Something Smells Phishy To Me…

HAHAHAHAHAHA!  LMFOA!  This is the first scam email I’ve seen actually capitalizing on other famous email scam names… Ma Delun is undoubtedly the most famous name used in phishing and advanced fee fraud schemes (Nigerian 419), followed closely by Robert Mueller (the current director of the FBI), Jürgen Krügger and the Epmgigo Rebels, so I think that it is tremendously funny that they name Ma Delun and “an imposter from the FBI” while laying down their sceme in this email.

I love the warning at the end of their email, too.

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From: investigation.dept@fbi.gov
Reply-to: fbi-usa.gov1@live.com
Sent: 12/12/2008 1:45:31 A.M. Central Standard Time
Subj: ALERT FROM THE FBI

Washington Field Office Federal Bureau of Investigation 601 4th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20535 (360) 637-3443

ATTENTION: Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated by the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Imposters claiming to be Ma Delun of the Bank of China and an imposter claiming to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfill your Financial Obligation giving to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.

So therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by arranging your payment in total of US$800,000.00 in an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw money anywhere in the world. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in the ATM CARD.

All I did want you to do is proceed and contact the ATM CARD CENTRE via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $550.00 only and note that your Approval Slip contains details of your PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) which you will use in activating your ATM CARD in any ATM MACHINE in the United States of America.

CONTACT INFORMATION

NAME: MR. PAUL SMITH
EMAIL: atmcardcentre1@hotmail.com
PHONE #: +2347027797613

This ATM Card Centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw money in any part of the world, but the maximum twenty thousand five hundred dollars per day.

If you wish to receive your funds in your ATM SWIFT CARD, kindly use the above information to contact Mr. Paul Smith, the director of the ATM CARD CENTRE and provide him with the below information.

1. Your full name:
2. Full address for ATM Card delivery:
3. Phone/ fax #:
4. Age:
5. Gender:
6. Occupation:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $550.00 so that they will make your ATM SWIFT CARD available and shipped to your doorstep immediately.

As soon as you have contacted and provided the ATM CARD CENTRE with the required info and fee, they will make your ATM SWIFT CARD available and shipped to your doorstep immediately.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $550.00 ONLY to Mr. Paul Smith 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.

We order you get back to this office after you open contact with the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTRE 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.
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Faithfully Yours,

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (360) 637-3443

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Note: Do disregard any email you get from any imposter or office claiming to be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are advised only to be in contact with Mr. Paul Smith of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person you are suppose to deal with in regards your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any email you get from imposters to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.

Tags: Nigerian 419 & Advance Fee Fraud, scam email

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