For the last week I have gotten these calls. They call over and over again. Wanted me to go to wall mart and purchase the green card---$500.00. I hope no one falls for this scam, but there are those that will fall for it, and that makes this scam work, I suppose.. The caller has to be from out of this country, because she made the mistake of asking if I am a citizen OVER THERE IN THE UNITED STATES (over there, not here in the United States)..
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Buggysmom
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Hello, Everyone. While I'm used to getting the "normal" Nigerian scam emails, this is the first one I've received set up like this. And to think, I only have to pay them $580.00 dollars to claim it! They're certainly persistent, aren't they. Jerks.
ATTN: BENEFICIARY This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD. from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local banks. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD. has been deposited with Bank Of America.
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -
(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America ) (2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
The total amount for everything is $580.00 (Five Hundred and Eighty-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $580.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you, the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( SAMUEL OLIVER ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: SAMUEL OLIVER E-MAIL ADDRESS: agentsoliver@aol.co.uk
you will be required to e-mail him with the following information: FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION: you will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $580.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $580.00 ONLY to Mr. Samuel Oliver via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
They are getting persistent & weirder!! Now the FBI director is signing on!!!
Addresses to "Beneficiary", not a person's name. Note the punctuation & capital letters where they don't belong on this and the AOL/UK email. "Invite a penalty"?????
You might want to forward this to the real FBI. They probably can't do anything since the scammer is out of the country but they could add it to their files as an ongoing scam.
Thanks, guys!! I forwarded the email to both offices. And, I got another email. I'll send this one along, too.
FROM THE DESK OF MR. DENIS F. BEAUREGARD, ATM DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BANK OF AMERICA, OFFICE TEL NUMBER: 9174609343 EMAIL: montag2013@aol.com
BANK OF AMERICA: ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
ATTN: PLEASE,
I AM MR. DENIS F. BEAUREGARD, THE ATM DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BANK OF AMERICA, PLEASE READ THIS MAIL CAREFULLY AND PROCEED TO COLLECT YOUR ATM CARD WORTH OF $23,300,000.00 PAYMENT. FOLLOWING THIS YEAR'S (2013) REVIEW OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MATTERS AND JUST CONCLUDED INVESTIGATIONS BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION, IT IS REVEALED THAT YOUR EMAIL IS AMONG THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY OF THEIR PAYMENTS AMONG LOTTERY, INHERITANCE, COMPENSATION AND AWARDED CONTRACT FUNDS AND VICTIMS WHO HAVE LOST A LOT OF MONEY TO SCAMMERS WHILE TRYING TO CLAIM THEIR FUNDS. IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, A NEW PAYMENT OF US$23,300,000.00 HAS BEEN APPROVED IN YOUR FAVOR AND CREDITED INTO AN ATM CARD WHICH SHALL BE DELIVERED TO YOU.
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED A PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM THE PRESIDENCY AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AND ALSO FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION EFCC THAT WE THE BANK OF AMERICA REACHED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE SENATE TO USE THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT TO SETTLE ALL OUT ALL OUR STANDING PAYMENT TO ALL OUR FOREIGN DEBTORS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF 23.3 MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM THE PAYMENT PANEL COMMITTEE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY, PLEASE GET BACK TO US WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION
That one is comical!! All caps no less and an AOL email. I'm sure the real B of A would be interested in that one too. Thanks for sharing.
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Nat
Yeah, I just a phone call from 876 864 1699. They said that I won 2.5 million dollars because I pay bills in time. I said "NO", and he rudely hun up on me! What a scam!! Don't fall for this, guys!!
Got that call this morning at my home. Didn't take the bait - guess I won't be getting the $2.5Million and the brand new Mercedes Benz!!!
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Badge714
If anyone can post these emails with the full header. Good articles on the internet on how to display the full header information. PLEASE delete any personal information, but it would be great to read, & search the senders IP address (which would be displayed). I'm thinking Asia, Africa. Pin the tail on the scammer.
>>> FROM THE DESK OF MR. DENIS F.BEAUREGARD, ATM DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BANK OF AMERICA, OFFICE TEL NUMBER: 9174609343 EMAIL: montag2013@aol.com <<<
Hmm... the ATM director of the Bank of America uses an AOL address at his office AND a magicJack as his office phone? (see http://www.phonevalidator.com )
No doubt the money in his ATM machines is Monopoly money, too.
I just received that same email. They do not know I work in security at a highrise building full of attorney's. I am going to check into this to see how to stop them from this.
Good luck! The scammers have had years of experience in hiding their true identities. * The calls are from overseas * The calling phone is usually VOIP or other digitized system * The number you see on your Caller ID is faked * Any website or physical address they give is phony or temporary
These are prime examples where people MUST learn how to protect themselves! Depending on others will not work in these cases.
Things to believe:
* There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (TANSTAFL) * If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. * You have not won big bucks from an unknown government benefactor * The tooth fairy really does not exist * Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true. * It is illegal to pay money for a loan, BEFORE getting the loan! * "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
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