Funniest scam email ever

[Saitin]

HAHAHA I opened up my email to this message this morning it made me laugh for a few minutes.
It's kinda sad when some one from the FBI gets there email account hijacked.

NOTICE OF YOUR FUND APPROVAL‏
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation (michael.german@fbi.gov)

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Payment Code: R5780906K
Reg No: 132521093
Date: March 04, 2009

NOTICE OF YOUR FUND APPROVAL

Kind Attention:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network that you are eligible to receive the sum of $7.5 Million USD regarding to an over-due Inheritance / Award payment which was fully endorsed to be paid in your favor.

Therefore, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and has been confirmed and notified that the transaction you have with Spring Bank Plc is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to claim your due fund.

Please contact the Head of Operations Dr. Ferren Rodriguez, Spring Bank Plc.

Dr. Ferren Rodriguez
E-Mail: ferrenrodriguez@yahoo.cn

Please, be advised and be aware that your funds had been insured and the necessary charges would be taken care of by you, as confirmed by the Monitoring network.

Sincerely,

Michael German (Special Agent-in-Charge)

[Crayface]

hahaha dam that one prob gets a ton of internet tards scammed

[JW]

I like how the person you are supposed to contact "Dr. Ferren Rodriguez" he is using a yahoo email account based in China.... hmm....

JW

[WildBillyT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing

Not a hijack per se

[Knipps]

Originally Posted by JW

I like how the person you are supposed to contact "Dr. Ferren Rodriguez" he is using a yahoo email account based in China.... hmm....

JW

Honestly the best part

[ryanfx]

they're just toying with the header, very slim chance their account was compromised.

[bobb1589]

Originally Posted by ryanfx

they're just toying with the header, very slim chance their account was compromised.

i second that, i can easily spoof an email address in like 2 seconds with a quick script that edits the headers, if you look at the rest of the headers in that message you will see that it is probably originating somewhere in china...

but back to the thread, you'd have to be a complete idiot to believe it, even if the facts seemed believable, the grammar and sentence structure is just horrible

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by bobb1589

i second that, i can easily spoof an email address in like 2 seconds with a quick script that edits the headers, if you look at the rest of the headers in that message you will see that it is probably originating somewhere in china...

but back to the thread, you'd have to be a complete idiot to believe it, even if the facts seemed believable, the grammar and sentence structure is just horrible

Yep. You can get an IP and then do a lookup to get the city it came from. I did it last week to set up a spam filter.

[madness410]

wow dude u have an unclaimed sum of 7.5 million! holy crap man lucky you! dont forget...NJFBOA does take donations when you collect!!

[sweetbmxrider]

intelligence Monitoring Network....various Monitoring Networks.....the Monitoring network

so which one do you think is verizon?

[Saitin]

lol I posted the return address that I used when I hit reply and it sent my need to say brightly worded reply to that address at the top

[Mulletbird]

I have also forwarded it to my friends at the CIA and FBI. They hold contests to see who can locate the most internet scammers, so they like it when I forward it to them.

- JR