Hoax mail with subject line borrowed from Michael Jackson: This is it F.B.I

Hoax email posing as F.B.I director to award $10,000 USD.


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Attn:

I am Mr. Ron Mills, the personal secretary to the FBI Director; Robert S.Mueller III. After proper investigations, we discovered that your impending payment that have been withheld by imposters, claiming to be Mr. Mr.Lamido Sanusi (The New Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria), Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Frank Nweke, None existing officials of the Oceanic Bank of Nigeria and Zenith Bank, UK winning Lottery, Andy Lear of Hsbc bank, Coca-Cola winning lottery and among a list of others is now under our custody with the help of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Local Police Force.

Investigations revealed that you have spent a lot on your personal earned money just to conclude the successful transfer of your funds to your nominated bank account by obtaining transfer documents as requested by the imposters, costing you a lot of money but all to no avail.


The FBI had to send some financial crime investigators from our head quarters in Washington DC to Africa in other to carry out proper investigation, after receiving series of other reports similar to yours as you are not the only person awaiting the legal transfer of funds from Africa.

The FBI has giving authority to the International Monetary Funds (IMF) to assist the Federal Ministry of Finance and all the organization involved; such as the Central Bank, Zenith Bank, and Legit lottery organizations to immediately commence with the compensation of all the beneficiaries awaiting the successful transfer of their funds.


With the help of some of the best Internet investigators attached to the FBI, we traced your information from the Internet as one of the beneficiaries awaiting the successful transfer of funds to your nominated account.


I am pleased to inform you that a meeting was held as regards the best way to carry out with the compensation exercise for transparency and most especially to avoid reoccurrence of the delay in transferring your funds and the high cost of procuring transfer documents and came to a final conclusion as all head of organizations involved was duly represented.


It was approved to be issued to you as a valid international ATM card cashable at any ATM machine designation in the world. The ATM account has already being credited with two million, five hundred thousand United States dollars. ($2.5, 000, 000.00USD), with a daily Limit of withdrawal of Ten thousand United States Dollars. ($10.000, 00USD).The ATM card has already being packaged and approved to be delivered to your door step via express courier delivery service.

Contact Mr. Mr Ben Williams {Our FBI ATM Rep.} at the ATM PAYMENT CENTER and reconfirm your delivery information as stated below and your security code with five digit (24006) number has to be submitted alongside with your delivery information for security reasons.


DELIVERY INFROMATION:
FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
CELLPHONE NUMBER:
CURRENT OCCUPATION
CONTACT INFORMATION:


NAME: Mr Ben Williams
EMAIL:mrbenwilliams05@live.com
PHONE: +234-802 4247079


NOTE: Under normal circumstances you are suppose to come and collect your ATM CARD in person and sign some documents as proof of the collection of your ATM CARD but the IMF and the Finance Ministry insisted that you pay for the delivery charges of your ATM CARD via western union money transfer, which will cost you only $220.00USD to cut down travel expenses in other for the western union payment receipt and the receipt of payment of $220 .00USD to the nominated courier company that will carry out with the delivery to your door step to be documented in your file as proof your collection. We hope that is very clear. A receipt to this effect will be sent to you and a copy kept in your file for future documentation.


We also advise that you stop further communications with these imposters and forward any correspondence / proposal you receive from them to Mr. Mr Ben Williams in other for the FBI to bring justice to does still at large.


Mr. Ron Mills.
For: Mr. Robert S.Mueller III
FBI DIRECTOR

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Hoax email with subject line: Dead or Alive

Yet another hoax mail bestowing $1.3 million dollars to me :)
Watch out this one, as its just another hoax!


Contents:


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from : Fund Release Department <info@admin.org>

Attn: Beneficiary

Your credit payment file have been added and opened.


We received an email that you are dead and you asked one Mr. William

Thomason to come and claim your funds related to your Compensation funds
$1.3 Million United State Dollars that has been with us since two weeks
now and he has also agreed to pay for the fund release charges of US$105.


