14 DAY TRIAL // Back in September 2012, India’s Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) issued an alert to warn users about scams that leveraged the organization’s name. Such scams are still making the rounds and one of our readers has provided us with an example.
The fake emails appear to come from [email protected] and they inform recipients that they’ve won £500,000 (€586,000 / $762,000). The bogus CBI notification actually confirms to the recipient that the “transaction” is legitimate.
The CBI is a trusted organization in India, so such messages might convince a large number of unsuspecting users that they’ve actually won the large amount of money.
Don’t be fooled! The CBI has nothing to do with it, and no bank or organization in the world would simply hand you over money without a very good reason.
Here is the complete text of the bogus email:
“Central Bureau of Investigation. 3rd Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sulat Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad
Join us in Fighting Corruption Payment Code: R5109176K
The Central Bureau of Investigation .CBI has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network, that you have an ongoing transaction with Hsbc Bank UNITED KINGDOM which Mr. Douglas Flint is in charges, SPONSORED BY HSBC BANK ,Worldwide. as the owner of the said sum £500,000.00 GBP.
We screen through the network and discovered you have a transaction with hsbc bank and after proper investigation we discovered your transaction as legit and we have come to informed you to continue with the transaction without any fear and make sure you informed us on any issue that need our urgent action.
Kindly help the underprivileged and set employment to help the individual, You are a very lucky winner and make other pride of Your country, You are to contact the CBI Director of Operation with the information below in regards to more details on your funds.
Sincerely, Desk of the Directors. A.P. Singh”