Is this a recovery scam or a scam?

Question

ROBERT MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FBI.WASHINGTON D.C
INTERNET


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington D.C
in conjunction with some other relevant Investigation Agencies
have recently been informed through our Global intelligence
monitoring network that your over-due contract payment
which was fully endorsed in your favour accordingly by the
Central Bank of Nigeria has not been claimed.

It might interest you to know that we have taken out time
in screening through this project as stipulated on our
protocol of operation and have finally
confirmed that your contract payment is 100% genuine and
hitch free from all facet and of which you have the lawful
right to claim your fund without any further delay.
We further advise that you go ahead in dealing with the
Governor of the Central Bank office accordingly as we will
be monitoring all their services with you as well as your
correspondence at all level.

We were also made to understand that a lady with name Mrs.
Joan C.Bailey from OHIO has already contacted them and also
presented to them all the necessary documentation evidencing your
claim purported to have been signed personally by you prior to
the release of your contract fund valued at about US$8,000,000.00
(Eight million United States Dollars), but the Central Bank office
did the wise thing by insisting on hearing from you personally
before they go ahead on wiring your funds to the Bank information
which was forwarded to them by the above named Lady so that the
main reason why they contacted us so as to assist them in making
the investigation.

Contact immediately the office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
via the private email of the governor with the below information accordingly:
(Please endeavour to use this code while contacting him --"CODE 777" )

NAME: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria,
Central Business District,
Cadastral Zone, Abuja, Federal
Capital Territory, Nigeria.
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]

Meanwhile, we will advise that you contact the office
of the Governor of the Central Bank immediately with
the above email address and request that they attend
to your payment file as directed, so as to enable you
receive your contract fund accordingly.

To this effect, you are required to reconfirm and
authenticate your given particulars below for certainty
and onward processing and release of you funds
as we may not be held liable for any wrong payment.

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
CITY: _________________________
STATE: __________________________________
ZIP: ______________
COUNTRY________________________________
SEX: _______________
AGE: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

Ensure you follow all their procedure as may be required by
them as that will further help hasten up the whole procedure
as regard to the transfer of your fund to you as designated.
Also have in mind that the Central Bank of Nigeria
equally have their own protocol of operation as stipulated
on their banking terms, so delay could be very dangerous.

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in
advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.

Best Regards,

Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
Private email : [e-mail]

Answer 1

I get this crap on a daily basis in my spam box. There are hundreds of these scams on the net, phishing for any and all of the information on anyone they can get to answer them back. Ignore them!!!

Answer 2

Pretty much everything from Nigeria is a scam.



Since we are looking at it, why not take a close look. Starting at the bottom...



You could contact the local FBI office. I'd be willing to bet the FBI doesn't give out AOL email addresses for their agents. Pretty sure it would be something like [e-mail] or similar. So [e-mail] probably isn't an FBI agent. It sort of looks official though.



They want to give you a lot of money yet it seems like they don't have much information on you. Just how did they know your email address was you? After all, there could be hundreds of people with very similar email addresses. And the FBI doesn't already know how to contact you?



Next is the bank's email address. Again, it doesn't match. Every bank I do business with has an email address and web addresses that match the company name. This is true for nearly all businesses on the net. You can do a whois lookup on the last part of the email address (sify.com) to find out who owns the system. I bet it isn't a bank in Nigeria and it won't match the address in the email.



So rather than just take my word or anyone else's word that it is a scam, you can now easily check that it is a scam without our help. The reason the scammers get away with it is few people bother to check with reliable sources outside of the ones given in the email.



Shadow Wolf

Answer 3

It's a scam, steer clear. Never reply to any emails offering money unless you know them personally.

Answer 4

ALL EMAILS OF THE NATURE SHOULD BE IGNORED

FULL NAMES: Notgotone________________________________

CITY: Seventh Star left Over There_________________________

STATE: Drunk__________________________________

ZIP: Your Fly UP______________

COUNTRY Nebuland Mars_____________________________…

SEX: __zelot female_____________

AGE: _2001 mars years _________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER: _Mars 555 555 5678____________________

EMAIL ADDRESS: [e-mail]__________________



IT'S A SCAM

Answer 5

scam