Someone wondered about Nigeria scams?

[Spokavriel]

A little while back someone claimed they didn't know about the Nigeria Scam. Well it just so happens I found this same letter in my AOL mail box that I have been receiving about once a month for the past 9 years. Thought it might be informative. This time it was claimed to be sent by the FBI.

ROBERT MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON D.C
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP
INTERNET

ATTENTION: FUND BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR ARE TO BE COMPENSATED WITH THE SUM OF US$2.1M
(TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

THIS IS ALSO TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR FUND WILL BE TRANSFER TO YOU THROUGH A
NOTABLE BANK IN UNITED STATES (HSBC).

WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH ARE TRYING EVERY
POSSIBLE MEANS FOR YOU TO PAY AN UPFRONT FEE WHICH YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO PAY.
THE ONLY FEE WHICH YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR TRANSFER IS THE
SUM OF US$100 WHICH THE ACTIVATION FEE AND IT IS MANDATORY. AS SOON AS THE FEE
OF US$100 IS BEEN PAID, YOU WILL BE ISSUED A TRANSFER CODE THAT YOU WILL TENDER
TO ANY HSBC BRANCH IN UNITED STATES. MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE INTERNATIONAL
FOREIGN REMITTANCE OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ON HOW YOU WILL MAKE THE
PAYMENT OF US$100 AND THE POSSIBLE DAY TO RECEIVE THE CODE.

CONTACT NAME: MR. HENRY BILL
CONTACT E-MAIL:(Removed to prevent you accepting the scam.)
CONTACT NUMBER: +234-8139461605
OFFICE ADDRESS: 15 AWOLOWO ROAD, IKOYI, LAGOS, NIGERIA

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) WASHINGTON, D.C, VEHEMENTLY ADVISE YOU
COMPLY WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN CHARGE OF YOUR FUND AND ADHERE TO EVERY
INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO YOU, FOR SMOOTH AND EASY TRANSACTIONS, YOU'RE HEREBY
AUTHORIZE TO CONTACT HENRY COLE VIA THE ABOVE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU'RE TO
OBTAIN THE TRANSFER CODE WHICH WILL COST YOU APPROXIMATELY US$100 AND IF YOU'RE
ASK TO SEND ANY MORE MONEY ASIDE THE ACTIVATION OF THE TRANSFER CODE, DO NOT
HESITATE TO NOTIFY THIS OFFICE FOR SECURITY REASONS..


BEST REGARDS,
JOHN STEFANIDIS III
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, D.C

[Makoto]

You removed the contact email address, but not the phone number and snail mail address?

[Spokavriel]

E-mail is less effort for someone to try it through. The other things are allot less hazardous and give away fewer ways for the people behind the scam to make your life hell so I left them.

[Makoto]

I don't know...

But I'm beginning to wonder if these things have a form generator, by now. o_O

[Spokavriel]

A form generator would probably not have gotten the guys name wrong in the text after the contact information.

[Makoto]

Just laziness.

Heck, if you're to believe the notice is from the person at the top, there's already a second contact being mentioned, anyway, so what difference does a third make?

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

I'm not sure why or where-from, but I've been getting about three a day of these lately. (Not this exact scam, a myriad of similar ones. I don't remember entering all those lotteries....)

[Spokavriel]

I didn't post others because I decided to just use the most legible one I could find in my old AOL in box.

[frice2000]

Heh there's lots of YouTube videos where people call these guys. Here's one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txO-OpBo ... tube_gdata . There are quite a few others all interesting or funny.