So, several Nigerian people have been arrested in Nigeria, United States, and different parts of the world over scam. Okay. Now, some emails are circulating that people should give their details and identify themselves as victims of these scams in order to receive compensation/money for their losses. Hmmmm. I don’t know what to say because these emails claiming to try and identify victims to compensate smell like scam to me. How can people be making up emails to scam people they want to identify as scam victims in the FBI arrest cases? Here is the email I received:
Re: YOU’VE BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS A VICTIM
.
Following its rising outburst, recently, we have set a very strong channel
to be clapping down internet fraudsters. One of which is a task force made
up of FBI chiefs under the auspices of “Special Scam Ops”.
A series of arrests by the Federal Bureau of Investigations
through the
Special Scam Ops in the U.S has nabbed one of the most prolific rings of
Nigerian fraudsters operating in the country.
The bust is believed to be one of the largest cases of online fraud in
American history;
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While 14 arrests have been made, a 252-count federal grand
jury indictment
unsealed on Thursday (Aug. 23) named 80 defendants charged with defrauding
victims of up to
$10 million, the fraudsters used a variety of cyber fraud methods to steal
$40 million in total from victims in 10 countries as well as the U.S.
The fraudulent schemes include business email compromise (BEC) frauds,
romance scams, supplies and contracts, Inheritance and schemes targeting
the elderly.
The FBI Special Scam Ops whose terms of reference was to
clinche on these
organisedsindicates and recover stolen funds (part of which will be used
to compensate the
victims), have identified you as one of such scam victims. Unlike other
victims whose names have made the lists, your name was not officially
published because we do
not have your consent to do so. To this end, you shall be duly compensated
to cover for your loss.
While you assimilate this news targetted at bringing hope to
you once
again, we urge you to confirm to us whether we should make your name known
to the open space as
one of the scam victims, which will also entail your testimony against the
culprits; or keep your name out of public knowledge and just pay you your
compensation for your loss like few other victims opted.
Kindly answer with your remarks/comments with respect to the
above to;
investigations1@scam-ops-fbi.com and we will not hesitate to get back to
you with more information and our modalities of recompense payment.
Regards,
Paul Delacourt,
Assistant
Direct in Charge,
Special Scam Ops (SSO)
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