I've never gotten a scam email from the FBI, let alone from the director himself! I knew it was going to be a good one.
Below is the email, one hundred percent unedited. I think my favorite part is where they have noted people I've been in contact with, like Ben of FedEx. And the fact that I could get a $5.9M ATM card for a mere $250. What a deal!
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
JAMES B. COMEY
Attention Beneficiary,
Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from
overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling,Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed
that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof.
Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials
of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors
claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people
have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with
any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling
$5,900,000.00(Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a
maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see
a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).
We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to
citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared.
To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and
procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $250
Usd only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper
and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $250.00 only.
Lord Ruben (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Lord Ruben
Email: ( barlord_ruben@foxmail.com )
Phone: +234-810-109-8678
Do contact Lord Ruben of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed
below:
FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________
On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which
you will use in making payment of $250.00 via MoneyGram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your
Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be
effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee.
JAMES B. COMEY
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are
hereby advice only to be in contact with Lord Ruben of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in
regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately.
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