Attention Fund Beneficiary

You would think the FBI would check this out.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Website: www.fbi.gov

Our Ref: FBI-75BFWDUS09


Attention Fund Beneficiary ,


Payment Release Instruction From The Federal Bureau Of Investigation


Acting on the Intelligence report we received from the IMF, UNO, World Bank Group and the European Union Commission Committees on Financial Matters through our International Monetary Watchdog, this is to officially notify you that we have placed a suspension order on the remittance coming into your bank account due to several complaints received from the International Monetary Funds External Auditors Committee, World Bank, United Nations Organization and the Federal Reserve Bank of America respectively via International Payment Voucher Number: IMF/FRBWDC/BOA-93WB82UN567-G about the inability of fund beneficiaries to receive what is rightfully theirs as at when due. Consequently, we have directed the BANK OF AMERICA N.A. a subsidiary of the Federal Reserve Banking System to disburse your due wining/inheritance and contract payment valued at Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$7.3M) in your favor via their branch in New York by! Key Tested Swif! t Transfer.


In consideration of the above, you have been issued with this Exclusive Reference Identification Number (IMF/FBI-WDC/9USXX10751/09), Vide Transaction No.: WHA/EUR/202 and Transfer Allocation No.: FBI/X44/701LN/BOAUS/US, Password: 339331, Pin Code: 78569, Certificate of Merit No: 104, Release Code No: 0876; Immediate Bank of America Telex Confirmation No: -222568; Secret Code: XXTN014. Having received these vital payment numbers, you are instantly qualified to receive and confirm your payment within the next 48hrs. as necessary clearance has been granted to the paying bank by the relevant offices/agencies to release the funds to you with immediate effect.


In view of this directive received from the various agencies, we have on our own part verified your payment file as directed to us, and your name is next on the list of outstanding fund beneficiaries to receive their payment at this first quarter of the year 2009. With that being done, you are required to urgently contact the BANK OF AMERICA N.A. in New York through the Funds Release Supervisor:


Contact Person: Sir. Clarence Dexter Jr.
(Funds Release Supervisor)
Email: [email protected]
Direct Office Line: + 1 914 373 6375
Fax Number: + 1 206 426 3179


And reconfirm your international payment voucher number and your reference identification number respectively before that office with a view to the final remittance approval by the Economic Stability and Recovery Committee for subsequent crediting of your bank account to the tune of funds as stated herein.


We wish to inform you of the need for you to also re-confirm your full personal, contact and banking details before the BANK OF AMERICA N.A. in New York to enable the officer in-charge to proceed with the preliminary arrangements that will enhance the immediate release of your funds. The details are as follows:


1) Your Full name
2) Your Full address
3) Your contact telephone and fax number
4) Your Age and Profession
5) Copy of any valid form of your Identification
6) Your Bank name
7) Your Bank Address
Account name and Number
9) ABA/Routing Number
10) Swift or Sort Code/IBAN


Owing to security reasons, be clearly informed that we will not respond to any phone calls/general inquiries placed to our agency with regards to the remittance of your funds by beneficiaries as we are barred from doing so, you are therefore advised to communicate only with the accredited officer for further remittance advice. The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division processes these requests to check illegal activities in the United States of America.


Thank you for your time and anticipated co-operation.


TREAT AS URGENT.


Robert Mueller, III
FBI Director.



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That is a pretty sophisticated script, compared to many of the others. The wording does sound rather official with all of those government office names mentioned and the reference numbers/details. But notice the use of the cell phone main number, free internet Fax number, and free email address - gmail. Also in the list of things that you need to send. "Copy of any valid form of identification".

It's actually quite common for scammers to pretend to be from the FBI. The FBI has information on their website warning about these scams.

http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm

Consumers continue to be inundated by spam purportedly from the FBI. As with previous spam attacks, the latest versions use the names of several high ranking executives within the FBI and even the IC3 to attempt to defraud consumers.

Many of the spam e-mails currently in circulation claim to be an “official order” from the FBI’s Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division, from an alleged FBI unit in Nigeria, confirm an inheritance, or contain a lottery notification, all informing recipients they have been named the beneficiary of millions of dollars. To claim the large sum, recipients are instructed to furnish their personally identifiable information (PII) and are often threatened with some type of penalty, such as prosecution, if they fail to do so. Specific PII information requested includes, but is not limited to, the recipient’s name, banking information, telephone number, and a copy of their passport.

The spam e-mail allegedly from the IC3 states that the recipient has extorted money and will be given a limited amount of time to refund the money or face prosecution.

Do not respond. These e-mails are a hoax.

The FBI does not send unsolicited e-mails of this nature. FBI executives are briefed on numerous investigations but do not personally contact consumers regarding such matters. In addition, the IC3 does not send threatening letters to consumers demanding payments for Internet crimes.

Consumers should not respond to any unsolicited e-mails or click on any embedded links associated with such e-mails, as they may contain viruses or malware.

It is imperative consumers guard their PII. Providing your PII will compromise your identity.

If you have been a victim of Internet crime, please file a complaint at www.ic3.gov.