I'm Rich...the FBI just told me so.

[Zeb_Carter]

FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20423-0002


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

This is to officially inform you that we have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the sum of $7.4million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. We have authorized this winning to be paid to you via SWIFT ATM CARD.

The stated amount of $7.4million USD has been deposited with IMF. We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Cotonou, Benin Republic. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following,

(1) Deposit Fee's ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )

CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. KEN JACKSON
CALL +229-689 728 55
E-MAIL kenjacksson91@gmail.com )

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $180.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $7.4million USD via SWIFT ATM CARD from IMF, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction: AAE3248910. This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $180.00 ONLY to MR. KEN JACKSON information in which he shall send to you,

Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe,
Director Office of Public Affairs

 

[lovecraft68]

Looks legit...what are you waiting for!

 

[CyranoJ]

Brokering transactions for lottery companies in Benin, huh? The FBI is really branching out.

 

[lovecraft68]

Brokering transactions for lottery companies in Benin, huh? The FBI is really branching out.

There's memos damn it!

 

[sr71plt]

It does affirm that you have legally won it.

 

[holliday1960]

I'm so sorry, Zeb. I see they accidentally delivered my junk mail to you today. (uh, on second thought, what's that forwarding address again?)

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm sure FBI agents have emails like so and so 91 @gmail...

 

[holliday1960]

I'm sure FBI agents have emails like so and so 91 @gmail...

Well, now THERE'S my project for the day...I'm going into gmail and forward ALL my spam to Mr. Ken Jackson. Thanks for pointing that out to me, LC. I sure hope it doesn't keep him from having time to cut Zeb's check for him.

 

[R. Richard]

CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. KEN JACKSON
CALL +229-689 728 55
E-MAIL kenjacksson91@gmail.com )

The area code is in Georgia.

 

[My I]

So many dead give-aways in that only a moron would buy it. But then, we do have a lot of rich morons in America.

 

[rutger5]

So unfair, I never win international lotteries. I only get the 'IRS' leaving messages on my phone that I owe the government money and I need to meet the agent in a parking lot and bring the cash.

 

[lovecraft68]

So many dead give-aways in that only a moron would buy it. But then, we do have a lot of rich morons in America.

Kushner is behind it and Eric Trump is responding to it as we speak.

 

[ChloeTzang]

So unfair, I never win international lotteries. I only get the 'IRS' leaving messages on my phone that I owe the government money and I need to meet the agent in a parking lot and bring the cash.

The one that called me wanted me to pay with gift cards from some big chain store, can't remember which one now. Apparently I owe them. Going to have to talk to my employer about those payroll deductions it seems. Lol. I kept him going for 45 minutes, it was great. He hung up on me in the end.

 

[LeandraNyx]

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[Bramblethorn]

CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. KEN JACKSON
CALL +229-689 728 55

The area code is in Georgia.

Not quite. The "+" indicates an international number, so the first thing after that is the country code. +229 is the code for Benin, a small country next door to Nigeria. Like Nigeria, it's a haven for this kind of scam.

A number for Georgia (USA) would be "+1-229-..." or if you're inside the USA, just "229-..." without the +.

Important if you're using a smartphone which will recognise the + as the international call prefix - you might think you're dialling a number in Georgia USA, but actually...

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

If someone loans me $180 I'll split the rest after taxes and after my world tour.

 

[CyranoJ]

Not quite. The "+" indicates an international number, so the first thing after that is the country code. +229 is the code for Benin, a small country next door to Nigeria. Like Nigeria, it's a haven for this kind of scam.

It also seems to me like there's the wrong amount of digits after "229" for it to be an American number, yes?

 

[49greg]

So many dead give-aways in that only a moron would buy it. But then, we do have a lot of rich morons in America.

Unfortunately we also have a lot of poor morons in the US who will also be giving away what they can't afford.

On the rich moron subject, one of the Doctors at the hospital where a friend works actually fell for one of those Nigerian scams. He got up and bragged about it as soon as he sent his info off. Someone with more sense told him what an idiot he was, and he managed to get the bank to block any withdrawals. Luckily he banked at the branch in the hospital lobby, so a quick trip down an elevator and up the hallway.

 

[Handley_Page]

Unfortunately we also have a lot of poor morons in the US who will also be giving away what they can't afford.

On the rich moron subject, one of the Doctors at the hospital where a friend works actually fell for one of those Nigerian scams. He got up and bragged about it as soon as he sent his info off. Someone with more sense told him what an idiot he was, and he managed to get the bank to block any withdrawals. Luckily he banked at the branch in the hospital lobby, so a quick trip down an elevator and up the hallway.

A few years ago there was a newspaper report about some hapless wight who'd fallen for it and lost his life savings (about 30 grand as I recall). Not that he got much help, of course.

 

[Bramblethorn]

It also seems to me like there's the wrong amount of digits after "229" for it to be an American number, yes?

Yeah, though internal extensions can add digits to a number.

A few years ago there was a newspaper report about some hapless wight who'd fallen for it and lost his life savings (about 30 grand as I recall). Not that he got much help, of course.

It happens. One of the worst ones I saw was an investment advisor who blew hundreds of thousands of other people's retirement savings on one of these scams.

 

[litfan10]

Unfortunately we also have a lot of poor morons in the US who will also be giving away what they can't afford.

On the rich moron subject, one of the Doctors at the hospital where a friend works actually fell for one of those Nigerian scams. He got up and bragged about it as soon as he sent his info off. Someone with more sense told him what an idiot he was, and he managed to get the bank to block any withdrawals. Luckily he banked at the branch in the hospital lobby, so a quick trip down an elevator and up the hallway.

Yeah I want that Doctor operating on me - great decision making skills!

 

[litfan10]

I don't know....'Agent Ken Jackson' does have a nice Matrixy ring to it.

"There is no scam, Mr. Neo."

Or maybe a nice Die Hardy ring:

"What's the financial collateral damage? I can live with that."