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An Email with the Subject "Concluding Investigation by FBI" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:15:39 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION"<opele@verizon.net>.
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Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.C Telephone Number: 1 ( 646 ) 778-3497. ATTN: BENEFICIARY. 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 confirmed that the amount required to procure the Approval Slip is US$296.00 which you pay directly to the ATM CARD CENTER agent via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram. 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. EkenBrown Aku. EMAIL: ekenbrown@googlemail.com Contact Mr. Aku of the ATM Card Centre with the following information: Full Name: ................................................................................................. Address: .................................................................................................. City: ......................................................................................................... State: ............................................................................ Zip Code: ............................................................................................ Direct Phone Number: .............................................................................................. Current Occupation: ................................................................................................. Once you have sent the required information to Mr. Aku he will contact you with instructions on how to make the payment of US$296.00 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 more delay once you make payment for the Approval Slip to the authorized agent. Once you have sent the sum of US$296.00 to the agent in charge of this transaction, contact us back immediately for conformation and for our own records. Should in case you need any more information in regards to this notification, feel free to get back to us so that we can brief you more as we are here to guide you during and after this project has been completely perfected and you have received your ATM CARD. Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter. Federal Bureau Investigation Robert S. Mueller Director, FBI Telephone Number: 1 ( 646 ) 778-3497 HOTLINE:+ 1-206-426-6567.