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Blog By Stanman63 According to e-mail, the FBI wants for me to send money on a scam that they have set up. any one know how to contact them? |
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Ohh
..grow up.
Looks like he was one of those born every minute
Should we give him that even break?
I don't just look it, I totally can't believe someone would fall for that
I know a guy with the FBI
I know a guy with the FBI and he said to send me the money.
Never send random people money.
This Is Not Good
Stan,
This is known as a 'Pigeon Drop' and is used in many variations by con men to extract money from the naive. Never, I repeat, never give money to anyone. Notify the authorities immediately. Regardles of what anyone tells you, do not use your money for anything. My wife's great aunt lost $9,600 to a similar ploy.
Portia
Portia
Do Not Open Obvious SPAM
RAMI
Stan, Do Not Open Obvious Spam and Junk Mail. Do you beleive that the FBI would ask you to send them money in a blank e-mail. Use your commmon sense. This is the same thing as that other stupidity you posted a little while ago.
RAMI
RAMI
There Must Be A Hotline
To tell you where to send the money.
E-Mail Scams
Back in the 70's I had a telex machine in my office to facilitate communication with Europe and throughout the U.S.
All of these goofy scams were around back then. Most telex messages were written in a language that was very much like what is used in texting today for much the same reasons. The length of most telex messages was well within 140 words.
When we received a long telex written in "normal" text (although grammatically challenged) we could assume it was a scam.
These scams find victims. The trick is to make sure you're not one of them.
I can remember the first one I read. For a few moments my heart raced at the prospect of riches . . . but then my mother's voice spoke from th recesses of my mind, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."
What you received is nothing but a variation on an old theme. My guess is when we finally interpret all the hieroglyphics in King Tut's tomb we will find a similar scam in an attempt to con young Tut out of a few oxen.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Re: NEED HELP
Do not send money to anyone who requests it in an email, unless it is someone you know and trust, even then, I would be very cautious about it. It is a scam.
Incidentally, the link you posted will not work, because it points to a location on your computer.
Regards,
Dave
Even if it SEEMS to be someone you know ...
DO NOT SEND MONEY until you have verified through some other means that it really is your relative or friend.
If you cannot phone them or contact them by snail mail, be very careful in trying to get through to them via the internet, even though you may have their email address. Their email may have been hacked, as indicated by the fact someone knew how to get hold of you by email.
As many others have indicated, this sort of email is almost certainly a scam, and AS FAR AS THE FBI IS CONCERNED, I AM 100% CERTAIN THIS IS NOT FROM THE FBI.
This is not just because they would never do this sort of thing, but I have seen warnings about this specific scam in the newspaper back in California. I am surprised I could not find anything about this on Snopes.com.
But if you search Snopes for some of the text in the original email, you might find something. Snopes is the first place you should look if you are not certain about something you get in an email that asks you to send money.
Someone also suggested you contact the police. In some places, that will get you no place, but in many places, it will either be looked into or the department will be able to tell you they are already aware of it and that it is a scam.
It’s not given to anyone to have no regrets; only to decide, through the choices we make, which regrets we’ll have,
David Weber – In Fury Born
Holly
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Holly
If the FBI visits you then its time to worry
The FBI is not going to e-mail anyone about any sort of scam. The FBI has a habit of visiting those who have been scammed and then they set up a sting operation. If the FBI has not visited you then the e-mail is a con job to seperate the foolish from their money.
Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.
Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.
FBI
FBI .gov but I get that all the time just remember we are cousins like I explained a few days ago so when you get your money keep me in mind.Rami thinks that you believe this is for real and it is good we have a button that say SPAM HUGS CUZ---RICHIE2
FBI
Stan,
I hope that you have NOT had too much trouble eating! Having your tongue stuck so far in your cheek can be deleterious to your health.
Zip
I think they are probably
I think they are probably telling you to send all your money to the Hatbox. Do it now! Don't delay! You will definitely be a winner! BCTS and all of Bob's sites will be healthier and you will be happier and get loads of good karma!
Kris
Kris
{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}
How to contact the FBI
A very simple search, typing "Federal Bureau of Investigation" on Google, returned the FBI's website as the number one hit. Directly from that page one can get to http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams which is where one deals with reporting e-scams and such. The odds are incredibly high that they already know about this one. Upfront they note that they don't send e-mails of the type described.
yrs
JohnBobMead
Yours,
John Robert Mead
Shakes head
Shakes head in disbeilf,stan not to be rude but please use a little bit of common sense the fbi wouldn't contact ya via email,if they wanted to contact ya you'd have someone on your doorstep in person.