Subject: FBI OFFICIAL APPROVAL LETTER From: FBI Seattle Division (steven.dean@fbi.seattle.gov)
Sent: Sun 6/15/08 12:57 PM
Reply-to: efcc-desk@live.com
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Seattle Division 1110 Third Avenue Seattle, Washington 98101-2904
Payment Code: R5109176K
Date: June 15, 2008
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network, that you have an on going transaction with a Financial Institution in Nigeria, as the owner of the said sum $7.5 Million United States Dollar.
Therefore, the FBI Seattle Division in conjunction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and has been confirmed and notified that the transaction you have with the Financial Institution is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to claim your due fund. We advise you to go ahead with the transaction as we are monitoring all their services and networks.
Be advised that any letter or claims notification received from anybody or company should be forwarded to us with immediate effect. Meanwhile, you are advised to follow the procedure of the Financial Institution. They have their own legal procedure which we have examined and confirmed legal. Follow their instructions while you keep us updated for more details. You are advised to contact the necessary office for more details of transfer as we are monitoring every move now.
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. For your own good you are advised to confirm any transaction or lottery promo you have either involved yourself with in the past to enable us trace this scammers. Only the Financial Institution has been confirmed Legal any other are still under investigation, and so many others are scam, most especially from Nigeria and Africa.
Contact the EFCC Public Relations Officer Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde with your Payment Code: R5109176K in regards to more details on your funds.
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde (Public Relations Officer)
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos 23401 Nigeria.
Phone: +234 1 213 2126
Fax: +234 1 213 0184
E-mail: efcc-desk@live.com
If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (206) 350-6981.
Sincerely,
Steven M. Dean (Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge)
Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)
My Reply:
Mr. Lamorde,
It's days like today when I'm reminded just how lucky I am to be an American. I know you are from Nigeria and will never fully understand what it means to love your country, but I am filled with so much pride right now that I could burst. When the Patriot Act was first enacted, my heart swelled with bloody tears of joy, because I knew that even though I was giving up some freedom of privacy, I was gaining the loving embrace that only a faceless government agency could provide. And even then, I thought they'd only monitor emails for terrorist activities. I certainly never, in my wildest dreams, imagined that they'd have the time to screen individual financial opportunities. Even though I've never gotten one, I've heard that most of these emails are scams, but it's comforting to know that the FBI has already taken the trouble to confirm it's legitimacy and legality.
Since I have been pre-approved by my own government, I am prepared to follow all necessary instructions. I'm also glad that they are monitoring this transaction from what I can only assume is a cool bunker somewhere in a secret mountain. (Can I get a tour of the bunker?) Sorry, that was to them.
Please let me know what I need to do to get the money.
So psyched,
Scamtastic
PS - Do you think I have to tip the FBI agent? If so, what is the proper amount?
Scam Reply:
From: Ibrahim Lamorde (efcc-desk@live.com)
Sent: Thu 6/19/08 9:07 AM
Reply-to: barrjamesmichael@live.com
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos 23401 Nigeria.LEGALIZATION OF FUND TRANSFER DOCUMENTS
Payment Code: R5109176K
Attention: Scamtastic,
Thank you for contacting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
We acknowledge the receipt of your email forwarded to us by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However, after thorough verification and scrutiny of your information you have been found qualified to receive the sum of $7,500,000.00 USD (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
To effect and carry out the directives given, you are advise to stop further communication with any individual or company in regards to this fund as all payment will be carried out through this office, this is to secure your transaction against fraudulent activities.
We shall proceed to conclude the payment process of your fund by opening a claim file for you. As a foriegn beneficiary you will be required to legalize all your documents in order to instruct the Central Bank of Nigeria to credit your account with the sum of $7,500,000.00 USD.
1. TRANSFER APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
2. LEGALIZATION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
However, it is your option to hire a lawyer or an agent to assist you in court. (An agent will not be provided by the court.) This person can sum up the case on your behalf.
