Just got an e-mail from someone posing as an FBI agent, stating that my settlement of $5.9 million is waiting for me, just as soon as they get their $255 processing fee.
To blatant things about this:
1)The sender's e-mail is listed as "spam(at)uce.gov". (I checked and while "uce.gov" is owned by the Federal Trade Commission, there is no website at that domain.)
2)The e-mail I am supposed to send my financial information to is "unitedstatesdeptofjustice1(at)gmail.com".
I swear, they're not even trying anymore...
New spin on "Nigerian" scam
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Unidyne
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New spin on "Nigerian" scam
Irony: The Ayn Rand® Institute (ARI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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Re: New spin on "Nigerian" scam
I just tell them to paypal it to me via the same email address. Then they say there is no paypal in their part of Africa.
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