Email Fraud Alert received from: Farg Off
I recently received an email with this subject line: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FROM THE F.B.I…TREAT AS VERY URGENT and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
UNITED STATES.
OFFICIAL LETTER FROM THE F.B.I, WASHINGTON D.C
Once again, I am Special Agent James Angler from the Intelligence Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Washington, DC and this is the final warning you are going to receive from us and we believe by now, you must be aware of how many times this message was sent to you in the past few days without any reply. We have warned you so many times and you have chose to ignore our e-mails, but it is going to be different today because if you fail to respond back to us as advised, then we will have to proceed with the next penal course of action against you, you will be arrested after which your Bank account will be closed and all your properties confiscated by the F.B.I.
We would also send a letter to the Company/Agency that you work/worked for them to put you on suspension until we are through with our investigations because a suspect is not suppose to be working for the government or any private organization or even receiving retirement benefits, while under investigation. Also, your ID which we have in our database will be sent to all the crimes agencies in the United States of America for them to insert you in their website as an internet fraudsters and to warn people from having any dealings with you.
You would have averted all this problems if you replied to our message as soon as it was sent to you few days back. We notified you that we Intercepted two consignment boxes at JFK Airport, New York, and that the boxes were scanned and was found out that it contained a cash sum of money worth ($10.5M) along with some backup documents evidencing the consignment which bears your Name/Contact details as the Beneficiary/Receiver of the money. Investigation carried out on the diplomat that accompanied the consignment into the United States, confirmed that he was to deliver the fund to you as an overdue compensation payment awarded to you from the United Nations, for being a scam victim.
Meanwhile, we cross checked all legal documents in the boxes and found out that your consignment was lacking some important documents and we cannot release the consignment to the Diplomat until the documents is provided to confirm the legitimacy of the fund, hence, we will have no other choice than to confiscate your consignment and prosecute you accordingly, if you fail to conform to our directives by providing the stated documents.
According to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in Title 26 reporting requirement on a Form 8300, report of Cash Payment Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business, money laundering activity may violate 18 USC §1956, 18 USC 1957, 18 USC 1960, and provision of Title 31, and 26 USC 6050I of the United States Code (USC), this section will discuss only those money laundering and currency violation under the jurisdiction of IRS, your consignment lacks Proof of Ownership Certificate (P.O.C) and Origin of Funds Certificate (O.F.C) from the joint team of IRS, therefore you need to reply back immediately for direction on how to procure this certificate to enable us relieve the charge of evading the law on you, which is a punishable offense under the laws of the United States of America, as you are already aware.
You are required to reply back within 72hours or you will be prosecuted for Internet Fraud/Anti Terrorism/Money Laundering/Drug as stipulated by the Laws of the United States, also you are instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in Nigeria or the United kingdom or any part of the world regarding any form of payment as your consignment is already here with us in the United States and under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This is an official notification and we advise you treat it with utmost urgency, in your best interest.
Yours in service,
JAMES ANGLER
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
The above email was sent by “Federal Bureau of Investigation F.B.I” from this email address: security_watch@fbi-org.us.ms
I, Farg Off, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Federal Bureau of Investigation F.B.I”:
Dear Special Agent James Angler do you PHISH much?