Finally.

Dear followers of this blog (if there still are any left), I'm sorry for the lack of posts since April, as I've grappled in turn with having to repeat the year, attend meetings with the medical school and dean, and all activities associated with failing exams. And not to mention nothing else happening in my life right now worth blogging about.

Until now.

Just now, actually. I've just noticed that the Nigerian scam has evolved to a new level. I will reproduce the whole email I've received below (I'll like to see someone claim intellectual copyright for this) -

ATTENTION: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION VIA ATM CARD.‏

From:	FBI Director Robert S.Mueller III (fbi.director@btconnect.com)

Attn: Beneficiary,


This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Mr. Tito Mboweni Republic of the Reserve Bank Of South African , Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of ABSA Bank, FNB Banks, kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of Fedex,Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.

Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in total USD$11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4000 to $5000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an ATM CARD.


Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to protect the American Citizens. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $300.00 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.

CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: James Smuts
EMAIL: paymentofficer111@yahoo.cn
Telephone Numbers: +27-78-130-2165


Do contact Mr. James Smuts of the ATM CARD center with your details:

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELL:
CELL:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
BANK NAME:


So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment information's which you'll use in making payment of $300.00 via Money Gram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay. Mr. James Smuts will reply you with the secret code (8389 ATM CARD).

We advice you get back to the payment office after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.

Thanks and hope to read from you soon.

Robert S. Mueller, III
Director Federal Bureau of Investigation


Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby advised only to be in contact with Mr. James Smuts of the ATM CARD center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.
Note the length to which the scammers have gone to create this hoax -
-Robert S Mueller Is the current director of the FBI.
-Fake return add or not, they've apparently gone to register an account with BT to send this
-Wry attempt at humour - Mr James Smuts.


The spelling still has to be worked on though, I must say.
And I really don't know why if they've gone to register the BT address, why they would use a .cn address for the return email. And a yahoo account at that. Tsk tsk - amateurs, eh.