Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Nigerian Scammer Impersonating Ben Bernanke

This is an scam!  The real Ben Bernanke does not use a free email address or request money via Western Union.  This email is from a scammer in Nigeria!

Received:
from [81.91.229.189] by web92413.mail.cnh.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:18:27 CST (Nigeria Scammer Hub)
X-Mailer:
YahooMailClassic/15.1.1 YahooMailWebService/0.8.129.483
Message-ID:
1355926707.25114.YahooMailClassic@web92413.mail.cnh.yahoo.com
Date:
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:18:27 +0800 (CST)
From:
"Mr. Ben S. Bernanke" peterjohn722@yahoo.cn
Reply-To:
bnak_ameria@ymail.com
Subject:
FROM THE DESK OF DR. BEN SHALOM BERNANKE
To:
undisclosed recipients: ;


FROM THE DESK OF DR. BEN SHALOM BERNANKE
CHAIRMAN UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE/
FUND MANAGEMENT & REFORM COMMITTEE
(SUB SECTION WEST AFRICAN MONITORING UNIT)
Our Ref: PHC/WAMU/BJN/ZZ057


NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE.

Attn: Beneficiary,

We have this day received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Benin to credit your account with your full Inheritance fund of US$15.8Million from the Benin reserve account with our UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE. However, you are required to provide the followings data below:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax
{3). Your Bank name and address.
{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.


Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

Secondly,the only money you pay for the transfer to take place is just $98 being theapproval payment certification from the government of Benin, and you are giving a limited time to send the payment and please be advise that you are to send the payment to American Embassy office in Benin and you are to use this information to send the $98 and please be informed that you are not going to pay any other payment to any body and do not be deceived by any body to send any other payment.

Here is the information you will use to send the payment through Money Gram or Western union.

Name:     AKPE  SAMUEL
Country:   Benin Republic
City:      Cotonou
Question:  YES
Answer:    NO
Amount:    $98

Send to me the following info once you send the payment.
Senders Name:
Location:
MTCN / Reference #:


Upon confirmation of the payment, note that your funds will be credited into your provided account within 24hours.

Thanks for transacting with the federal Reserve Bank while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service. Accept my congratulations in advance.


 GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Thanks and God bless you.


Regards,
Yours in Service,
Mr. Ben S. Bernanke


Chairman United States Federal Reserve
Telephone number:(+1) 5858612253 (585)
861 2253
Email:(bnak_ameria@ymail.com)

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