Apparently my unexpected transfer has been approved.

[Lee Schierer]

I received the following email over night. I didn't even know I had a case being determined by the Board of Governors:

"BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
20TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE,
N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20551.
RE: DOCKET NO. OP 292.

Attention: Beneficiary!!!

IRREVOCABLY RELEASE OF US$5.5 MILLION USD IN YOUR FAVOUR.


The Board of directors of the Federal Reserve system appreciates the opportunity to use this medium to inform you that we have received a confirmation to notify you that your Payment of US$5.5 Million Dollars has been irrevocably and unconditionally release for onward credit to your nominated Bank Account without any delay with the Federal Reserve verification Reference No. FRS-0022 and FBI Approved No. FBI01DC.

We hereby mandate UNION BANK LONDON to credit this fund to your Bank Account without any delays. You are strongly advice immediately to contact the Head of Remittance Department UNION BANK, LONDON) David Forster through his open access Email:
transferdepartmentunionbank@gmail.com or Direct Cell/mobile, +44-703 199 0898. With your verification Reference No.FRS-0022 and send him your below information to enable him deduct cost of international transfer fee of $10,500.00 from your US$5.5 Million Dollars and transfer the balance of US$5,489,500.00 to your Bank Account without any delay.

Send him your information such as;

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Contact Address:
3. Your Cell Phone:
4. Your Bank Name:
5. Your Bank Address:
6. Your Account Number
7. Your SWIFT# OR ABA Routing#
8. Your Account Holder Name:

Your Fund Approval papers have been already sent to David Forster while he is waiting your above mentioned information to enable him deduct cost of transfer fee of $10,500.00 from your US$5.5 Million Dollars and transfer the balance of US$5,489,500.00 to your Bank Account without any delay. Please you will contact the Royal Court of Justice for Endorsement of your transfer fund to your account, Email:
financialservicesauthority1@outlook.com and you can only pay for the Endorsement and stamp duty of your final release fund Document.

NOTE: Your Federal Reserve verification Reference No. (FRS-0022), you are advice to send your full banking information to UNION BANK REMITTANCE DIRECTOR, Headed by David Forster and make sure you write him, with your verification Reference No. (FRS-0022)

Officer: David Forster
POSITION: DIRECTOR, INTL, REMITTANCE
Tel: +44-703 199 0898
Fax: +44-872 331 2061
Email: transferdepartmentunionbank@gmail.com

Thanks and accept our congratulations.

Sincerely,

Ann Misback
Secretary Board of Governors Federal Reserve.
cc: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, USA.
cc: Bank of England
cc: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)."

[Pat Barry]

Wow, $5.5 million. You are so lucky!

[Brian Tymchak]

Geesh, it almost seems like a joke with so many obvious red flags of being a scam.

Like it's a spoof of a scam letter.


Otherwise Lee, congratulations on being so wealthy that you hold assets with Federal Reserve.

[Jerome Stanek]

Tell them to open an account in their bank and send you the info.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

This is legit. It happened to me, and now I’m building my dream shop with all new tools.

[Gary Ragatz]

Personally, I wouldn't bother with it for anything less than $6 million.

[Tom Stenzel]

I feel cheated. I only was offered 2 million British Pounds Sterling in the last email I got.

Back when the Nigerian scams first started I printed a couple of copies and took them to work. At the morning meeting I passed them out and said, "Tomorrow when I get all this money I'm quitting this job and telling all my bosses just what I think of them!".

My foreman said something I can't repeat here. The whole thing was good for a round of laughs and a lot of verbal abuse.

-Tom

[Doug Garson]

They really had me believing until I saw the "cc Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)", that made me suspicious. :p

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Some guys have all the luck!:eek:;):D

[Malcolm McLeod]

Yes Lee, you are a very lucky man!:cool: And, I hope everyone gets a chuckle from it.:D

A cautionary tale to go with it .... my brother's in-laws fell victim to a on-going movie production funding scheme - supposedly in Brazil. Both are suffering from age-related dementia, and still are trying to get money transferred to the 'scam'. Their banks and brokerages finally have refused to participate, so they have tried to recruit family and friends to execute transfers. When that failed, they've even tried to withdraw cash and send. All the while thinking the ROI was 'just around the corner' - 'as soon as it hits theaters'. (All law enforcement agencies, including FBI, have been made aware, but perpetrators will never set foot in USA, so not much they can do.) To date, best estimate is $2M gone!

Sorry to be the downer, but please be aware of how our aging population is impacted or may be victimized - especially our parents.

