Am I a Terrorist?
Posted by Michael Holdcroft in 419 scam, Advance Fee Fraud, tags: 419 scam, Africans, Anti Terrorist, Bank London, Beneficiary, Bureaucratic Language, Citi Bank, Combating Terrorism, Course Money, Crediting, Crimes, FBI, Inheritance, London District, Money Transfers, Mueller, Robert S. Mueller, Security Reason, Terrorist Activities, Terrorist Acts, Terrorist Organizations, Undisclosed RecipientsSometimes one of the Africans has a fantastic idea. This is one of them.
After 9/11 the US has been following money transfers the world over as one of the methods of combating Terrorism. Of course, money transfers not belonging to terrorist organizations are also being followed. This is where this message is trying to profit from.
Although the writer tries to emulate an official message from the FBI, he has no command of official bureaucratic language.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Robert S. Mueller
Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Subject: ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
To: undisclosed-recipients
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
Website: www.fbi.gov
ATTENTION: FUND BENEFICIARY,
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL ADVICE FROM THE FBI FOREIGN REMITTANCE/TELEGRAPHIC DEPT.,IT HAS COME TO OUR NOTICE THAT THE CITI BANK LONDON DISTRICT HAS RELEASED 10,500,000.00 U.S DOLLARS INTO A BANK IN AMERICA(name withheld for security reason) IN YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY, BY INHERITANCE MEANS.THE CITI BANK LONDON KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES TO EFFECT THIS PAYMENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO YOUR ACCOUNT, USED WHAT WE KNOW AS A SECRET DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT PAYMENT S.T.D.P TO PAY THIS FUND THROUGH WIRE TRANSFER,THEY USED THIS MEANS TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENT.
THEY ARE STILL, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM YOU ON THE ALREADY TRANSFERRED FUNDS WHICH WAS MADE IN DIRECT TRANSFER SO THAT THEY CAN DO FINAL CREDITING TO YOUR ACCOUNT. SECRET DIPLOMATIC PAYMENTS ARE NOT MADE UNLESS THE FUNDS ARE RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WHY MUST YOUR PAYMENT BE MADE IN SECRET TRANSFER , IF YOUR TRANSACTION IS LEGITIMATE,IF YOU ARE NOT
TERRORIST, THEN WHY DID YOU NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,THIS IS A PURE CODED ,MEANS OF PAYMENT?
RECORDS WHICH WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS METHOD OF PAYMENT IN THE PAST HAS ALWAYS BEEN RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTS, WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO GET INTO TROUBLE AS SOON AS THESE FUNDS REFLECT IN YOUR ACCOUNT IN THE U.S.A, SO IT IS OUR DUTY AS A WORDWIDE COMMISSION TO CORRECT THIS LITTLE PROBLEM BEFORE THIS FUND WILL BE CREDITED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
DUE TO THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND UNNECESSARY SCRUTINY BY THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES WHEN FUNDS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THE F.B.I BANK COMMISSION FOR EUROPE HAS STOPPED THE TRANSFER ON ITS WAY TO DELIVER PAYMENT OF $10,500,000.00 TO DEBIT YOUR RESERVE ACCOUNT AND PAY YOU THROUGH A SECURED DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT ACCOUNT (S.D.T.A). WE GOVERN AND OVERSEES FUNDS TRANSFER FOR THE WORLD BANK AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
WE ADVICE YOU CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY,AS THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND ARE BEING HELD IN OUR CUSTODY ,UNTIL YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OFTRANSFER(DIST) WITHING 3 DAYS FROM THE WORLD LOCAL BANK THAT AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER FROM WHERE THE FUNDS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM TO CERTIFY THAT THE FUNDS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE FROM LONDON ARE ANTI TERRORIST/DRUG FREE OR WE SHALL HAVE CAUSE TO CROSS AND IMPOUND THE PAYMENT,WE SHALL RELEASE THE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS LEGAL DOCUMENTS
.——————————————————————————–
We have decided to contact you directly to acquire
the proper verifications and proof from you to show
that you are the rightful person to receive this fund,
because of the amount involve,we want to make sure is
a clean and legal money you are about to receive. Be
informed that the fund are now in United State in your
name , but right now we have ask the bank not to
release the fund to anybody that comes to them ,
unless we ask them to do so,because we have to carry
out our investigations first before releasing the fund
to you. Note that the fund is in a BANK in AMERICA(name withheld for security reason)
right now, but we have ask them not to credit the fund
to you yet, because we need a solid proof and
verifications from you before releasing the funds.
So to this regards you are to re-assure and proof to
us that what you are about to receive is a clean money
by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also
Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) to satisfy
to us that the money you are about to receive is
legitimate and clean money. You are to forward the
documents to us immediately if you have it in your
possession, if you don’t have it let us know so that
we will direct and inform you where to obtain the
document and send to us so that we will ask the bank
holding the funds to go ahead
Crediting your account immediately.
