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Posted by FatKat on 09/04/05 04:14
Well, the Zombie Wolf is way ahead of me on this one. My guess, when I
wrote the above, was to make it blindlingly obvious what I thought of
the FBI and the likelihood that an E-mail purporting to be from the FBI
actually didn't come from them. Normally, those reading usenet
messages, whether using some special encoding software developed for
law enforcement agencies or whether they were using their own eyes and
ears, would have been alerted to sarcasm mode by the requests for ATM
numbers or SS#, or the very mention of Nigeria.
Zombie Wolf wrote:
> The FBI does not have a "Field Office" in ANY foreign country. They are
> forbidden to operate outside the United States by LAW. This law was passed
> after tricky dick (Richard Nixon) abused the FBI's powers in that very
> fashion....
>
> And before you start talking about Aruba, although the FBI may HELP with the
> investigation there, they have no official standing in it - they have no
> police powers in any foreign land, period.
>
> "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
> news:1125669037.366878.41090@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > TMDWeebus wrote:
> >> There I was just minding business and got this message that from someone
> >> claming to be from the FBI. I don't know if I am the only one who this
> >> has
> >> happend too.
> >
> > I got a similar message from the FBI's field office in Lagos, Nigeria -
> > they wanted me to come in for questioning about this lottery scam that
> > I fell for. Now I didn't think I fell for any scam - I don't even play
> > lotteries. But the E-mail must have been genuine because it mentioned
> > that actual fact in it - "you may not remember participating in any
> > lottery organized by his excellency, the state comptroller for
> > Nigeria". Now, I don't know how I'm going to get to Nigeria, but the
> > FBI said that they'd send me a free ticket once they confirmed my
> > identity, SS#, DoB, address, ATM PIN# (they MUST be FBI - how else
> > would they know I used an ATM?).
> >
> > Now I was still skeptical until I went on the alt.politics.spoofedbyFBI
> > and alt.travel.cometoNigeria&loseyourshirt NGs. I figured if this was
> > a scam, those boards would be lit with stories just like it - but
> > everybody just wanted to talk about using this thing called WinMX.
> >
> > what the hell is winmx, and why won't my winmx start my downloads?
> >
> > NP - Weird Out by Dandelion (off Dyslexicon)
> >
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