Bobcougarzillameister
Bobcougarzillameister MegaDork
11/28/17 12:50 p.m.

I got this last night in our home email:

DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON D.C FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP

The Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington,D.C in conjunction with
some other relevant Investigations Agencies have recently been informed
through our Global intelligence monitoring network that your over-due
contract payment which was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly by the
Central bank of Malaysia(Bank Negara Malaysia) has not been claimed.

It might interest you to know that we have taken out time in screening
through this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and have
finally confirmed that your contract payment is 100% genuine and hitch free
from all facet and of which you have the lawful right to claim your fund
without any further delay.
We further advise that you go ahead in dealing with the Central Bank office
accordingly as we will be monitoring all their services with you as well as
your correspondence at all level.

We were also made to understand that a lady with name Mrs.
Joan C.Bailey from OHIO has already contacted them and also presented to
them all the necessary documentation evidencing your claim purported to have
been signed personally by you prior to the release of your contract fund
valued at about $25million us dollars only but the Central Bank office did
the wise thing by insisting on hearing from you personally before they go
ahead on wiring your fund to the Bank information which was forwarded to
them by the above named Lady so that the main reason why they contacted us
so as to assist them in making the investigation.

Contact immediately the office of the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara
Malaysia) via email with the below information accordingly:

NAME: Muhammad Ibrahim
OFFICE ADDRESS: Bank Negara Malaysia,
Jalan Kuching, Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan,Kuala Lumpur,
Selangor,Malaysia
Email: muhibrbo0@gmail.com


Meanwhile, we will advise that you contact the office of the Governor of the
Central Bank immediately with the above email address and request that they
attend to your payment file as directed, so as to enable you receive your
contract fund accordingly.

To this effect, you are required to reconfirm and authenticate your given
particulars below for certainty and onward processing and release of you
funds as we may not be held liable for any wrong payment.



FULL NAMES:_________________________________
CITY: ________________________________
ZIP: ______________
COUNTRY_______________________________
SEX:_____________
AGE:_________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
FAX: __________________________



Ensure you follow all their procedure as may be required by them as that
will further help hasten up the whole procedure as regard to the transfer of
your fund to you as designated.
Also have in mind that the Central Bank of Malaysia equally have their own
protocol of operation as stipulated on their banking terms, so delay could
be very dangerous.

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance as we
earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.

Best Regards,

Christopher Wray[FBI Director]
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.

 

how stupid does one have to be to fall for this E36 M3?

Daylan C
Daylan C SuperDork
11/28/17 12:59 p.m.

And here I thought the email I got from a student account saying "U need to contact us immediately" about my Chase account (that I don't have) was bad. 

Hey now, a quick Googling confirms Bank Negara Malaysia is real.

NEALSMO
NEALSMO UberDork
11/28/17 1:20 p.m.

" a lady with name Mrs.
Joan C.Bailey "

Sounds legit to me.  Will you share your $25 with GRM?  At least fund an open track day at your private track?

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/28/17 1:33 p.m.

Forward it to re:scam for maximum lulz:

https://www.netsafe.org.nz/rescam/

Bobcougarzillameister
Bobcougarzillameister MegaDork
11/28/17 2:11 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

DONE!

One of my coworkers pointed out that the 3rd paragraph is literally one long, run on sentence. 

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
11/28/17 2:57 p.m.

It's "hitch free"! Sound totally legit. laugh

Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
11/28/17 3:10 p.m.

large banks totally use gmail...

Bobcougarzillameister
Bobcougarzillameister MegaDork
11/28/17 3:18 p.m.
WildScotsRacingCampbellCougarSeed said:

Hey now, a quick Googling confirms Bank Negara Malaysia is real.

and Christopher Wray is the current FBI director. 

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/28/17 3:25 p.m.

That Joan sounds like a real jerk, trying to steal your money like that. 

93gsxturbo
93gsxturbo Dork
11/28/17 3:54 p.m.

I read an article stating that the phishing scams are purposely written poorly.  Most people read it and figure "bad english - scam".  The scammers know perfect english and write this way to weed out the people who are not gullible enough to follow through on the whole thing.  

Basically, if someone reads the above email and thinks ,"Hmm, sounds reasonable."  They will be gullible and trusting enough to continue on with the scam.  

 

Not sure how true the whole thing was - but it makes sense to me.  

In reply to 93gsxturbo :

And yet, we still get some canoes on the GRM boards (well known as the smartest collective on the web) that are so weirdly written it's just giggly :-)

Bobcougarzillameister
Bobcougarzillameister MegaDork
11/28/17 5:03 p.m.

In reply to 93gsxturbo :

Dr Phil says the same thing. 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
11/28/17 5:04 p.m.

I would sign up people on my E36 M3 list.

crankwalk
crankwalk GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/28/17 6:30 p.m.
WildScotsRacingCampbellCougarSeed said:

Hey now, a quick Googling confirms Bank Negara Malaysia is real.

Of course it's real but as Caffeine said, they ain't using a gmail account. LOL

Floating Doc
Floating Doc GRM+ Memberand Reader
11/28/17 10:59 p.m.

Here's the link to the absolute master of trolling the email scammer, James Veicht.

https://youtu.be/dSoXEtFPTfI

Mr. Lee
Mr. Lee GRM+ Memberand UberDork
11/29/17 12:00 a.m.
Floating Doc said:

Here's the link to the absolute master of trolling the email scammer, James Veicht.

https://youtu.be/dSoXEtFPTfI

I needed that after my day. Thank  you so much!

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