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Below is the second half of the scam.

Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from FedEx website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name : Donny Peterson: FedEx Tracking Number: 870456747216
Name : Angela L.Johnson: FedEx Tracking Number: 870456750392

To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you 360us dollars only nothing more and no hidden fees as everything else has been taken cared of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is 360us dollars only.

Contact Information
Name: Edwin Clark
Email: edwinclark1111@yahoo.cn

Do contact Edwin Clark of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:

Your full Name: ORVAL L PETTERSEN
Your Address: 1844 S.Fort Apache Rd, Camp Verde,AZ 86322
Home/Cell Phone: none – I have a hearing problem and don’t use phone. Use e-or postal mail instead.
Occupation: RETIRED
Age: 86 years old

On contacting him with your details your files would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of 360us dollars via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order. After which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee or any authority raising eyebrow.

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive your ATM CARD Shippment Confirmation within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.

Once again we are so sure of you receiving your payment at no any other cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor everything in other to cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those impostors.

Thanks and hope to read from you soon.

ROBERT S. MUELLER,

DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: 206-666-5283
FAX: 206-666-5283

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Edwin Clark of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office via the above fax number so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.

I would like to take a few blogs to go over this email I recently receive.  As you will read below, this email is supposedly from the FBI.  It is not hard to understand that the FBI would not send an email blast with this information.  Below is the first half of the scam for your review.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC

Attention,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been transacting with some imposters and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Anderson, Wallace Fred, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Smith Williams, Daniel Wilson, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Philip Morgan, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some imposters claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these imposters. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us.

We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling Two million and three hundred thousand us dollars will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of Three thousand us dollars a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world were you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). We have advised that this should be the only way a which you are to receive your payment because it?? more guaranteed, since over Fifteen billion us dollars was lost on fake cheque last year 2009.

We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected everything in regards to the release of your Two million and three hundred thousand us dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any hitches as its our duty to protect citizens of the United States of America. (This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared for the betterment of the current economic status of the nation and its citizens as he has always believed Our Time for Change has come because Change can happen).

Dear Friend,

I apologize if the content of this e-mail is against your moral belief. Nevertheless,i will advise you pay close attention to the information i am about to divulge to you with utmost confidentiality. You might probably think this is just another scam or scheme, but i assure you that you can only know the truth if you read
carefully the content herein.

My name is Angelina Carter presently in Europe for medical treatment. I was hospitalized and bed ridden after a ghastly auto accident involving my entire family on our way back from camping in Canne, South of France. Myself and husband survived with major injuries. But, he died one week after the accident as a result the injuries sustained in his brain. Moreso, the doctor has informed me that my health condition is getting worse.

This is as a result of the head injuries i sustained from the accident which has affected my brain and caused a major damage to my spinal cord. I am told that i have a few months to live after a series of surgeries and tests had being
conducted. Knowing this sad development, i have decided to dispose our estate and fund to a prudent and God fearing person; who will disburse the money wisely for the work of charity and other ventures as he deems fit.

This decision is based on the fact that i am the only surviving person in my family, with no extended relatives to inherit these properties. I hate to think that the bank and security firm where we have these assets lodged will confiscate and declare it unserviceable after my death; Hence, my reason for this bold decision. Although, i am a stranger to you and for all you know i could be just another of those Internet con-artists. However, i will implore you to respond to this e-mail with a clear conscience and “opened-eye” every step of the way until these funds are successfully in your possession. All that you are required to do is assist in safe-keeping this fund valued at US $25.5 Million United States

Dollars deposited in an Escrow account with a security consultancy firm in Madrid,Spain,before it gets confiscated or declared un-serviceable.

Therefore, i seek your consent to present you as the Trustee/ForeignInvestor to my late husband, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. I have all the necessary information, guidelines and documents given to me by my husband before his death. Your honest and full co-operation is all that is required to enable us see this transaction through. But it is imminent I state to you clearly now that this transaction will be executed through normal banking proceedings. Although, i guarantee that this will be executed under a proper arrangement that will be sternly monitored by me every step of the way.

I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and discreetness in this matter until the task is accomplished, as i do not want anything that will Jeopardize this transaction. I know i have never met you in person, but my intuition tells me to do this, and I hope you act sincerely. Note that, 30% of the total fund will be given to you and family upon the successful release of this fund, And the rest should be used in charitable work because I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself.

Please, include your full name, resident address and phone numbers when responding to this e-mail.

My best regards to your family,
Angelina Carter

Some of the most “entertaining” email scams have a little bit of everything in them.  A sad story, a cry for help, a promise of treasures, and more.  Our next post will be a copy of a 595 word email scam that we wanted to share.  And, yes it has all the standard schemes and scams.

The email starts out with a slightly moral/ethical question.  This unique tool might have been used to try and catch the reader’s attention.  Well, it worked! Next, this complete stranger asks you to believe this isn’t a scam and you must have an open mind.  After all that we know and have read, that is easier said than done.

The story continues as the scammer sets up her identity and story.   Her name is Alice and she is currently in Europe due to an vast array of events.  The following sentences and paragraphs lie out a complex story of injury, death, religous views, and the promise of new riches. Technically, this email would count as advance fee fraud since the victim is promised a large sum of money.

The email actually become increasingly bizarre as “Alice” attempts to explain her case.  She is looking for someone to help access the money her husband has left.  Supposedly, Alice and her family were on vacation once this tradgic event started, yet she already has all the necessary paperwork to withdraw the money while still in Europe.  The story is odd at best.

Please take a moment to review the following post and see how this scam is constructed.  It is not uncommom for a scammer to play on the emotions of the victims they mass email.  Maybe they can find someone that had trouble on a family vacation that understands. Maybe they can find someone who is just interested in the chance of the financial gain.  The key word is maybe.

They can be hopeful while you hit the delete button and await the next complex email scam to enter your inbox.  Have a good night and a great weekend!