FBI : Nigerian Bank Scam

Here's another one worth posting. We obviously get tons of these scams every day, but most of them are the same. When we get one which we feel would catch your attention we will publish them here.

This particular scam is a Nigerian Bank Scam where the sender claims to be from the FBI. Don't fall for this hoax.

Here's a copy of the email.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
ROOM 4-230, KALANIANAOLE FOB
300 ALA MOANA BOULEVARD HONOLULU, HAWAII 96850-0053
http://www.fbi.gov




Attn: Honorable Beneficiary.


We the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI Honolulu) United States Of America
have discovered through our intelligent monitoring network that you have a
transaction going on as either inheritance payment,Lottery or contract payment
in a tone of Millions of United States Dollars which have been approved but
have not been settled.

    
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file after close monitoring and found out why you have not received
your payment, both on your part and on the part of your debtors.


Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the non
officials in the bank who are attempting to secure the release of your fund to
you. We wish to advise you that this is illegal and you should stop further
communication with them forthwith because such an illegal act like this can
lead to cancellation of your fund.we have been having so many complains from
people who have been scammed arround the world hence, after concluding in a
meeting with members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we came to a
conclusion that every payment will be made through the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
(CBN). We also concluded on the use of ELECTRONIC ATM  PAYMENT SYSTEM as the
only direct means to pay all beneficiaries.


By this method, your funds will be loaded in TWO BATCHES into an ATM card, and
sent to you, from this card you can withdraw a maximum of us$5,000. per day
from any ATM machine worldwide, BUT from the financial houses there is no
limit. So if you would like to receive your funds in this way please send your
following information to the paying bank.


1. Full name
2. Full address (P.O box not acceptable)
3. Phone and fax #
4.Your balance payment
4. Your age, sex and current occupation


Below are the contact details of the PAYING BANK(ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA) in the
Federal Republic Of  Nigeria to whom you will send your information for the
processing of the ATM card as soon as possible:


CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Paul Taylor,
HEAD OF  OPERATIONS,ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION, ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA. (ZBN)
EMAIL: paul_taylor04@live.com
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER: +234-8030445305.


The DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION has been mandated to issue out your payments for
this fiscal year 2008. Also for your information, you have to stop any further
communication with any other person(s) or office(s) who claim that to be
established agents using it to defraud innocent people worldwide.This is to
avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.


THANKS FOR LISTENING TO OUR ADVISE


Faithfully Yours,
MR .ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
FOR COROPORATE AFFAIRS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI  Honolulu))
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NOTE: This is a copy of an email we received. In no way do we make any claim that this information is true, nor do we support any of these scammers who purposely lie to try and steal your personal information or money. If you receive scams, please forward to spam@uce.gov

Thanks

Fondazion Di Vittorio Apparent Scam

We wanted to publish this apparent scam because we've received approximately 30 emails from senders claiming to represent the Fondazion Di Vittorio in ITALY. Based on this amount of emails we would imagine you would be safe to delete any emails you receive from senders claiming to be associated with this group.

Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it

CONCERN,


The Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business development. The Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY, established 1977 by the Multi-Million groups and now supported by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), United Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union (EU) was conceived with the objective of human growth, educational, and community development.

In conjunction with the ECOWAS, UNO and the EU, We are giving out a yearly donation of US$850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United states dollars only) each to 33 lucky recipients. These specific Donations/Grants will be awarded to 33 lucky international recipients worldwide, in different categories.

Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected amongst the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$850,000.00 as charity donations/aid. (Note that all beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites or a shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from).

You are required to contact the Executive Secretary below, for processing of your claims. After contacting our office, you will be given your donation pin number, which you will use in collecting the funds. Please endeavor to supply the requested data below and quote your Qualification numbers (N-222-6747,E-900-56) in all discussions.


Full Name:
Sex/Age:
Address Line 1:
City: State: Zip/Postal Code:
Country:
Valid Phone Number: Fax (optional):
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Next of Kin:{indicate}:
How do you feel to be a winner:


I _________ HEREBY DECLARE THAT, ALL ABOVE INFORMATION PRODUCED BY ME ARE TRUE.

Executive Secretary:
Mr. Gianni Mattioli
Contact E-mail:fdvoffice99@aim.com
(Foundation officer)

Please note that these donations/Grants are strictly administered by the EU, ECOWAS, UNO. You are by all means hereby advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have been able to collect your donation, as there have been many cases of double and unqualified claim,due to beneficiaries informing third parties about his/her donation.

On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our warmest congratulations.

Regards,
Mr. Gianni Mattioli
Contact E-mail:fdvoffice99@aim.com
(Foundation officer)

Nigerian Bank Draft Scam

We have to give this guy credit. He at least makes the supposed scam sound professional. You would think someone with this writing ability could concentrate their efforts on a more legitimate business.

Here's a copy of this email:

YOUR IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE/CONTRACT PAYMENT

RE: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT VIA CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT

This is to inform you that the Presidency has stepped into the payment of your contract / inheritance fund. The instruction to this Board to authorized your payment was given by the President himself Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua following intelligence report on contract payment he received which revealed that the lower offices and department including some departments of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are engaging in the practice of payment delays through unnecessary use of bureaucratic office processes and imposition of unauthorized fees. This apart has been allegations that some officials of NNPC and CBN deliberately divert funds approved with the name of a beneficiary to accounts that were not given by the known contractor after the due processing and approval of such payment.

To avoid and curtail such, official misconduct and deliberate delay of foreign contractors’ payment under one flimsy reason or the other, the President of the Country therefore mandated this office to raise contractors’ payment and ensure that such payments are received by the contractor within a short period of five (5) days from the day of notice. Based on the information contained in your contract files and records submitted to us from NNPC, CBN, and FMF your name was in the list of Category A contractors whose payments have been verified and approved with the records indicating that your payment has long been over due. The directive from the President based on all these findings is that this office should make immediately uninterrupted payment of your contract fund direct from the Federal Treasury. Other offices including CBN earlier handling your payment has been advised to hand over to this office to avoid duplication of efforts, though such offices hesitate to let you know of this new development.

In respect of this, this office held a meeting with the representatives of concerned government bodies during which your contract file and other information of your payment were submitted. After going through your file a lot of official irregularities, impending stop orders and complexities surrounding the payment were discovered. This office and the concerned bodies unanimously decided and approved that your contract payment will be raised in Certified International Bank Draft. The draft will be raised either in your name or in the name of your Company as the beneficiary. As soon as the draft is raised and signed off by you, you will be required to present the draft at your bank for confirmation and crediting of fund into your account. This will take 3-5 days of depositing of draft in your bank. Finally, I have tried reaching you by telephone but unsuccessful, I will advise you to call me or send me a fax in regards to this, so that I will intimate you more in regards to your contract payment. Reconfirm you

Best regards,

Mr. Aminu Ahmed

Accountant General of the federation
TEL: +234-1-6576822
CELL:+234-1-7639846
FAX: +234-1-7642712
E-MAIL: acc_ahmedaminu@sify.com
http://www.oagf.gov.ng/team.html