FBI contacts you about lottery winnings
This is to Officially inform you that
it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an
Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network
System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery
Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation
we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting
System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a
Certified Cashier’s Check.
Since when the “FBI” starts contacting people by email to confirm that they have won a lottery?
Only when it is a scam and the email is obviously Not from the real FBI.
What is the FBI?
The FBI is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. It has the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes assigned to it. The FBI also is authorized to provide other law enforcement agencies with cooperative services, such as fingerprint identification, laboratory examinations, and police training.
They don’t seem to include “Lottery” anywhere in their work scope 
Another common giveaway is the free email address.
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From: Federal Bureau Of Investigation <nexmoney@verizon.net>
Subject: Alert From Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 12:14 PM
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington.
Telephone Number : (206) 973-2572
ATTN: BENEFICIARY
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier’s Check.
Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD has been deposited with Bank Of America.
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 at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -
(1) Deposit Fee’s ( Fee’s paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is – Bank Of America )
(2) Cashier’s Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier’s Check )
(3) Shipping Fee’s ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier’s Check to your home address and this fee includes Insurance )
The total amount for everything is $500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee’s to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. Benson Edward ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. BENSON EDWARD
E-MAIL ADDRESS: benson.edward0@googlemail.com
Telephone Number : +234-808-252-6229
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $500.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier’s Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $500.00 ONLY to Mr. Benson Edward via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Director- Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National Security
FBI Director
Robert Mueller.
NSB Seal
Authorized Signature
NSB SEAL ABOVE
NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Benson Edward via contact information provided above and make the required payment of $500.00 to information in which he shall provide to you.
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Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
http://www.fbi.gov
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
This e-mail has been issued to you in order to officially inform you that we have completed an investigation on an nternational 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 $2.4million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.
Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the world wined, so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $2.4million 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 Lottery 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,
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(1) Deposit Fee’s ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )
(2) Shipping Fee’s ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier’s Check to your home address)
The total amount for everything is $98.00 We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $98.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited IMF and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee’s to the Agent in-charge of this your transaction In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. Henry Ben ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Henry Ben
E-MAIL
PHONE NUMBER +22998480900
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME :
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
You will information to send the $98 through Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $98.00
Receiver Name:Chukwuma Edwin
Address: Cotonou, Benin Republic
City Address:: Cotonou
Test Question ; In God
Test Answer: We Trust
Sender Name…………………?
AMOUNT:US$98.00usd
MTCN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?
in order to immediately ship your prize sum of $2.4million USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction: EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $98.00 ONLY to Mr. Henry Ben information in which he shall send to you,
Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I
Mr.James More,
E;mail;fbi_fcc@kimo.com
III Director Office of Public Affairs
Welcome once more to FBI http://www.fbi.gov
dear sir,
My mother Sridevi S Kulkarni subscriber of mobile no:9342043282 won award of British
Telecommunication therefore i request you to confirm whether this is true or false.
this is the copy i have aleredy sent (by : venkateshk1950@hotmail.com) confirm once again.
message came to my mother name : Sridevi S Kulkarni
phone no: 9342043282
address : Gokuldas compound
Chitpady Udupi-576101
Karnataka
INDIA
i got the same e-mail but a few hours ago..told em nice try you’ve got no seal and to try harder F@#$heads
I just received this same bogus message it is a scam. Yesterday I recived another scam from Arthur Johnson. How dum do they think people are to respond to this stuff? Arthur Johnson informed me I was receiving 17.5 million. Look if you are going to lie at least make it a big number OK!
ARTHUR JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
GUARANTY TRUST BANK NIGERIA PLC,
PLOT 1669,OYIN OLAYEMI STREET,
VICTORIA- ISLAND,LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
I GOT THE SAME LETTER ” SAYING I WON 1’500,000,00 US DOLLARS” FAKEEEEEE!!! RATS!!
same here, just a different name and $300 for a fee.
They have definitely improved their letters.. My dad received this one on July 18th.. It instantly looked fake with the having to open it in Word Document.. and inserts of the NSB Seal..
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
REF: US/28028/8A28/11
ATTN: RECIPIENT
This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System and the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001, that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD, from a Lotto Company. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier’s Check.
Normally, it takes 3 to 5 working business days for a Certified Cashier’s Check to be cashed by any Bank Nationwide. And we have successfully notified the lotto company on your behalf that the funds are to be drawn from a registered Bank Nationwide as also. So it will enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD will be deposited with your Bank as soon as all the fee needed has been paid by you.
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 will be ready for deposition in a Cashier’s Check at Any Bank Nationwide in your name and you will be required to settle the following fee directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in North Carolina USA. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following –
The total amount for everything is $850.00 (Eight Hundred and fifty USD.) We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $850.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the Certified Cashier’s Check will be deliver to your provided information and cannot be accessed by anyone except the legal owner (you), the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee’s to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge (Mr David Dupont) via e-mail or telephone. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME : DAVID DUPONT(Senior Personal Banker)
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 786-528-8090
E-MAIL ADDRESS: daviddupont176@aol.com
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $850.00 in order to immediately send your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier’s Check drawn from the lotto company, and also include the following Fund Reference Identification : EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $850.00 ONLY to Mr. David Dupont via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $10,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
Due to the confidentiality of this matter, I decided to contact you privately to avoid imposters.
Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Director – Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National Security)
Robert Mueller
Public Affairs Director – FBI.
NSB SEAL ABOVE
NOTE: In order to ensure rapid response for the Fund won, contact Mr. David Dupont as soon as possible providing the required information needed from you above