Below is the Information of the lawyer to enable you contact him for the process:
SILVERMAN SHERLIKER LLP (Solicitors) Contact person: Barrister James Michael
Telephone: +234 803 223 4921
E-mail: barrjamesmichael@live.com
After the endorsement of your documents and all requirements of the High Court has been provided, your file will be passed across to the Central Bank of Nigeriak and you will be contacted for your fund transfer immediately.
All rights of any client to this claim maybe be denied if the release document is not signed in accordance with the provision of the promotions regulatory Authorities.
If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call or send me an e-mail.
Yours in service,
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde (Public Relations Officer)
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
My Reply 2:
Mr. Michael,
First off, I just want to thank you for what you are doing. You see, my grandmother recently got swindled by email scammers and lost most of her retirement money. And while there was nothing we could do to get it back from those bastards, the kind people at the EFCC did everything they could to help, and I will always be grateful.
Because of the scam, my family has had to make sacrifices to pay for my grandmother's expensive and unusual medical treatments. This has caused our normal cheery outlook on life to become irrevocably damaged. My grandmother always taught us to stay positive, no matter what life throws at you. But after this incident with the email scam, she has turned into a real "Negative Nancy", cursing like a sailor and complaining that she's living in her own private hell on Earth. It's really bumming us out.
When I received the letter from the FBI, I was relieved to discover that positive energy was coming back into our lives and karma was on our side once again! I'm sure I don't have to tell you that there are many Nigerian "419" crimes on the Interweb, so it's good to know an organization like the EFCC exists, to protect the good citizens of the world from your horrible, horrible people.
I'm sure your country is filled with swindlers and shysters who are just waiting to take an honest, hard-working man's money. So it's also assuring to hear that the EFCC has already pre-approved you as a reputable lawyer. It's nice to know that everything is being taken care of for me, so I don't have to worry. Please tell me what I have to do next. I can't wait to see my grandmother's semi-paralyzed face when she hears about the 7.5 million dollars! Thanks!
Positively yours,
Scamtastic
PS - I know you don't have many rights in your country, but is attorney/client privledge one of them? You see, I have a lot of stuff to get off my chest, but I can't afford a psychiatrist and I'm not Catholic, so I would feel awkward going to confessional. Let me know. Thanks again!
Scam Reply 2:
SILVERMAN SHERLIKER LLP (Solicitors)
ADDRESS: 70 PARK LANE, APAPA, LAGOS, NIGERIA 23401
Telephone: +234 8053369394
E-mail: barrjamesmichael@live.com
Dear Scamtastic,
Your engagement notice refers.
This is to respond to the receipt of an engagement notice; having made preliminary findings on your fund transfer from the Central Bank of Nigeria valued at the sum of $7.5 Million USD. For me to have sufficient mandate and authority to function as your representative probate attorney, I request that you make a non-refundable application fee of $50.00 USD send me the listed information below:
1. Your Name: 2. Address: 3. Occupation: 4. Marital Status: 5. Age: 6. Country: (Present Location) 7. Nationality: 8. Telephone: 9. Fax number: (if any)
As your representative probate attorney, I will have to travel to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to obtain the Transfer Approval Certificate and Legalise your Non-Residential Document on your behalf. The Federal High Court will decide on what it will cost to issue the certificate in your favour. I will let you know the exact amount it will cost you as soon as submit your payment file to the Federal High Court. My willingness to accept your brief, it is essential for us to establish from onset that my travelling allowance including the cost of obtaining the documents from the Federal High Court will be paid by you. Whereas my professional service fee will be paid in full at the end of execution of brief.
As for my professional service fee, by the release of your fund, I will communicate my banking details
for the outright payment of my service fee which is 2% out of the total value of your fund. I will
appreciate your steadfastness so that I can put this brief to rest as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patronage; I am committed to rendering you the best of my professional service.
Yours in service,
Barr. James Michael.
My Reply 3:
Mr. Michael,
Thanks again for taking my case I've had my fair trouble with the law and unfortunately I had to learn the hard way that representing yourself isn't always the best defense. I think I must've seen "A Time To Kill" too many times, because I asked the jury to close their eyes and imagine a girl. Then I described horrible things that a redneck did to her. Then, through tears, I asked them to imagine it was a black girl. I have to say that it didn't go over well, considering I was in court about a traffic ticket. Whoever said that the best defense is being offensive was completely wrong! But just like my grandmother always says, "A frog in the bush is worth two donkeys come winter."
