credit card scam

Valli

well I assume it's a scam attempt...text from e mail

Attn: Beneficiary,





This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, MrFrank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, kelvin Young of HSBC,Ben of Fedex,Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.


Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by cordinating your payment in total USD$11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4,000 to $5,000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an ATM CARD.


Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to protect the American Citizens. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $110.00 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.


CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: Mike Williams
EMAIL:mikewilliams18@yahoo.cn
Telephone Number: +234-803-357-0260


You are adviced to contact Mr mike williams with the informations as stated below:


Your full Name..
Your Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............
Age
Current occupation:


So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment informations which you'll use in making payment of $110.00 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay.


We order you get back to this office after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.

Thanks and hope to read from you soon.


FBI Director Robert S.Mueller III.

Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to

SimbaSimon

You'd have to be a total bafoon to fool for that.

Incorrect english, chinese email address, the FBI giving a credit card refund? I mean come on.

G51shopaholic

it would be fun to forward this onto the FBI and gauge their reaction to someone using their name in a fraud.

Valli

I haven't fallen for it BUT given that some do figured a bit of adverse publicity might help...
thing is when I get bank-specific ones I forward them (for their information). Mind you they are always for banks I don't bank with.
Never thought of forwarding this to the FBI.

I have a hotmail.com e mail addy so not obvious I'm in the UK.

INT1

There is a website somewhere where it asks for these emails and then people go along with it to whind up the fraudsters, some entertaining reading by all accounts!

Big_Nige

aldo wrote: »

There is a website somewhere where it asks for these emails and then people go along with it to whind up the fraudsters, some entertaining reading by all accounts!

The website is 419eater.com, always good for a giggle (419 is the name given to the Nigerian advance fee fraud.)

Big.