The FBI Have Contacted Me!

I received the following e-mail [screenshot below] this morning which says it has come from the FBI, not only that, it states that it was sent by FBI Director Robert S.Mueller the Third of the Anti-terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division and if I don't respond and/or supply the requested information that I'll be charged!





It goes on to say that I have $10,500,000.00 being wired to me via a Secured Diplomatic Transit Account [S.D.T.A] and I need to prove that I have the required paperwork, including a Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer [DIST] and an FBI Identification Record (aka a Rap Sheet or Criminal History Record) to prove I am who I claim to be and that I'm not a terrorist or drugs dealer. If I can supply these proofs, then the money is all mine!

OK, how many of you out there reading this would go along with this? Hands up, so I can count ;-)

Now, how many of the rest of you smell something fishy? Well, it isn't a Phish at all, it is just another new version of the so-called 419 scam.

The twist here, is that the Boys and Girls from Lagos [or almost anywhere else in the World now] are using fear as a new social engineering tactic to get you to part with personal data which they will then either mis-use or sell to others.

If you somehow, miraculously come up with the requested proofs, then guess what, you won't get any money at all, because there is no money in the first place, and the e-mail isn't from the FBI [or anyone in law-enforcement], surprise! ;-)

Whatever you do don't fall for this scam [or any of it's relations], it relies on what the Lagos boys call Wad [rich, greedy people]. They also use a less polite name for the people they dupe; Mgbada*.

To the Boys and Girls from Lagos [the 419ers that run these scams], it is a business, some say it should be considered an African cottage industry, however they want to try and justify it, it is still a crime, no more, no less.

Other unusual examples of 419s I've covered include

• Scam Victims Compensation Payments


• Barclays FIVE MILLION US Dollar Transfer


• A Google Product Too Far?


• Secret Intelligence Service SCAM ALERT!! E-mail

Lots of other examples have also been covered oer the years on this blog, and I have written several articles for Virus Bulletin on 419s, which can be found here.

* If anyone can tell me what this means in English, then please e-mail me, thanks.