An Email with the Subject "*****SPAM***** NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT....." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:16:43 -0400 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Federal Bureau of Investigation"<inf890charles@gmail.com>.
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ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001 PHONE: 206-666-1978 Attention Fund Beneficiary PAYMENT NOTIFICATION Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have discoverd an approved fund of USD10.5M in your name thru our intel informative gadgets,and this fund cannot be release until you provide a legal documents for proper certification of the fund you are about to received. To certify the legitimacy of this fund $10.5 million Dollars, you are requested to present Fund Identification Record Certificate of the transfer of this $10.5m. They used what we know as a "secret diplomatic transit payment" (S.T.D.P) to pay this fund through wire transfer in your name, but this means of transfer can not reflect into account as this was wrong method of fund transfer because the FBI FUND IDENTIFICATION RECORD AND DIPLOMATIC SEAL OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE is not provided to prove the legitimacy and source of the fund you are about to receive Therefore in order for you to receive your payment and have clean bill of record with us without having any problem with our commission, Make a swift arrangment to Secure fbi fund identification record and diplomatic seal of transfer certificate, quoting the reference file no of FBI, FBI.ESX-CODE12/17 to the authorities concerned, contact us back to direct you where you will obtain the mentioned documents if you do not have them, because those documents are only proof we need to allow the fund to be released in your name . Thanks for your prompt response and understanding Christopher Wray New Fbi Director Federal Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, Dc CC: Canadian Police Association CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID) CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) CC: Egmont Group CC: FEDERAL BURUEA OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA) CC: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) CC: Financial Action Task Force (FATF) CC: International Monetary Fund (IMF) CC: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) CC: International Banking Security Association (IBSA) CC: International Air Transport Association (IATA) CC: Institut de Formation Interbancaire (INSIG) CC: World Customs Organization (WCO) CC: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) CC: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS) CC: WORLD CENTRAL BANK (SW) CC: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF) CC: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE (UK) CC: ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (efcc