contract payment, fund inheritance or lottery winning due to unauthorized/incapability of financial institutions/security companies in releasing such huge sum of money result of fraud, terrorist and money laundry activities going on World Wide.

We have been having series of meetings for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary general to the United Nations, Central Bank of Nigeria and World Bank Officials. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the United Nations, Central Bank of Nigeria and World Bank officials have agreed to compensate them with the sum of Ten Millions US Dollars each victim.

This includes every foreign contractor that may have not received his or her contract sum and people that have had an unfinished transaction, people who have inheritance to claim or international businesses that failed due to instability of government in some part of Africa etc.

We found your name in our list as one of the beneficiaries and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed. This also indicate that the Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer (DIST) often referred to as a criminal history record or rap sheet, is a listing of certain information taken from fingerprint submissions retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment, naturalization, or military service. This condition is valid until 3 days after which the funds shall be confiscated and legal action will be taken against you.

Guarantee: funds will be released upon confirmation of the DIST document. Final instruction given below;
1. Credit payment instruction: irrevocable credit guarantee.
2. Beneficiary has full power when validation is cleared.
3. Beneficiaries Bank in can only release funds.
4. upon confirmation from the World Bank / United Nations.
5. Bearers must clear Bank protocol and validation request.

We have confirmed that the amount required to procure your document which is called the Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer (DIST) will cost you a total of $200USD only and the fee should be paid directly to the payment office in Nigeria via Western Union Money Transfer. Below, are the contact details of the payment office in Nigeria who will process your transaction in Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
Contact Information;
Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)
Payment centre.
Name: Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri,
E-mail: [e-mail]

Contact Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for details regarding the release of your fund to your own Personal Bank Account with the following information’s below:
Full Name:
Address:
Direct Phone Number:
Current Occupation:

Once you have sent the required information to Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri, she will contact you with instructions on how to make the payment of $200USD only for the procurement of your (DIST) document, to enable her expedite action on the processing and release of your payment 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 (DIST) document has been made to the authorized agent.

Note: We have requested for the DIST document to make available the most complete and update records possible for the enhancement of public safety, welfare and security of society while recognizing the importance of individual privacy rights. If you fail to provide the fee for the document, we will you with the Financial Crimes. The United Nations Department of Justice Order 556-73 establishes rules and regulations for the subject of an FBI identification Record to obtain a copy of his or her own record for review.

The FBI Criminal Justice Information Service (CJIS) Division processes these requests to check illegal activities and once you have completed payment of $200USD to the agent in charge of this transaction, you're advised to keep us posted to enable us follow up with the release of your payment and act fast.

Regards,
Federal Bureau Investigation.
Robert S. Mueller III,
FBI, Director.

[blondeatlast]

1. Likely they will--after they stop giggling.

Dear Nigerian Scammers: I'm a paralegal who writes of/on excellent briefs and motions. If you will deposit $200 USD in my fiduciary/bank, I'll be happy/directed to work one up for you.

Of course it will be perfectly legal/reticent. I authorize/guarantee it to commence/complete upon receipt of said funds/diesceretions/toy trucks.

Ms. Blonde Atlast

[Bobbieo]

2. Problem is PAL - there are people who really believe this crap.

[Truth2Tell]

10. But really...

How hard would it be for these guys to actually write something using clear language and proper grammar? I'd at least like to feel someone is making a genuine effort when they try to scam me. These missives are rather disappointing, frankly.

[Bobbieo]

12. The real problem is that there are people in the US who are really dumber that the Nigerian

scammers. They are not targeting you - you just happen to be in the way. These guys must be doing something right as they have been in the scamming business since the 1920s and are still going strong.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. FBI uses fbi.gov - not @yahoo.com.jp

that's the giveaway.

This guy is really stupid.

[Bobbieo]

5. How many people know the FBI does not use yahoo? And,

I am certain there are people who are being very intimidated by these e-mails. Okay, so most of them may be Teabaggers but-----

[Hawkeye-X]

4. Here's a favorite story of a certain 419 scammer who got burnt..

TITLE: The mark of a moron
SCAMMER NAME: Nicholas Okorie
SCAMMER LOCATION: Nigeria
SCAMBAITER: Shiver Metimbers

Sometimes you come across fellow human beings who can only be described as vile creatures, undeserving of the space they inhabit on this planet. The "reverend" Nicholas Okorie is one such pathetic excuse for a human being. Nicholas has contacted me purporting to represent a charity organisation collecting money for the Pakistan earthquake appeal.

Such people are deserving of much more than the normal scammer humiliation, so I make no excuses for my treatment of Nicholas here. This guy gets off lightly in my opinion.


http://www.419eater.com/html/okorie.htm

[Bobbieo]

6. I've spent hours on the 419eater site, too. But, it really pisses me off to get

intimidating stuff from these people.I know they are dumb, but there is always someone dumber than they are who fall for ths crap or they would not be wasting their time.

[jwirr]

7. I get those also. Always wonder why the FBI (the real one) doesn't

do something about them.

[toastbutter]

8. Because

among other things, they almost always originate in a foreign country, are fly-by-night, etc. It's just not an efficient use of resources, all jurisdictional issues (and they are many) aside. All it takes is a ding dong in an internet cafe to start these things up.

[WinkyDink]

9. The grammar is a laff-riot, actually.

[Edweird]

11. When the mind is weak the whole body suffers.

If you're not sure about this you could always just pick up the phone and call the FBI from a number out of the phone book (not a phone number provided by the scammer).

[Bobbieo]

13. Edweird - I have called them and they have actually come out to my home to get the messages.

I will never fall for this crap but I worry about the others that will and there must be plenty of them as these scammers would not stay in business. They have been around since the 1920s.

[Edweird]

14. It goes back even further than that if you take church into consideration.

I don't really see much difference (outside of massive income disparity) between the televangelists on tv and the Nigerians. I'm not taking a shot at religion, merely pointing out that the world is full of hustlers taking advantage of suckers and it goes far beyond the 419'ers. Those guys are pure amateur night and you really need to be off your game big time to fall for that.

[sendero]

15. People who fall for the Nigerian scams..

... get little sympathy from me. They are victims of their own greed and stupidity.