These clowns're more inept scammers than I am a speed-picker

[Ben Elder]

Just received today. Apparently all office communcations at the FBI are conducted in Nigerian English as a Fourteenth Language:


From: "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)" <william>,
undisclosed-recipients@null, null@null


Re: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.


-----Original Message-----
>From: "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)" <comunicacion>
>Sent: Feb 18, 2011 12:23 PM
>To: undisclosed-recipients@null, null@null
>Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
>
>F.B.I
>WILLIAM ANDREW III
>EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FBI)
>FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
>FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
>
>We believe this notification meets you in a very good present state of mind and health. We the Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) with some other relevant Investigation Agencies here in the United states of America and Europe have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you presently have a transaction going on within African as a regards you have been sending money to African.
>
>The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us.
>
>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that you had been scammed by various Fraudsters. As a result of such mishap chronological, Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) are working together to refund all scammed funds back to the owner(s) and additional amount to you for the in convenient, it may has coursed you.
>
>However, you are advice to update back with the amount so far you have lost, a value Identity Card, Banking details to transfer your funds back to you.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>William .S. Andrew III
>Federal Bureau of Investigation
>J. Edgar Hoover Building
>935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
>NW Washington, D.C.
>20535-0001, USA
>Email: william.andrew@diplomats.com
>
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[Chris Dorch]

That's awesome... I should forward that to my mom who actually works there... she'd get a hoot out of it!

[Wiz Feinberg]

Email scams like that make my job as a 419 hunter so much easier. Carry on Mugus!