1. Your Name: Scamtastic
2. Address: 178 Very Special Blossom Highway, Queens, NY 11426
3. Occupation: IRS Agent
4. Marital Status: Married with Children (remember the episode where Al didn't want to have sex with Peg? that was my favorite.)
5. Age: 29 for last 9 years (blush)
6. Country: (Present Location) USA (in front of my computer)
7. Nationality: Belgian/French (I'm a Belch!)
8. Telephone: 212-839-3094
9. Fax number: (if any) Seriously?
Before I send the $50, is it possible for you to do me a favor? I know you've been approved by the FBI and EFCC, but I've never done business like this before. And since we both stand to make a lot of money, it would make me feel much better if you sent me a photo of yourself. I've attached my photo to this email, so you'll know who you are representing.
Please send me the photo and the address to where I should mail the $50.
Godspeed,
Scamtastic
PS - What about the attorney/client privilege in Nigeria? Let me know soon. I need to tell you something before it happens again.
(not really me)
Scam Reply 3:From: Barr James Michael (barrjamesmichael@live.com)
Sent: Wed 7/02/08 2:28 AM
Dear Scamtastic,
Attached to this mail is the info you requested. The $50 application fee should be sent via MoneyGram or Western Union Money Transfer in the name of our cashier Mr. Emmanuel Essien.
NAME OF RECEIVER: EMMANUEL ESSIEN
ADDRESS: 70 PARK LANE, APAPA, LAGOS, NIGERIA 23401
TEXT QUESTION: IN GOD
TEXT ANSWER: WE TRUST
As soon as the money is received I will travel immediately to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to obtain necessary documents on your behalf.
You are to forward to this honorable office via email the pickup information after you have made the payment.
NAME OF SENDER:
ADDRESS:
AMOUNT SENT:
MTCN#: (money transfer control number)
Thanks for your patronage; I am committed to rendering you the best of my professional service.
Yours in service,
Barrister James Michael
My Reply 4:Mr. Michael,
I'm sorry it has taken so long for me to get back to you. Unfortunately, my grandmother recently past away. She kept telling us that her nurse was beating her, but she's losing it and the nursing home assured us that the bruises were due to her blood disorder. But two weeks ago she suffered a concussion after blow to her head and died. So it turns out that she was right the whole time. I'm sure she's up in Heaven screaming, "I told you so!" At least we know now that she was never actually suffering from Alzheimer's, which is good news cause that shit is hereditary.
Anyway, her death made me start thinking. Do I really need all this money? And after a lot of soul searching I realize I do. She died alone without anyone by her side. And I'm not going to let that happen to me. You've seen my picture. Calling me ugly would be a compliment. So I need every cent I can to make sure that I'm surrounded by a gaggle of hotties when I go. I've been watching the news lately and heard a lot of talk about Muslims having 72 virgins waiting for them in Heaven. Since I'm not Muslim, I've decided to use this money to get 72 virgins while I'm here on Earth. In fact, I even made that the first 72 things on my bucket list. The 73rd is to make peace with my estranged daughter.
The only bad news is that I'm having trouble getting you your $50. My grandmother's funeral wasn't cheap and I'm strapped for cash. I'm trying to borrow it from a friend of mine, but he thinks it's a scam. I told him about being pre-approved by the FBI and EFCC and even showed him your legal certificate, but he's still not budging. He said all that stuff could have been Photoshopped. I told him that you're from Nigeria and would have no idea what that is, and while he agreed with me, he still needs more proof. He said he would lend me all the money I need if you would send me a short video clip of yourself convincing him that you are a real lawyer. Make sure to say a bunch of lawyery-type stuff like "quid pro quo" and "I object!". I believe you, but he's the one with the money. I look forward to seeing your video, so we can finally complete this transaction.
Until next time,
Scamtastic
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