I got an email from the FBI

[El_Machinae]

I'm glad I got in on the Nigerian thing before all the scamming copycat started arriving. I've really enjoyed having $4,000,000 before I finished University, because it opened a lot of options in my life.

It took me some time to realise that other people were getting a 'scam' Nigerian email. I was young & naive, and thought other people were as lucky as I was.

I even paid a friend back the $1200 he lost, because I thought he too was going to help liberate some of that money. He got scammed, and I felt bad for telling him that it had worked for me.

 

[GoodGame]

I highly doubt that an FBI agent would use an AOL email.

+1 cookies for you aimee.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

I highly doubt that an FBI agent would use an AOL email.

Or have spelling errors in his email. He would also probably not reveal his name so easily.

 

[Bugfatty300]

What if the said agent was from Nigeria and his English isn't 100% perfect?

 

[civ_king]

I saw thread title and instantly thought it was a scam

 

[Bugfatty300]

The sad thing is that a lot of people actually fall for this kind of stuff.

Zulu should send a response and see what he gets back. Maybe he can bait this guy or something.

 

[Virote_Considon]

I love it when I get these kinds of emails; just imagining what I'd do with the money I'm just about to recieve makes me shake with excitement.

I mean, sure, I'm about £301,000 in debt right now, but by the time the helpful soliciters manage to get round all those difficult African legal hurdles and give me my money, I'm going to be a multi-trillionaire!

 

[Arakhor]

That's a seriously huge sum of money, if you're being serious.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

What if the said agent was from Nigeria and his English isn't 100% perfect?

The first requirement an FBI agent is:

To become an FBI Special Agent you must be a U.S. citizen or a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands

I just looked up their jobs website.

Also there would be either third level experience, practical esperience or both required too, so a person with language that bad would be straight to the dustbin with their application.

 

[danjuno]

The first requirement an FBI agent is:

I just looked up their jobs website.

Also there would be either third level experience, practical esperience or both required too, so a person with language that bad would be straight to the dustbin with their application.

Maybe he was being sarcastic? Anyway, it's a play on the Nigerian Scam. Don't do it.