So I am writing you to know if you are DEAD OR ALIVE, if you do not reply
back before 48hrs we will have no other alternative than to believe that
you are  dead according to Mr. Williams Thomason. And if you are still
alive you can get back to me as fast as you can or you can call me on my
phone take note that every thing has been paid for it is just for the fund
release fee that this Mr. Williams Thomason has agreed to pay for, if you
refuse to get back to us am afraid we shall give the fund transfer to him
and collect the money from him that means that he is right that you are
dead and he is to claim the funds on your behalf.


WE HAVE WITH US A SCANNED COPY of the SECRET PHOTO SHOT WE SNAPPED HIM and his FRIEND THE DAY THEY CAME TO OUR OFFICE TO TABLE THAT YOU ARE DEAD,IF YOU NEED IT, WE CAN SCAN IT FOR YOUR VERIFICATION PURPOSES.


Please if you are still alive and ready to claim your winning funds and
also Let us know if you are willing to pay the needed Charges of US$105.
Send down an attached to this Message with your I.D card Copy in order for
us to know that you are alive and kicking.


Please you are advice to stop all further Contact from any body you have
been dealing with regarding any Transaction. Please take note that you
have been given just 48hrs to get back to us so that we can know if you
are alive.


We await your swift response in regard to this news we received from Mr.
Williams Thomason. And if you are alive, we shall take full legal actions
to get him down and be brought to book, and we shall get back to you with
details on how to make the payment of US$250 for the fund release charge.



Truly Yours.
Name:- Barrister. John Martns
EMAIL:- john221@gmx.com
Fund Release Department
COMPENSATION AWARD AUTHORITY




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Hoax email with Subject line "Stop Dealing With Those People"

Watch out to falling for the following email. It is a fraud/hoax:
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from: Mrs. Beverly Fowler

Hello...

I am Mrs. Beverly Fowler; I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside Blockton Iowa 3213  . My residential address is as follows 3213 290 th Street, Blockton, Iowa 50836 , United States , am thinking of moving since I am now wealthy. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $42,000 while in the US , trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Mr. Mark Johnson, who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and a Human Rights Activist (Lawyer), and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds amounting to $850,000.00 Moreover, Mr. Mark Johnson, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email as one of the scam victims, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund,

They are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr. Mark Johnson.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name: Mr. Mark Johnson (Barrister)
Email: markj@gmx.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking

Advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I meet Mr. Mark Johnson was just $290 for the paper works, take note of that.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs. Beverly Fowler
3213 290 th Street, Blockton, Iowa 50836
USA .

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Hoax email with Subject line "REPLY A.S.A.P"

I received following hoax email today, and thought of sharing with the internet audience. This appears to be 100% hoax mail and the foremost reason being - I was not expecting such an email from a completely unknown person, and I am certainly not this lucky! I believe in hard work to earn money and not in sudden shower of fortune just by sitting on a couch! Here's are content, and watch out falling prey to this one:
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Lee Banabas
Lot 76, Cyberjaya Smart Homes,
Cyberjaya, KL, Malaysia.
Email: banaleebas@yahoo.com.hk
Cell Number: +6016-6540624


Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Lee Banabas, an attorney at law. I discovered your email (address) and information through a comprehensive web email search on directory so I decided to contact you. I know this may sound like a scam, as plenty dubious activities are taking place over the internet today. I assure you that this is authentic and legitimate.

A deceased client of mine, who hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, died as a result of a heart-related conditions on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was caused due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html 

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank, who is holding this deposit valued at Ten Million Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. ($10,600,000.00 USD). The bank has issued a notice to contact the next-of-kin, in the case where no next-of-kin is provided, the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Once everything is in place we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from many breach of the law.

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response. Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. I would like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my private EMAIL: ( banaleebas@yahoo.com.hk ) and treat this case with absolute confidentiality and sincerity. I look forward to your quick reply.

Also include your direct telephone number when contacting me or I can be reached on Tel: +6016-6540624

Best regards,
Lee Banabas
Attorney at Law


The information contained in this e-mail is a confidential information and is personally for you, please contact me or delete this copy

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