[Bill Carey]

Keith will be thrilled that you are going to fund the Creek forever. Way to go, Lee

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Yes Lee, you are a very lucky man!:cool: And, I hope everyone gets a chuckle from it.:D

A cautionary tale to go with it .... my brother's in-laws fell victim to a on-going movie production funding scheme - supposedly in Brazil. Both are suffering from age-related dementia, and still are trying to get money transferred to the 'scam'. Their banks and brokerages finally have refused to participate, so they have tried to recruit family and friends to execute transfers. When that failed, they've even tried to withdraw cash and send. All the while thinking the ROI was 'just around the corner' - 'as soon as it hits theaters'. (All law enforcement agencies, including FBI, have been made aware, but perpetrators will never set foot in USA, so not much they can do.) To date, best estimate is $2M gone!

Sorry to be the downer, but please be aware of how our aging population is impacted or may be victimized - especially our parents.

May karma have the last laugh for whoever did this.

[Malcolm McLeod]

May karma have the last laugh for whoever did this.

I'll hope Karma has a burlap sack half full of brass door knobs....;)

[Bill Carey]

I'll hope Karma has a burlap sack half full of brass door knobs....;)

second that

[Bruce Wrenn]

Open up a fake account, and forward it to them. Account could be on "The First Bank of the Left Hip." That's who I used for construction loan on the last house I built. Use your non winning lottery numbers for routing and account number.

[Bill Dufour]

Gee sounds real to me. I would suggest that David can deduct the 10,500 from the federal reserve money before he sends it to you. tell him you are a stamp collector and you would like the email to stop and have him use snail mail so you can collect the stamps.
I wonder how a Nigerian princess of today compares to a Jewish or Cherokee princess from 100 years ago?

[Paul Stoops]

Hi Lee,
Gonna buy some new tools with all that money?? :-)

Paul

[Jim Tobias]

Go ahead and go to the Festool website and order 1 of everything. By the time you receive the bill, you'll also have your $5mil.
Perfect! :D

Jim

[Perry Hilbert Jr]

I had a client a few years ago, that had some kind of a letter telling her that she had several million dollars coming from an investment she made in Afghanistan, but the funds were being held up by the State Department pending some exchange fluctuation investigation. She parlayed that into bank loans, purchase of a farm and several other deals. I was retained near the end to try to keep her from being charged criminally. This woman started out with just a letter promising payment in the future and till all was said and done, she sold everything she bought for huge profits, paid everyone back with interest and no one went through with the charges AND she netted almost $600.000 left for herself. I saw the woman's mother a few months ago and asked how she was doing. Her mother said she moved to Switzerland. The letter about her millions of dollars, supposedly turned out to be true and she was finally paid her several million. I gave her mother a scowl and she said, that's what I think too, but she did move and she is in Switzerland.

[Lee DeRaud]

You need to stop being so suspicious.
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[Dan Jansen]

I read an article once that said these scams were written poorly on purpose. The idea is that a better letter would have more people interested and it would be difficult for the scammers to screen them all. So, by making them terrible it screens out all but the most gullible. It makes sense though if you think about. I mean how foolish or greedy must you be to follow up with an email like that?

[Tom M King]

You need to stop being so suspicious.
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That made me cry.......................................but it was from laughter.

[Bill Jobe]

MRS.ANNE WILLIAMS has been nothing but a pain in the neck for me, trying everything she can to hustle me out of my Nigerian inheritance !!!

"Attn:Beneficiary.

We are writhing to know if it's true that you are DEAD? This is Because we have
received a notification/ Authorization from one MRS.ANNE WILLIAMS mandating us
to transfer your funds to her Canadian Bank account.

Be informed that we discovered the said funds in your name throughyour
Email address.
But we are surprise that MRS.ANNE WILLIAMS indicated that you are dead
and therefore has requested us to hand over your funds to her .

Kindly get in touch with us if you are still alive to avoid wrong payment or
diversion of your funds.

FROM UBA HEAD QUARTER CHIKA OBI
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA - NIGERIA-UBA)"

This is going to stop, MRS.ANNE WILLIAMS !!!

[Bill Dufour]

I got a garbled voice message yesterday that my Social Security number had been hacked and the social security administration had to shut it off. The phone number could not be understood for all the digits. Since I can not call them back I sure hope they call again. If you do not hear from me for a while you will know why and it is not my trip to pick up my money in Nigeria.
Bill D.
Gee maybe I can use all this money to get myself a Nigerian mail order bride. I think my wife might complain when they meet so, maybe not?

[Lee DeRaud]

"We are writhing to know if it's true that you are DEAD?"I'd let them squirm (or maybe just writhe) just a bit longer, then reply, "Yes, I am in fact dead. But now that production for the current season of 'The Walking Dead' has concluded, I will be free to attend to your demands."