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From: America Crimes Agencies <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:43:10 -0800
Subject: SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVE...
*FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET.*
*FED GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES*
*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*
*warrant no; usa/batch97494/tzx14/washingto n DC*
*FBI. inset. Washington*
*OUR PHONE NUMBER: +1509-341-1187*
*SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.*
*WASHINGTON DC FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET FBI OFFICIAL NOTICE!!!*
*ATTENTION!*
*This is the final warning you are going to receive from us. I hope you*
*understand how many times this message has been sent to you? We have*
*warned you several times and you have ignored our e-mail. If you fail to*
*respond back to us with the payment details below, then we would be forced*
*to contact other security agencies and have your name blacklisted. We*
*would also send a letter to the company/agency that you are working to*
*suspend you until we are through with our investigations*
*Your Identification which we have in our database has been sent to all the*
*crime agencies for them to insert you in their website as an internet*
*fraudster and to warn people from having any deals with you. This would*
*have been solved all this while if you had gotten the CERTIFICATE SIGNED,*
*ENDORSED AND STAMPED as you where instructed in the e-mail below.*
*This is the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) am writing in response*
*to the e-mail you sent to us and am using this*
*medium to inform you that there is no more time left to waste because you*
*have been given a mandate. As stated earlier to have the document*
*endorsed, signed and stamped without failure and you must adhere to these*
*directives to avoid you being arrested.*
*You failed to comply with our directives/instructions, and right now the*
*WARRANT OF ARREST has been signed against you and it will be carried out*
*in the next 24hours as strictly signed by the FBI Director. We have*
*investigated and believe (but have no proof) that you didn't have any idea*
*when the fraudulent deal was committed with your information/identity and*
*right now if your ID is placed on our website as a wanted person, I*
*believe you know that it will be a shame to you and your entire family*
*because after then it will be announced in all the local channels that you*
*are wanted by the FBI.*
*I decided to see how i could be of help to you because i would not be*
*happy to see you end up in jail and all your properties confiscated all*
*because your information's was used to carry out a fraudulent*
*transactions, i called the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of*
*America and they directed me to a private attorney who could help*
*you get the process done and he stated that he will endorse, sign and*
*stamp the document at the sum of ($175USD)only and i believe this process*
*is cheaper for you.*
*You need to do every possible thing today and tomorrow to get this process*
*done because our director has called to inform me that the warrant of*
*arrest has been signed against you and once it has been approved, then the*
*arrest will be carried out, and from our investigations we learnt that you*
*were the person that forwarded your identity to one impostor/fraudsters in*
*Benin Republic when he had an deal with you about the transfer of some*
*illegal Lottery funds into your bank account which is valued at Millions*
*of dollars with proofs.*
*I pleaded on your behalf so that this agency could give you till (1) day*
*from now so that you could get this process done because i learnt that you*
*were sent several e-mail without getting a response from you, Bear it in*
*mind that this is the only way that i can be able to help you at this*
*moment or you would have to face the law and its consequences once it has*
*befall on you. You would make the payment through Money Gram transfer*
*Make sure that you didn't hesitate making the payment down to the agency*
*by today so that they could have the certificate endorsed, signed and
stamped*
*immediately without any further delay. After all this process has been
carried out,*
*then we would have to proceed to the bank for the transfer of your*
*compensation funds to be complete which was suppose to have been*
*transferred to you all this while.*
*Note/ all the crimes agencies have been contacted on this regards and we*
*shall trace and arrest you if you disregard this instructions. You are*
*given a grace today to make the payment for the document after which your*
*failure to do that will attract a maximum arrest and finally you will be*
*appearing in court for act of terrorism, money laundering and drug*
*trafficking charges, so be warned not to try any thing funny because you*
*are been watched.*
*Thanks*
*Mr.Taylor John Edward*
*VICTOR COLLINS America CONSULATE TO THE FBI*
*J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING*
*935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW*
*WASHINGTON, DC 20535*
The Email contained an excessively large subject. For aesthethic reasons we have truncated the message in the title and reproduce the full subject below.
SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI. WASHINGTON DC FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET FBI OFFICIAL NOTICE!!!