Scambusters, Preventing Internet Scams & Phishing Attempts

This blog is dedicated to help preventing internet fraud and internet scams. Scambusters was a radio show I started in Albany Oregon, but due to defaulted payment by the radio station we took the show offline. Regardless of this issue we still wish to help prevent internet fraud and save people from internet loss. I have been interviewed and featured in various publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times & Daily News, The London Times & AARP Newsletters. Please watch this blog for latest tips and tricks and scams to avoid.

Showing posts with label fbi scam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fbi scam. Show all posts

Thursday, December 23, 2010

FBI REMITTANCE DEPT.....INVESTIGATION REPORT - SCAM

Wow, this takes real guts, pretending to be an FBI agent! This can get you in serious hot water, and I hope it does. What a risk the scammer is taking pretending to be from the FBI. It is one thing to pretend to be a Nigerian Prince, but another to screw with the US Federal Government.

See text and image below

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From: Guy Bruce
Date: 2010/12/23
Subject: FBI REMITTANCE DEPT.....INVESTIGATION REPORT
To: amanda.norman189@gmnail.com


Do read the attached document to this email message.

This message was sent to you in this form due to confidentiality of its content. Do read and get back to me as soon as possible by email preferably.

IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email


Saturday, June 06, 2009

MR .ROBERT S. Garrity, III FBI Money / Nigerian Fraud Email Scam

Wow.. so many things wrong with this email I can't even start, it would take up pages on why this is a fraud.

email initiated from webbrownoko@aol.com

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI
ROOM 4-230, KALANIANAOLE FOB
300 ALA MOANA BOULEVARD HONOLULU, HAWAII 96850-0053
http://www.fbi.gov
Email: drwalkeridowu@hotmail.com
Robert J. Garrity,Deputy Asst.Director,Records Management Division FBI
Before the House of Representatives, Subcommittee on International Terrorism
and Human Rights Los Angeles, California

Attn: Honourable Beneficiary.

We the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI Honolulu) United States Of America
have discovered through our intelligent monitoring network that you have a
transaction going on as either inheritance payment,Lottery or contract payment
in a tone of Millions of United States Dollars which have been approved but
have not been settled.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract,Lottery /
inheritance file after close monitoring and found out why you have not received
your payment,both on your part and on the part of your debtors.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the non
officials in the bank who are attempting to secure the release of your fund to
you. We wish to advise you that this is illegal and you should stop further
communication with them forthwith because such an illegal act like this can
lead to cancellation of your fund.

we have been having so
many complains from people who have been scammed arround
the world hence,after concluding in a meeting with members of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF),and all the presidents in africa concerning these, we came
to a conclusion that every payment will be made through the Union Bank of
Africa in the Republic Of NIGERIA. We also concluded on the use of ELECTRONIC
ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM as the only direct means to pay all beneficiaries.

This is to inform you that we have just pass a NOTIFICATION to the Central Bank
Of Nigeria,to pay you an accumulated deposited funds of US$8,300,000.00 through
Union Bank of Africa.


By this method,your funds will be loaded in two batches into an ATM card, and
sent to you, from this card you can withdraw a maximum of us$15,000 per day
from any ATM machine worldwide,BUT from the financial houses there is no
limit.So if you would like to receive your funds in this way please
send your
following information to the paying bank.

Due to delay in your payment,and the

1. Full name
2. Full address (P.O box not acceptable)
3. Phone and fax #
4. Your age, sex and current occupation

We immediately instruct you to contact Mr Idris Idowu with the email contact
below.Below are the contact details of the PAYING BANK(Union Bank of Africa) in
the Republic Of Nigeria to whom you will send your information for the
processing of the ATM card as soon as possible:


CONTACT Dr.Idris Idowu,
HEAD OF OPERATIONS,ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION,Union Bank of Africa
370 Queens STREET,Island,
E144QJ REPUBLIC OF Nigeria.
EMAIL: drwalkeridowu@hotmail.com


The DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION has been mandated to issue out your payments for
this fiscal year 2009. Also for your information, you have to stop any further
communication with an FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI
ELECTRONIC ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM other person(s) or
office(s) who claim to be established
agents using it to defraud innocent people worldwide.This is to avoid any
hitches in receiving your payment.

THANKS FOR LISTENING TO OUR ADVISE

Yours, Faithfully

MR .ROBERT S. Garrity, III
FOR COROPORATE AFFAIRS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI Honolulu))
Los Angeles, California
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Do contact Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTRE

Please note that the FBI has posted warnings about this all to common scam...

Per FBI "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."

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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, Mr Frank 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 $4000 to $5000 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 $180.00 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.

CONTACT INFORMATION

NAME: Kelvin Williams

EMAIL: williamskelvin44@gmail.com

Tel: +234-702-958-3785

Do contact Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTRE with your details:

FULL NAME:

HOME ADDRESS:

TELL:

CELL:

CURRENT OCCUPATION:

BANK NAME:

So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment informations which you'll use in making payment of $180.00 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 be in possesion of your ATM CARD, you are hereby adviced only to be in contact with Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.



fbi.director@btinternet.com
williamskelvin44@gmail.com
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