E-Mail Scams keep getting better and better!

[JetJumper]

Latest version of the Nigerian fraud e-mails I just got:


                                         Federal Bureau of Investigation
                                  Intelligence Field Unit J. Edgar Hoover Building
                                    935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.

I am Special Agent Jason Gale from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Intelligence Unit, we Intercepted two consignment boxes at JFK Airport, New York, the boxes were scanned but found out that it contained large sum of money ($4.1 million) and also some backup documents which bears your name as the Beneficiary/Receiver of the money, Investigation carried out on the diplomat that accompanied the boxes into the United States, said that he was to deliver the fund to your residence as overdue payment owed to you by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the security company in the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, we cross check all legal documents in the boxes but we found out that your consignment was lacking an important document and we cannot release the boxes to the diplomat until the document is found, right now we have no other choice than to confiscate your consignment.

According to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in Title 26 also contain reporting requirement on a Form 8300, Report of Cash Payment Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business, money laundering activity may violate 18 USC §1956, 18 USC 1957, 18 USC 1960, and provision of Title 31, and 26 USC 6050I of the United States Code (USC), this section will discuss only those money laundering and currency violation under the jurisdiction of IRS, your consignment lacks proof of ownership certificate from the joint team of IRS and IRC, therefore you need to reply back immediately for direction on how to procure this certificate to enable us relieved the charge of evading the law on you, which is a punishable offense in the United States.

You are required to reply back within 72hours or you will be prosecuted in a court of law for money laundering, also you are instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in Nigeria or the United kingdom or any part of the world regarding your payment because your consignment has been confiscated by the Federal Bureau here in the United States.

Yours In Service,
Agent Jason Gale
Regional Deputy Director
Intelligence Field Unit



BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH Where do these people come from. (Please don't state the obvious )

[JetJumper]

Lets see how long I can string them along.

My reply.

"WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! don't take my money!  Where do I need to sign to get it into my accounts!!! PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT!! I AM SO POOR I NEED IT!  My family is starving and I have been fired from my job.  I beg of you.. Help my family out!"

Bait has been set!

[RedFish]

LOL!   Gee that email has more imagination behind it and fewer spelling errors than usual, they ARE getting better!    Can't wait to see if they respond to your reply!

[Hookup]

Awesome!  You might not win the Internet with this thread but as runner up should the curren winner ever fail to meet his or her duties you might have to step in...  Good job!

[Nerine]

Sometimes they do reply I replied that my husband had just died and I had 10 kids to feed! crazy peeps trying to get money!! they wanted a passport photo and all these other documents...you can go online and get a crazy passport pic with a monkey LOL so I sent that

[Greatwhite]

Yes, sometimes they will reply - other times, it's all automated responses...  I've been the victim of these scams in the past, with the best one being someone who tried to buy my car sight unseen, over the internet.

I got LOTS of automated "I hope you are not trying to scam me" emails, and automated emails from the "FBI branch of Paypal".

It's lots of fun, playing with these people.  I don't know who falls for this crap, but SOMEONE must!

[Stussi613]

Lets see how long I can string them along.

My reply.

"WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! don't take my money!  Where do I need to sign to get it into my accounts!!! PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT!! I AM SO POOR I NEED IT!  My family is starving and I have been fired from my job.  I beg of you.. Help my family out!"

Bait has been set!

I've played with them before, it's always best to reply that you don't need the money as you are wealthy and retired early to set up a charity to help people in third world countries. They immediately contact you from another account with a sob story about how much they need money. From there you can make them do just about anything...

There's a website called 419 Eaters with some pretty crazy stories about how guys in the early days were getting them to send in completed applications for charity funds with money orders for return postage and telling them they needed the application the next day so they had to overnight it.  Scamming the scammer, always an interesting read.

[Greatwhite]

My dad is looking for a used car... He found a nice looking Grand Am, and emailed about it. This was the response he got - it looks legit to me!!    I'm glad he's smart enough not to get sucked in by these things.

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in purchasing my 2002 Pontiac Grand Am. It is in perfect condition, with no scratches on it, no damage, always garaged, always covered. Everything about this car functions perfectly. Incredible power, handling and reliability. If you are interested in buying, the price is CAD $3,000.
I had to move with my family to Greece but because now i don't have time to ride i decided to sell the car.
The transaction will be done through eBay for our own protection, no money first to me.
Your funds will be 100% insured by eBay until you will receive and inspect the car, and I will be sure that I will receive the payment.
You will have 5 days from the time you receive the car to inspect it and decide if you want to keep it or not.
If you want to buy my car then e-mail me: Full name for the title, Shipping address
As soon as I have this information I'll start the official procedure, and eBay will notify you about this. You'll also receive important guidelines + instructions from them (please go through them exactly). I'll handle the shipping, so this will be free of charge for you.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Angela

[exv152]

He had to move his famiy to Greece? Must be because of the bustling economy over there.

Honestly, you should forward the email to ebay, if it's a scam they should know, hate to see anyone get caught in something like this.

[Greatwhite]

The fun thing is that the ad was on auto trader...  So I have no idea where ebay even came from.  It's not like ebay handles money at all!!

[Stussi613]

The fun thing is that the ad was on auto trader...  So I have no idea where ebay even came from.  It's not like ebay handles money at all!!

This:

http://reviews.ebay.ca/Scam-Alert-Craigslist-AutoTrader-eBay-Motors-Car-Scams?ugid=10000000011673463

"Why would an ad placed on Craigslist or AutoTrader be facilitated on eBay.com? Why would eBay send an email to authorize the transaction, when I didn't even bid on the vehicle? Is there really a warehouse that eBay store all the items they have listed by their Sellers? Do eBay Employees deliver the items to the Buyers?"

[RedFish]

Whew...this one is very wordy.   They must have decided that using big words makes them more believable.

"International Reconciliation & Logistics Vault International Monetary Fund (IMF) Compensational Settlement of Escrow Accounts.

It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some impostors who claim to be staff in Banks and other regional payment centers. Our reconciliation teams with the prospectus instrument of the United Nations after freezing suspected imposters account.
This support was fully effective with the help of World Bank after a summit meeting in London, on the financial analysis on financial stability issues fluctuating their economy with the international global standard.

After gathering of this sum, our logistic department gave us a list of customers to be paid who fall victims to this impostors due to unawareness. And mode of payment was as well specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against criminality during process of payment. We have arranged your payment through our swift card centers, which is the latest instruction from International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office.

The card center will send you an ATM Debit card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM Center, Banks and Union Pay Credit outlets in the world, You are hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval, which you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail in returning the required below to the Logistic Department by email listed below.


Office of Reconciliation and Logistics Vaults, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Contact Manager: Mr. Joseph H. Belkins
Email:

1. Full Name
2. Phone and Fax Number
3. Your age and Current Occupation
4. Contact Address where you want your ATM Card to be delivered to (P.O Box Not
Acceptable)

For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-1960) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Card Center by using it as your subject.

Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost arising for the delivery of the donation parcel. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misappropriation.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Robert Ferguson
Admin Chairman
International Reconciliation and Logistics Vaults International Monetary Fund (IMF)"