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OK, now I’m getting emails from the Director of the FBI! He is “ordering” me to get this ATM card because I’m ALLEGEDLY “having an illegal transaction” with some shady Nigerian characters!
Well, to start off, I am surprised that Mr Mueller ever got the job, because his writing skills are atrocious! I’m sure he’ll blame that on his secretary. If so, how the hell did he or she get her job? Maybe they spend so much time doing background investigations on the new office help and they just plain forget to see if they can spell or write proper sentences in the English language! (It’s so hard to get good help these days!)
Now, I know this has to be from him. I mean his fbi.gov email address is in the From line, right? Well, just so you know these pain-in-the-ass scammers can put pretty much any address they want in these lines. Don’t fall for it and don’t bother sending a reply.
As usual if you get these emails, don’t even bother opening them. If you do, don’t click on any links and delete them immediately. If you get a lot of these in any shape or form, you probably need a good anti-spam program or service to cut down on all the time you waste deleting them. I know it can be a lot, because I have email addresses that I allow to receive these types of emails and I sometimes get hundreds of them on a daily basis! If you own a business (small or large) just think of all the time you and your employees waste dealing with these spam emails. Even worse, think of all the damage that can be done if someone opens and email containing a virus or worm or some type of malware targeting your company’s networks.
Anyway, here’s a copy of the email. How stupid does someone have to be to fall for this?
(((NOTE: All links have been removed from this copy of the original email. The only links you see are keyword links to related sites.)))
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Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington D.C.
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated by the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Imposters claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, none officials of Zenith Bank and imposter claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfill your Financial Obligation giving to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.
So therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by arranging your payment in total of US$800,000.00 in an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw money in anywhere of the world. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in the ATM CARD.
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, all you did have to do is to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free because it is our right to protect the American Citizens. All I did want you to do is proceed and contact the ATM CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $200.00 only and note that your Approval Slip contains details of your PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) which you will use in activating your ATM CARD in any ATM MACHINE.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: MR. PAUL SMITH
EMAIL: atm_card_center303@live.com
Do contact Mr. Paul Smith of the ATM CARD CENTRE with your full name, home address, mobile telephone number, home telephone number or work telephone number and bank name so your files would be updated after which he will send the payment informations to you which you will use in making payment of $200.00 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay.
We order you get back to this office after you open contact with the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTRE and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.
Note: Do disregard any email you get from any imposter or office claiming to be in possesion of your ATM CARD, you are adviced only to be in contact with Mr. Paul Smith of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person you are suppose to deal with in regards your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any email you get from imposters to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.
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