I don't know what to make of this. It looks legit but why are they telling me I won a lottery?
ROBERT MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
Email: fbi-investigations@osoud.org
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
ATTENTION:
This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you that we
have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was issued
to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed
technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your
e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting System, this
has legally won you the sum of $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside
the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your
e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this
winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be
cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your
behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United
States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any
delay.
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100%
risk free, due to the fact that the funds will be deposited at Bank Of America
you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent
in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to
our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -
(1) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer
payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
(2) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your
home address and this fee includes Insurance )
The total amount for everything is $280.00 (Two Hundred & Eighty-US Dollars). We
have tried our possible best to indicate that this $280.00 should be deducted
from your winning prize but we discovered that the funds is a bounded check and
it and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you
will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this
transaction via Western Union Money Transfer.
In other to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge ( Mr. Michael Ayoola) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: Michael Ayoola
E-MAIL ADDRESS: {michael-ayoola@wduty.com}
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the
required $280.00 in other to immediately shipment your prize of $800,000.00 USD
via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the
following transaction code in other for him to immediately identify this
transaction : EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is
authorizing you to pay the required $280.00 ONLY to Mr. Michael Ayoola via
information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning
prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall
invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
Best Regards,
Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Email: fbi-investigations@osoud.org
