Re: WE THE FBI HAVE WARRANT TO ARREST YOU GET BACK TO US FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

[Vic Vandal <vvandal () well com>]

Silly Nigerians.  Everyone knows that real FBI email comes from leo.gov. (eye roll)


A similar scam is also being executed via phone in certain circles.  Some client lists were pilfered or otherwise 
obtained from online meds suppliers.  The scammers call each U.S. customer on the phone claiming to be a DEA or FBI 
agent, saying that someone is en route to arrest them for ordering meds from overseas (claiming its illegal and that 
hard time is the forthcoming penalty), followed by an offer to halt the arrest if a hefty fine ($800-$2500) is wired to 
a Western Union account in California within the next hour (although overseas accounts in the reported country of meds 
origin are also used).  It can sound a bit convincing because they have specific info on each target (name, phone 
number, mailing address) along with the fact that the target has actually ordered specifically named meds from some 
overseas supplier.  

Obviously impersonating a federal agent or law enforcement officer is a crime, alongside the crime of scamming a bunch 
of innocent saps out of their money just because they tried to get meds online at least once out of convenience or 
whatever.

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/pressreleases/extortion_scam.htm
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/CriminalInvestigations/ucm239309.htm

Some people admitted that they paid the extortion fee here, during a rash of such calls in late 2011.
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/2022418927

It's obviously not a new scam, but the targets are in a relatively small pool so public awareness of the scam isn't 
very wide outside of those circles.

And no, I wasn't duped by it when they called me.  Damn you, cheap overseas Viagra!!! (wink, heh)

-Vic


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Dang!  They're on to me!

Shoot!  How am I going to get down to speak at conferences in the States, now?

Who knew the official FBI email account was on AOL?

(One of the things I find funniest about this is that it actually seems to come from 
Nigeria  :-)



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