The Gun Counter

OH, I'M SO TERRIFIED after receiving the following (EXTORTION) email, from a JAPANESE email address. Please note the IMPERSONAL greeting for such a direct communication from the US Attorney General (even if he IS an asshole). But WHY would the US ATG send ME a DIRECT email informing me of an investigation and possible prosecution rather than serve a search warrant with his storm trooper instead??? Oh, you can sit here and pick out all the poor grammar and writing (OBVIOUSLY English is NOT their first language).

Since I plan on NOT complying with sending them their demanded $170.00, you might not be hearing from me for a while since I will no doubt be sitting in one of their jail cells awaiting prosecution for these HORRIBLE CRIMES (emphasis mine - all other typos and poor grammar is theirs) - ENJOY:

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
441 4th Street NW, Suite 1145S
Washington, DC 20001

Attention Sir,

We have received instruction from the US Customs, Home land Security ind the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) here in the United States of America
to prosecute you over allegations of money laundering and terrorist ($10m
usd) related activities to which there is over whelming evidence of your
involvement.
Note a copy of this email have been forwarded to the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
POLICE/AUTHORITIES and will be ordered for your immediate arrest.
The need for your urgent prosecution arose from your inability to secure the
mandatory Clearance Certificate from the Economic And Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Nigeria inspite of several opportunities given to you by
the Police Department,Home land Security and FBI.
Inview of the indicting report submitted to the Police Department ,Home land
Security and FBI by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the
Police Department ,Home land Security and FBI has recommended for your
immediate prosecution.
You have to obtain the required Certificate from EFCC- DIRECTOR, DR. FRANK
WILLIAMS.

CONTACT HIM ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: drfrankwillian@yahoo.co.jp and the Cost
of the Certificate is $170.00 only We are giving you notice of service of
writ of summons after seven days of receiving this letter by mail.
If after the seven days and you are not able to obtain the Certificate to
clear yourself before the Police Department ,Home land Security and FBI,
Legal prosecution will begin immediately.
Justice delayed is justice denied.

Your's faithfully,
Attorney General
Eric Holder

I'm TERRIFIED!!! WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!???? And WHY am I being singled out?!?!?!?!? I don't have ANY dealings with ANYONE in Nigeria, but I'm so SCARED by receiving that email from Eric Holder directly, it might be much cheaper and easier for me to avoid prosecution and simply pay their bullshit tax. What do YOU think??????

I'd sure like to have the time, money and resources to go meet some of these morons and get them thrown into jail, even if it's NOT in the USA. Just getting these Inbox crap fillers in jail would be a nice start. I just happened to find this particular email funny and decided to share it.

Here's the full header info:

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:40:46 +0100 [09:40:46 PDT]
Delivered-To: spamcop-net
From: Eric Holder <usattonnegen@yahoo.co.jp>Add usattonnegen@yahoo.co.jp to my Address Book Japan
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <20121018163933.ED5841F91C7B@mailkaronte.acens.net>
Received:

(qmail 29861 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2012 20:53:18 -0000
from unknown (192.168.1.88) by filter7.cesmail.net with QMQP; 18 Oct 2012 20:53:18 -0000
from mailkaronte.acens.net (217.116.8.58) by mxin1.cesmail.net with SMTP; 18 Oct 2012 20:53:16 -0000
from User (unknown [118.244.5.226]) (Authenticated sender: esther@ugtandalucia.es) by mailkaronte.acens.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5841F91C7B; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:39:32 +0200 (CEST)

Reply-To: usattonnegen@yahoo.co.jp Add usattonnegen@yahoo.co.jp to my Address Book
Return-Path: <usattonnegen@yahoo.co.jp>
Subject: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
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Yes, it was in my HELD email, which I go through on a regular basis to free those messages I want to reach me, but this was too funny to just delete. I mean, even the office of the US Attorney General does NOT make the SUBJECT of their emails: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Hmmm, perhaps Eric needs your $170.00 to bolster his legal defense fund. Ya know how expensive those darned lawyers can be.

tfbncc wrote:Hmmm, perhaps Eric needs your $170.00 to bolster his legal defense fund. Ya know how expensive those darned lawyers can be.

ESPECIALLY when they work for you!! Sharks and all that............

It's been ages since I did any email sleuthing, but wouldn't 118.244.5.226 be the IP that the scammer used when logging into the Yahoo account the mail came from ?

It's an open proxy server in Beijing by the way

Now here's the tough question, are you going to do the mature thing, and delete it and forget about it. Or are you going to do things "the Chicago way"?

Because I have some suggestions for shenanigans.

Your's faithfully,
Attorney General
Eric Holder

Seems legit.

HTRN wrote:Now here's the tough question, are you going to do the mature thing, and delete it and forget about it. Or are you going to do things "the Chicago way"?

Because I have some suggestions for shenanigans.

I, for one, would like to hear those shenanigans

Highspeed wrote:

HTRN wrote:Now here's the tough question, are you going to do the mature thing, and delete it and forget about it. Or are you going to do things "the Chicago way"?

Because I have some suggestions for shenanigans.

I, for one, would like to hear those shenanigans

I'm always up for suggestions and/or recommendations.

SoupOrMan wrote:

Your's faithfully,
Attorney General
Eric Holder

Seems legit.

Considering the putative source, I agree.