I Was Contacted By The Fbi!?

[dung0beetle]

I am so glad that this country is so safe these days, that the FBI has time to email me.

Here is the message in its entirety:

From: FBI Seattle Division (stevedean@seattle.fbi.gov)

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Payment Code: R5780906K
Reg No: 132521093
Date: March 07, 2009

NOTICE OF YOUR FUND APPROVAL

Kind Attention:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network that you are eligible to receive the sum of $7.5 Million USD regarding to an over-due Inheritance / Award payment which was fully endorsed to be paid in your favor.

Therefore, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and has been confirmed and notified that the transaction you have with Spring Bank Plc is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to claim your due fund.

Please contact the Head of Operations Dr. Gerard Batten, Central Bank of Nigeria

Dr. Gerard Batten
E-Mail: drgerardbatten@web2mail.com

Please, be advised and be aware that your funds had been insured and the necessary charges would be taken care of by you, as confirmed by the Monitoring network.

Sincerely,

Steven Dean (Special Agent-in-Charge)


Dr. Gerard Batten? This Dr. Gerard Batten? Why does he want to give me money?

I also checked the FBI Seattle website. Check out the Alert To The Public at the bottom of the front page.

Who falls for this stuff?

This is one of many that I have received in the past few months.

 

[Texan2012]

Yeah, I got one of those about a week ago. I knew it was a scam as soon as I saw that it was sent to 'undisclosed recipients', not to mention some gramatical errors. Those Nigerian scammers are f#*%ing idiots.

 

[Razgriz]

Wow! Dude, I can't belive the FBI actually contacted you. How are you going to pick up the money?


*ends sarcasm*

Unfortunately, I've read stories of idiots falling for these things. They get themselves in huge debt and have their lives temporarily ruined.

EDIT: I think one of our older member's father was kidnapped before with something similar to this; he didn't know it at the time though. Crap, who was that again?

 

[Jtd18801]

You would think that lawyer would contact you about an inheritance, not the FBI. That would be a better cover.

 

[rowan]

I get these at least every week, never had one from the FBI, being Australian and all

 

[Razgriz]

I get these at least every week, never had one from the FBI, being Australian and all

I don't think that would stop the idiots doing the scamming. >_<

 

[DreadMullet]

what dummies... its like 7.5 mil? come on... make it reasonable, also the FBI? damn scam artist, they need to better educate themselves...

what is this world coming too? we deserve a better class of criminals.

 

[Yodajammies]

This world deserves a better class of criminal...

and I will give it to them!

 

[Doom]

I don't get worked up over it, I just reply with something extremley random and see if I can get them to respond or drag it out. Every now and then I will get a response ;P.

Can actually turn out quite fun xD

-Doom

 

[Texan2012]

You would think that lawyer would contact you about an inheritance, not the FBI. That would be a better cover.

Oh, I've had about... 10 of those ones in the past month (laywer and banker attempts) and instantly deleted them. Even then they still messed up in their grammer. And lets not forget those e-mails from a dieing individual with no families or whatnot from another country (mostly the UK). Maybe they should invest in a dictionary, take some professional business classes on letter writting, THEN try to scam us. They'd still fail because of one little thing; To: undisclosed-recipients.

 

[M07Marauder]

I had one from some random ass company in Nigeria, it was so full of grammatical errors I couldn't even f***ing understand what the jackass was saying.

All I managed out of it was something about them wanting to thank me for something by giving me 1 million dollars so long as I contact someone and confirm my identity.

Retarded, I reply to them as well when I'm bored.

But I'm not as lenient as randomness sometimes, I insult the hell out of them.

Funny ever since the last one I replied to I have not received one since .

 

[Toby]

Wow, that's great, kan evr1 in the 405 haz iPod plz? kthxbye!

 

[sirblood]

If you want to report them, one of the questions is "did you lose any money"...

if you want them to actually look at your complaint and not just delete it... answer YES... "my time is worth money and they wasted my time" or fill it in as "more money than I want to disclose here" (if they later ask how much say a postage stamp...)

I've reported tons of fraud cases through the years, and the ONLY ones I get any feedback on is the remote few that I answered yes to the lost money question...

I know the local FBI coordinator as he lives across the street from me... aka chief of police... he even said unless you lost some money, they (FBI or FBI Cyber-crimes division) won't do anything. Even if you get a computer virus the FBI cyber-crimes division doesn't care... unless they got some money out of you...

 

[23Magnum]

From: FBI Seattle Division (stevedean@seattle.fbi.gov)

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

First clue was that it said it was stated as the "Seattle Division" and they gave you an address in Washington, D.C.

I would have deleted the email before then, but if I wanted to be certain that would have covered it for me.

 

[BFDesigns]

Wow, this is a new one on me. I've heard about the IRS one but the FBI one is just plain low.

I haven't got one of these scammer messages lately but I usually get the ones from the dumbass Nigerians asking me for my account number.

 

[dung0beetle]

First clue was that it said it was stated as the "Seattle Division" and they gave you an address in Washington, D.C.

I would have deleted the email before then, but if I wanted to be certain that would have covered it for me.

That is common practice, as various agents up the chain of command (who may be in different locations) may be in contact with you to discuss a case.

Got another one today, I'm getting a more secure email address. I wasn't getting all of this spam until Hotmail changed to Windows Live.

 

[Bloodl3tt3r]

They all go to my spam email account.

I have a preset reply for the Nigerian bank ones, something along the line of
"Unfortunately, your offer is in violation of the TILA, Title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, subpart E. A federal agent will be arriving for your extradition and trial in a criminal court of law in approximately two weeks. Please remain in your current location to facilitate processing. Thank you and have a nice day.
-Robert Mueller, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation"


I never get replies back.

 

[Danger Close]

lol my reply is either:
Keep the money (sometimes get replies)
How dumb do you think I am (occasionally get replies)
Give me YOUR number first (never has been replied to)

 

[HaloFreakX]

I get so much spam just empty my spam folder and anything that ain't usual when ever I log on to my e-mail which is a joke.

 

[Overlord Ian]

I've seen worse, I got an email saying I had millions of dollars in inheritance, all I had to do was send my credit card #, age, address, place of birth, my full name, and a picture of myself to some guy's email. Seriosly, who would fall for that sh*t? lol