THIS IS NOT AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE
Thank you for your submission to the FBI Internet
Tip Line. In as much as the FBI receives reports
of this type of activity on a regular basis there
is no need to forward any such additional emails
to the FBI.
You indicate that you are aware that these
solicitations are fraudulent, so I will not
caution you against responding to them. However,
I have included our standard caution to the public
simply because it contains information of which
you may not be aware.
A review of the information you provided revealed
that you are being approached over the Internet to
participate in one of many variations of an
advance fee scheme being perpetrated by
individuals from various West African nations,
particularly Nigeria. This scam has also become
popular and perpetrated by individuals all over
the world, including in Korea and the UK. Victims
have lost substantial funds in the past and all
requests for travel to foreign locations should be
ignored. The United States Secret Service (USSS)
has developed an excellent, detailed description
of this fraud scheme, which can be accessed at
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml. If
you have been victimized by one of these schemes,
please forward appropriate written documentation
to the USSS, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone
(202) 406-5850. We encourage you to share this Web
page with family and friends. Your continued
cooperation in this and other matters is greatly
appreciated.
You do not need to forward the emails to us. If
you have not, simply delete them from your
computer. Also, if you know that you are
receiving spam mail, it is advisable not to open
them, because even if you do not reply, the sender
has validated your email address. And, you may
get other spam mail.
For your information, the Internet Tip Line (ITL)
was created on 9/11/01, in response to the
terrorist attacks upon America. We quickly
established a mechanism for the public to submit
information to the FBI via the Internet, and we
received our first tip at 10:31 AM that first day.
Director Mueller has since made the ITL a
permanent part of FBI operations, and we have thus
far received over 840,000 tips from around the
globe, from which thousands of leads have been
sent to FBI Field and Legal Attaché offices for
action.
Initially, almost 100% of the tips received were
related to the terrorist attacks; now,
approximately 45% of all tips received are related
to almost every other FBI criminal program, e.g.,
drug trafficking, organized crime, money
laundering, pyramid schemes, child pornography,
fugitives, bank robbery.
Our operation is completely automated and
paperless. Submitted tips are received
immediately, reviewed within minutes and
prioritized by trained Professional Support
personnel, and Agents set action leads within the
hour, as appropriate.
We encourage you to share this information with
your family, friends, and co-workers, and
encourage them to not hesitate to submit
information they may deem of interest to the FBI.
IMPORTANT - NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
The FBI does not maintain an email address to
submit information or attachments to directly;
therefore, please do not reply directly to this
message via your email client. The FBI maintains
an automated system that is designed to track all
information received, to ensure that all tips are
addressed in a timely and efficient manner.
Therefore, please visit the FBI.GOV Web site again
should you have occasion to submit additional
information. We WILL NOT open or respond to
reply email.
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