Check your inbox. There might be good news and bad news. Money, money — $10.5 million is waiting for you. But the FBI suspects you of being a terrorist and money-laundering your terrorist activities.
Here’s a fraudulent e-mail received this week … suspicious grammar in bold.
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D..C. 20535-0001 [notice two periods after ‘D’]
Payment Release Instruction From The Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Attention Funds Beneficiary,
This is to inform you that it has come to the notice of the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) that the sum of $10.5 million united states dollars were transferred from the central bank of Nigeria to the bank of America here in the united states, bearing your name as the beneficiary.We did not believe this at first until we saw the transfer, then we had no other option than to place the funds on hold until you are able to prove to us that you are not a terrorist or a money launderer, by obtaining what is called a diplomatic immunity seal of transfer certificate from the funds originated country.
Note that we have done a proper investigation on this transaction and from our investigation, this funds truly belongs to you and it is not a scam, but we have instructed the bank of America not to release the $10.5 million to you until you prove the legitimacy of the funds you are about to receive.
As a matter of fact, you will be charged for money laundering and terrorism, if you fail to prove to us that you are not a terrorist or a money launderer by obtaining the above mentioned certificate from the funds originated country, and if you are found guilty as charged, you will go to jail.You have just only 72 hours to prove to us you are not a terrorist, failure to comply with our instruction, you will be arrested and detained until this matter is settled. Meanwhile we have your full contact address which makes it easier for us to arrest you when ever we want to.
We are going to direct you on how to obtain the required document from the funds originated country in our next email to you, and your $10.5 million will be released to you as soon as the required document is obtained.
Therefore you have been advised to get back to us immediately you receive this email or you will be arrested by the FBI, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
For more informations and quick response, reply back to us through this email address: [email protected]
YOURS FAITFULLY,
ROBERT MUELLER FBI DIRECTOR
Robert Mueller is the current FBI director, but the e-mail reply goes to Mongolia. The country code-level domain for .mn is Mongolia. Don’t reply and mark it as spam.