Thank goodness these guys are looking out for me!

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Wannabe Baiter Joined: 20 Feb 2011 Posts: 90

So I got an email from the FBI-

"Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us."

Thank you, FBI, for warning me who not to deal with them.... I feel safer all ready!
YES, I have been dealing with some "fraudsters" lately.
Gee, so what should I do to get my money back?

"To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $180 (Two hundred and eighty United State Dollars) only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $180.00 only."

Yes, I've been ripped off by those fraudsters, but I can trust you, Mr FBI guy.... Right? And only $180 to get my "payment totaling $10.5,000,000.00(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)".... why, I'd be crazy to not send you that money RIGHT AWAY! What's that.... you want me to send it Western Union or MoneyGram?
Sure, no problem!

"Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Eric Moore of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime." Laughing

I think this was the first email I've gotten from a scammer warning me about other specific scammers by name.... could this be REAL other scammers that they're trying to block, or just a way to give me a false sense of security?

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:10 am

I giggle every they refer to themselves ...er other scammers...as impostors.

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 20 Feb 2011 Posts: 90

I'm just wondering if those are the names of REAL lads that he's trying to block, or just made-up examples.
If those are real lads, it would be fun to try to get them in a lad war against each other....

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

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could this be REAL other scammers that they're trying to block

No. They are real people currently or once in positions of authority and power. Soludo, for instance, is the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and was a popular person to impersonate amongst the lads. Aziza is a former Governor.

What you have is a recovery scam - usually aimed at people who were scammed in the past. The names thrown out in the email are ones often used in AFF, or names that the gang has used in other scams.

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