Just checking my emails and saw this. I normally just delete these but I thought this one was quite funny. Do people really fall for this kind of thing???

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Intelligence Field Unit

J. Edgar Hoover Building

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington , D.C.

URGENT ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

I AM SPECIAL AGENT JOHN EDWARD FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) INTELLIGENCE UNIT, WE HAVE JUST INTERCEPTED AND CONFISCATED TWO (2) TRUNK BOXES AT JFK AIRPORT IN NEW YORK, AND ARE ON THE VERGE OF MOVING IT TO OUR BUREAU HEADQUARTER.

WE HAVE SCANNED THE SAID BOXES, AND HAVE FOUND IT TO CONTAIN A TOTAL SUM OF $4.1 MILLION AND ALSO BACKUP DOCUMENTS WHICH BEARS YOUR NAME AS THE RECEIVER OF THE MONEY CONTAINED IN THE BOXES, INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT ON THE DIPLOMAT WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE BOXES INTO THE UNITED STATES HAS IT THAT HE WAS TO DELIVER THIS FUNDS TO YOUR RESIDENCE AS PAYMENT WHICH WAS DUE YOU FROM UNPAID CONTRACT, INHERITANCE, LOTTO, LOAN, E.T.C

WE CROSS-CHECKED ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTATION IN THE BOXES, AND WERE ABOUT TO RELEASE THE CONSIGNMENT TO THE DIPLOMAT,WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE BOXES IS LACKING TWO VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION WHICH AS A RESULT, THE BOXES HAS BEEN CONFISCATED AND REMINDED UNDER OUR SECURITY VAULT

ACCORDING TO SECTION 229 SUBSECTION 31 OF THE 1991 CONSTITUTION IN TAX PAYMENT, YOUR CONSIGNMENT LACKS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FROM THE JOINT TEAM OF THE IRS AND HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THERE FOR, YOU MUST CONTACT US FOR DIRECTION ON HOW TO PROCURE THE TWO CERTIFICATE, SO THAT YOU CAN BE RELIEVED OF THE CHARGES OF EVADING TAX WHICH IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE UNDER SECTION 12 SUBSECTION 441 OF CONSTITUTION ON TAX EVASION.

YOU ARE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO GET BACK TO ME ON THIS EMAIL {agent.john_e0001@superposta.com} WITHIN 72HOURS, SO THAT I WILL GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO GET THE NEEDED DOCUMENT. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH OUR DIRECTIVE MAY LEAD YOU INTO PROBLEM, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED, INTERROGATED AND PROSECUTED IN THE COURT OF LAW FOR MONEY LAUNDERING.

WE MAY ALSO GET THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE ON MONEY LAUNDERING (FATF) INVOLVED IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW OUR INSTRUCTIONS. YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED NOT TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANY BANK IN AFRICA, EUROPE OR ANY OTHER INSTITUTION, AS YOUR FUND ARE HERE NOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CAN BE DELIVERED TO ANY COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE ONCE YOU SECURE THOSE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.

YOURS IN SERVICE

Agent John Edward

Regional Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

E-mail:agent.john_e0001@superposta.com

I reckon that’s genuine.

Best get onto that sharp ish because you dont want to get arrested, interrogated and prosecuted for money laundering.

Good luck.

Good job they’ve reminded the trunk boxes under their security vault. It’d be awful if something happened to them.

From his e-mail address he is Agent 0001. That makes him way more important than Agent 007.

YOUR IN SERIOUS POOH-POOH MATE !

e-mail them asking about the missing money as you were expecting $ 8 million, state you have the papers to prove them and you will sue them.
make up some laws say the papers will be reinstalled to them etc

It would be even funnier if you then got bagged and tagged in the middle of the night, put in a van and flown to an Iraqi airbase, then found yourself in one of their “legal technicality containers” that has “Bosnia” written on the side.

The email was funny but it would be even funnier if that email was actually written by a member of the FBI.

Sign him up to “Christian Mingle” I have been getting lots of emails from them lately. Tell them that Christian Mingle is the true recipient of the funds.

“Christian Mingle”

I thought that was a networking group for God Squaddies!

Sign him up to “Christian Mingle”

I wasn’t actually seeing the letter “l” in that and assumed it was some sort of religious porn site.

Yeah, I got that one a few days ago. I just replied with the question ‘do you know Special Agent Fox Mulder?’
No reply yet.

D’you think that orange will match your complexion?

God Squaddies? Is that the proper name for those folks who bumble about in those Jesus army transits?