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.

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My wife received today this fake email in a attempt to scam Capital One credit card information.  Since the email tried to get her to call a fake phone number for Capital One, (800) 523-8103, this is technically a vishing attempt.  If you call the provided number you will hear that it is a poor quality recording trying to elicit account information.  Remember, ALWAYS call the number on the back of your credit card and NEVER the number provided in the email.

From: “Capital One” [service@capitaone.com> <216.57.96.8 (HELO mailout04.westnotificationsgroup.com)]
Sent: 11/27/2008 11:50 PM MST
Subject: Capital One Alert: Irregular Credit Card Activity

From: bineyk55@hetnet.nl
Sent: 8/27/2008 1:24:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: Urgent Business Offer!!!

Hello Friend,

help me in transferring $18,000,000 to an online bank account,45% will be your, I shall give more details upon your reponse via my confidential email address: oluremigeorge2008@live.com

Thanks

Mr Oluremi George

From: bryan_williams@hotmail.co.uk
Reply-to: d.allen_gscs@sify.com
Sent: 8/13/2008 4:03:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: RE: GOOD DAY
My Dear friend.

How are you today? I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Paraguay who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction. I have decided to compensate you with 10% of the total funds worth of $1,020,000.00 to be delivered to you anywhere in the world with the GLOBAL SECURITY & CARGO SERVICES.

Now contact my Duty officer in GLOBAL SECURITY & CARGO SERVICES in UK for the collection of the funds with the information stated below:

GLOBAL SECURITY & CARGO SERVICES
215 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD
LONDON, SW1V 1EJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 70457 26404
Duty Officer: Dr. David Allen
Email: d.allen_gscs@sify.com
         
You should therefore send to him you are full Name, telephone and fax numbers / your correct mailing address where you want him to send the funds to you.  As of now I am very busy with my investment projects in Paraguay. Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Hoping to hear from you.

Yours sincerely,
Bryan

From: chick@aapt.net.au
Reply-to: davidsmith.esqunit@live.com
Sent: 8/13/2008 11:28:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: (no subject)

Attention: Your Inheritance Funds

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.Jürgen Krügger.  I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered.

I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you  that late Engr.Jürgen Krügger made you a beneficiary to his WILL.

He left the sum of Thirty Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$30,100.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good.

Engr.Jürgen Krügger until his death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic &  Electrical Engineers.He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Engr. Jürgen Krügger died on the 13th day of December, 2004 at the age of 80 years and his WILL is now ready for execution.

According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.  Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

I await your prompt response.
E-mail: davidsmith.esqunit@live.com

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH ESQ.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq Markus Wolfgang, Mr.
John Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq