Do people really believe these emails?

[Davinna]

They are going to just give me $800k. In exchange for this lump sum all I need to give them is my contact information, occupation, annual salary, OH and $345. :eek:

ANTI TERRORIST & MONETARY CRIME DIVISION
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.C
Telephone Number: ( 202 ) 324-****


This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly
completed an Investigated with the help of our 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, none officials of Oceanic Bank, none officials of
Zenith Bank and some impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation agents.During
our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment
is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your
Contract/Inheritance Payment.

So therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have
brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in the total amount of
$800,000.00 USD which will be deposited into an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw funds
anywhere of the world. You now have the lawful right to claim your funds which have been
deposited into the ATM CARD.

Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been involved in this transaction, you are now to
be rest assured that this transaction is legitimate and completely risk-free as it is our duty to
Protect and Serve citizens of the United States Of America. All you have to do is immediately
contact the ATM CARD CENTER via E-mail for instructions on how to procure your Approval Slip
which contains details on how to receive and activate your ATM CARD for immediate use to withdraw
funds being paid to you.

We have comfirmed that the amount required to procure the Approval Slip will cost you a total
of $345 USD which will be paid directly to the ATM CARD CENTER agent via Western Union Money
Transfer / MoneyGram Money Transfer. Below, you shall find contact details of the Agent whom will
process your transaction from Federal Minister of Finance:


CONTACT INFORMATION
FEDERAL MINISTER OF FINANCE.
ATM CARD CENTRE
NAME: Mr. Erik Edwards
OFFICE LINE: +234-708180****
EMAIL: atm-card.centre@****.com

Immediately contact Mr. Erik Edwards of the ATM Card Centre with the following information:

Full Name:Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Direct Phone Number:
Current Occupation:
Annual Income:

Once you have sent the required information to Mr. Erik Edwards he will contact you with
instructions on how to make the payment of $345 USD for the Approval Slip after which he will
proceed towards delivery of the ATM CARD without any further delay. You have hereby been
authorized/guaranteed by the Federal Bureau Of Investigation to commence towards completing this
transaction, as there shall be NO delay once payment for the Approval Slip has been made to the
authorized agent.

Once you have completed payment of $345 to the agent in charge of this transaction, immediately
contact us back for more investigation for comfirmation of your ATM card.

Federal Bureau Investigation
Robert S. Mueller Director, FBI
Telephone Number: ( 202 ) 324-****
Contact us at: report-fbi.investigation@****.com

[Dozen_Black_Roses]

lol apparently enough do or they would move on to a different scam

[Eldamir]

oh noes! they're going to wiretap my internets!

[Agahnim]

oh noes! they're going to wiretap my internets!

I'm sure the government already knows how much porn you have downloaded!
:drool: :infat: :pervert: :smileysex: :threesum: :asshole: :blush: :thumbup: :69:

[Shamguard]

Let's just say P.T.Barnum was right, and you only have to find a few to make money at this.
Of course when they get caught they get a free place to sleep, free food and sex. :p


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[Lazarus]

I remember a businessman near the top of what was a wealthy company going to prison because he lost millions in company funds to a Nigerian scam.

[nakano]

I deal with fraud on a daily basis.

Yes people are that *challenged*.

Much of identity theft is preventable, by simply realizing that if something is too good to be true, it almost certainly is not. That and by not giving out any information that is not essential for the service you are receiving.

[Shamguard]

I find it interesting that people will give personal information to someone over the internet or the phone. If that same person just walked up to them on the street and asked for thier wallet they would scream.
Of course there are still scams that are done face to face that still work also. :)

As long as a scammer can find someone as greedy as they are they'll make money at this crap.

After getting check fraud myself, after someone took a check out of my mail. I don't even mail checks any more.

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[Davinna]

I've been scammed once...via paypal. I can't believe I fell for it :(

Lesson learned.