This Documents are to be issued to you from the
World Local Bank that Authorized the transfer, so get
back to us immediately if you don’t have the document so
that we will inform you the particular place to obtain
the document in United Kingdom U.K, because we have
come to realize that the fund was Authorized by
H.S.B.C Bank in London.
An FBI Identification Record and Diplomatic Immunity
Seal Of Transfer(DIST) often referred to as a
Criminal History Record or Rap Sheet, is a listing of
certain information taken from fingerprint submissions
retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in
some instances, federal employment,naturalization, or
military service.THESE CONDITION IS VALID UNTIL THE
30TH AUGUST 2008 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELLING
THE PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGE YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING OF
FUNDS OUT OF LONDON .
GUARANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE
RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT.
FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller, III




Entries (RSS)
I just received this email:
From: Robert S. Mueller III (info.security@fbi.gov)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: Thu 2/12/09 2:40 AM
To:
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
Attn: Beneficiary,
With the supporting evidence before the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in respect to your long awaited payment. We wish to inform you that we have thoroughly Investigated your payment matter with the help of our Global Financial Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of Fedex, Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI). This payment has been delayed severally by these some group of scammers.
During our Investigation over your payment, we found out that the reason why you have not received your payment was because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Payment and at the same time you have choose to deal with the wrong people over your payment.
Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a lasting solution to your problem by normalizing in your favor a part payment in total of $3,500.000.00 USD in an ATM CARD. You can use your ATM CARD to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4000 to $5000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an ATM CARD.
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you have to be rest assured that this is 100% risk free, it is our duty to protect and fight crimes. All I want you to do is to contact the approved and appointed ATM CARD CENTER on their below stated email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $110.00 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: Mrs. Amanda White
EMAIL: amandawhite234@live.com
TELEPHONE NUMBER : +2348032312384
Do contact Mrs. Amanda White of the ATM CARD CENTRE with your details:
FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELL:
CELL:
So your payment file would be updated after which he will send the payment information’s which you’ll use in making payment of $110.00 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further charges or delay. Please if you know you cannot be able to afford the $110 for your payment Approval Slip of your ATM CARD then do not bother to contact Mrs. Amanda White.
We advise you to get back to this office after you must have contacted the ATM CARD CENTER so that we can make sure that your ATM CARD gets to you unfailingly. Your earliest compliance to this notice will put you at advantage.
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 Mrs. Amanda White of the ATM CARD CENTRE 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 can have him/her investigated and apprehended.
Best Regards,
Robert S. Mueller, III
F.B.I Director
Eva,
so you got the FBI-Mail – congratulations
This one has been doing the rounds for about 3 or 4 years now.
Goes to show it must be working or the Africans would have dropped it ages ago.
Michael
I recieved this same email from the FBI, and I thought it was legit. I am glad I looked it up and to see it is a big scam. I would love that much money in may account though.
Martha
Martha, I guess you are not alone with that wish
Michael
i have just received one of these emails. i am being threatened with incarceration if i dont cooperate with some entity in Nigeria. the grammar and syntax is very poor and certainly not of American legitimate business origin and the theme of lottery winnings makes no sense. in a perfect world, computers in Nigeria should be ‘filtered’ from nonsense scams on Americans.
Yes, if you don’t cooperate they do like to threaten you with being arrested by the FBI.
Michael
I HAVE ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT E-MAILS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES ONE IS SUPPOSELY FROM CBN WITH PACKAGE DELIVERY,PAUL PHILLIP,A DEPLOMAT HWO DO I KNOW IF IT IS A CON?
John,
all of these “stories” are just plain scams.
Michael
FBI STATES I HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT WIYH LARGE SUM OF MONEY TRANSFERED AND IS ON HOLD TELL THE KNOW WHO I AM AND THIS IS NOT FOR TERRITS-LAUNDRY-OR DRUG USE.HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF IT IS NOT A SCAM?OR A CON?
MR PAUL PHILLP IS IN CONTACT WITH ME EVERY DAY,TRYING TO TELL ME TO BE AWARE OF OTHER NOTICES,US CUSTOMS IS WAITING FOR TRANSFER DESTINATION HE SENT ME A PHOTO COPY OF HIS VISA DIPOLMAT I D.IS THIS FOR REAL
John,
the FBI does not inform anyone about money coming from anywhere. The crooks like to send emails claiming to be from the FBI. The FBI ruse is used to intimidate people into cooperating and to part with there money to pay for fees.
You will probably get a fraud FBI email saying they will send some agents down to arrest you if you don’t comply.
It’s all part of the story.
Michael
No, it’s not for real.
they are just trying to get you to send them money, that’s all.
I recommend you just stop answering their messages and if they call, just hang up on them.
Michael
If the FBI were going to arrest someone anyway they would not warn them. They would just get it done.