Well, here is one I haven't seen before . . .

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Spad, Feb 2, 2010.

  1. Spad

    Spad MajorGeek

    Does anyone actually fall for this kind of scam? Now, instead of dealing with Nigerian scammers themselves, lets deal with the FBI who are gallantly investigating the evil scammers on our behalf . . . rolleyes


    Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division.
    Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
    J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc
    http://www.[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]delet...0535 [url][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]deleted[/COLOR]


    Note: Do 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 Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTER 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.

    roflmao
     
  2. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    I got something similar today but i have deleted it so i can not post it.

    I have a hotmail account for shall we say sites i am curious about but do not want to get a flood of e-mails from and that account gets 3 or 4 per week, fortunately my proper e-mail account is well protected and i get only the occasional junk mail but the filters normally find them.
     
  3. Tux_Rules

    Tux_Rules Corporal

    Received 2 so far ;)

    First one March 23, 2009:

    And second, Oct 15, 2009:

    E-mail addresses from/reply-to range from gmail accounts to live.com accounts.
     
  4. rustyjack

    rustyjack MajorGeek

    Send an email back saying :

    Dear Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTER


    Get :*** !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    roflmaoroflmao
     
  5. brandypeppy

    brandypeppy MajorGeek

    Got you all beat. I received an email two weeks ago from the Obama Foundation!
    They said I had something like 3 million dollars coming!
    I know however that money just destroys lives so I deleted it.
    If I get another I'll post it here and auction it off and give the money to the charity of your choice.:-D:-D
     
  6. Sgt. Tibbs

    Sgt. Tibbs Ultra Geek

    My favourite thing about them is the random capitalization of words. And the fact that IF the FBI was contacting you, men with dark suits and earpieces would most likely appear on your porch. :-D
     
  7. da.bell

    da.bell Private First Class

    Well, at least their English writing has gotten better! :-D
     
  8. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    I wish I knew... they're hitting my phone now :(
     
  9. TeeCee

    TeeCee MajorGeek

    First time I have seen those! Yeah, they are getting more clever, for sure.
    Maybe they got tired of waiting for a response for the Nigerian $$$ roflmao
     
  10. bigtrucks

    bigtrucks MajorGeek

    I use to get one at least 3-4 times a month. Got tired of it and informed the bank that they told me to go to and emailed a copy to the government. Have not seen another one for almost a year now. I have several email addresses and they only seem to appear on Hotmail/Live(MSN)
     
  11. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    But I don't give them my phone number... :confused
     
  12. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    That's called a cold hit. I get those in my Live acct., exact e-mail addy and I haven't used this addy for any sign ups as I already have one for that. Either that or one of my friends got compromised, it happens.:(
     
  13. Spad

    Spad MajorGeek


    I'm not at liberty to say . . . those federal types have NO sense of humor . . . rolleyes

    :p
     
  14. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    I love that, the FBI sending you an email... Come on, they are not stupid people. :-D And I have a friend in the FBI, and they actually do have a sense of humor, but they hide it well. :-D
     
  15. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Spam... oh there's nothing like creating a spare email account just to have the address spread around like crap and harvested.

    Yep. It's a great idea to treasure those primary email account details :-D
     

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