reply to post by Storm_Indigochild
I've gotten this e-mail twice now, the first time I was concerned, only due to the fact that it seemed legitimate.
It even had the correct
F.B.I. Seal on
it.
Then I took three seconds exactly to think about it.
First, according to procedure, the F.B.I.'s director, will never send you an e-mail, at least not unless you are a golf-friend of his and you are
employed somewhere within the halls of Government.
Second, according to procedure, the F.B.I. itself, director down to the bottom ex-flat foot now turned field Agent, does not ever, and I mean, ever,
send an e-mail or letter in regards to something like this, period.
These types of e-mails, albeit looking official enough at times, are completely bogus.
Here's an example of a simpler one :
From Mr. Patrick K.W. Chan
Attention
I am Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan Executive Director & Chief financial Officer of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, Hong Kong. I have a lucrative business proposal of
mutual interest to share with you; it involves the transfer of a large sum of money. I got your reference in my search for someone who suits my
proposed business relationship. If you are interested in working with me contact me through my private email (chanpathk@yahoo.com.hk) for further
details
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mr. Patrick Chan
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Here's a slightly more complex one :
From: Mr. Alfred Dube
ABSA Bank of South Africa
Tel: +27-73-802-0385
EMAIL: alfreduben@myway.com
GREETINGS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY
Dear Sir,
I choose to reach you through e-mail, as it is the fastest medium of communication irrespective that it has been greatly abused. However, this
correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. I am writing to you in trust as a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new bank account immediately to receive the sum of US$26.000.000.00.
I am Mr. Alfred Dube, Head of Audit Department (HAD) of ABSA Bank of South Africa. I discovered some money during the 2006 end of year auditing in an
account opened with this bank in 1992 and since August 2003, nobody has operated on this account making the account to remain virtually dormant. After
going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a (heir) hence the money is floating and if I do
not remit this money out urgently, the money will be forfeited to the interest of the bank.
From my findings, the owner of this account is late Mr. David Creanga, a Canadian Citizen and an industrialist who died on 8th of August 2003 in a
ghastly motor accident with the fiancйe on their way to Cape-Town. From my further findings, no other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it. The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that late Mr. David Creanga until his death was one of
the Boards of Trustees with Hispargravin (Pty) Ltd. This money can only be approved for payment only to a foreigner. Thus I am privately contacting
you to assist me in repatriating the wealth left behind by this customer before the management declares this account unserviceable. The bank freezes
unserviceable accounts over a period of time. While sourcing for more information in the file, I discovered that my bank has issued the final notice
for the family members or next of kin to come forward and file claims within 12 months or the account
will be frozen after this period
I will be obtaining an affidavit of fact and other powerful back-up documents from the High Court of Johannesburg, South Africa, which will give a
legal seal in other to authenticate you as the sole beneficiary/next of kin to this account balance of late Mr. David Creanga.
This business has not been revealed to any other person because of the sensitive position, which I held in the bank, and therefore I will expect you
to maintain it too. So please reply urgently so that I will inform you on the next step.
I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work perfectly because the management of the bank is ready to approve this payment to whosoever
has correct information of this account, which I will give to you upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable. I need
your strong assurance that you will never let me down immediately we start with the process. There is no risk whatsoever associated with this from
your side with me monitoring and pushing the files for the whole process so long as you keep it within yourself.
I guarantee also that this will be executed under the most legitimate way to ensure that you and I are protected now and after the transaction. For
this transaction, I would advice you to be contacting me with my private e-mail and private telephone numbers. This is because the bank e-mail is been
monitored. Finally, kindly furnish me with your direct telephone/fax number and your full names to enable do the change of ownership of this fund in
your name as the next of kin to late Mr. David Creanga.
PLS CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL AND TELEPHONE,
Tel: +27-73-802-0385
EMAIL: alfreduben@myway.com
I will await your urgent response.
Thank you.
Mr. Alfred Dube (HAD) ABSA Bank of South Africa
Here is the F.B.I.'s response to these kinds of e-mails on their own website :
Federal Bureau of Investigation :Cyber Investigation : Electronic Scams
Here's one of the many websites dedicated to exposing this scam :
Government Scams :Reporting on the Latest Frauds, Scams, Fake Lotteries, Spams and
Hoaxes
I could not find my copy of your exact e-mail, I had saved it, and saved it under
Potential Scams - ITP
Since I cannot prove 100% without a doubt, that all of them are e-mail scams, I label them.
The "ITP" there is
Interpol, in case I decided to bother with reporting them to the International Police.
I have reported one, to date, so far.
99% of these types of e-mail scams, you can for yourself, figure out that they are con jobs.
Check the spelling, it's generally off, and sometimes, atrociously so.
Check from where it is located as coming from, generally Africa, sometimes England or the United Kingdom.
I have now been e-mailing them back, just to yank their chain, and asking all the questions that I know they either cannot answer correctly, or which
ties up their time and wastes their efforts.
Now, if you're interested in reading up on F.B.I. procedure, I recommend a few books for you.
The FBI Career
Guide: Inside Information on Getting Chosen for and Succeeding in One of the Toughest, Most Prestigious Jobs in the World
The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law
Enforcement Agency
The Bureau: The Secret History
of the FBI
The COINTELPRO
Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
I have all of those books and many more, including on the
C.I.A.,
the White House, and
other various agencies.
Oh yeah, one more thing, okay?
The F.B.I. will have already investigated you three months, to six months, to a year and a half, before you ever see an Agent face to face.
Usually, it will be some full of crap intimidation effort, or in the case of the really important, they will be followed by many Law Enforcement
Officers as well as more than one Agent, all wearing F.B.I. windbreakers, so you cannot tell who is and who is not an actual Agent.
Remember Waco Texas? Not all of those individuals were F.B.I., they had their pretty blue and yellow windbreakers on.
I would avoid purchasing one of them, if you can find, as they tend to really hate that.
The same goes for the seal I provided a link to earlier, not a good idea, I've heard the horror stories.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled episode of the
X-Files :
My favorite X-Files episode is
Pusher
Anyone else catch the name of the perpetrator, Robert Patrick Modell, and then the later appeareance of Agent John Doggett, Robert Patrick, or am I
the only one to pay that close attention to details?
[edit on 12-6-2009 by SpartanKingLeonidas]
alas again I can
say that as yet I am still waiting. 
Good luck!, 
