I received this today in an email. Now the fraud e mails are coming from people claiming to be American Soldiers in our military admitting that they are engaging in illegal activities. It's incredible that these people are stooping to these levels by disgracing our American soldiers that are out on the front lines fighting for our freedom. These crooks are trying to defraud others out of their hard earned cash. I was not happy when I read this. Read it for yourself,
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?. HOPE ALL IS WELL.
MY NAME IS ( SGT 1ST CLASS MIKE PETERS, I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, SERVING IN THE MILITARY WITH THE ARMY’S 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION. WITH A VERY DESPERATE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, I HAVE SUMMED UP COURAGE TO CONTACT YOU. I FOUND YOUR CONTACT PARTICULARS IN AN ADDRESS JOURNAL.
I AM SEEKING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THE SUM OF ( $28 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ) TWENTY EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO YOU, AS FAR AS I CAN BE ASSURED THAT MY SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE UNTIL I COMPLETE MY SERVICE HERE. SOURCE OF MONEY: SOME MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WAS DISCOVERED IN BARRELS AT A FARM HOUSE NEAR ONE OF SADDAM’S OLD PALACES IN TIKRIT-IRAQ DURING A RESCUE OPERATION, AND IT WAS AGREED BY STAFF SGT KENNETH BUFF AND I THAT SOME PART OF THIS MONEY BE SHARED AMONG BOTH OF US BEFORE INFORMING ANYBODY ABOUT IT SINCE BOTH OF US SAW THE MONEY FIRST. THIS WAS QUITE AN ILLEGAL THING TO DO, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT? NO COMPENSATION CAN MAKE UP FOR THE RISK WE HAVE TAKEN WITH OUR LIVES IN THIS HELL HOLE. OF WHICH MY BROTHER IN-LAW WAS KILLED BY A ROAD SIDE BOMB LAST TIME. THE ABOVE FIGURE WAS GIVEN TO ME AS MY SHARE, AND TO CONCEAL THIS KIND OF MONEY BECAME A PROBLEM FOR ME, SO WITH THE HELP OF A BRITISH CONTACT WORKING HERE AND HIS OFFICE ENJOY SOME IMMUNITY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PACKAGE OUT
I HAVE NOW FOUND A VERY SECURED WAY OF GETTING THE PACKAGE OUT OF IRAQ TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR YOU TO PICK UP, AND I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU WHEN I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME, AND I BELIEVE THAT MY MONEY WILL BE WELL SECURED IN YOUR HAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE FEAR OF GOD. I WANT YOU TO TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WILL TAKE FROM THIS MONEY FOR THE ASSISTANCE YOU WILL GIVE TO ME. ONE PASSIONATE APPEAL I WILL MAKE TO YOU IS NOT TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH ANYBODY, SHOULD YOU HAVE REASONS TO REJECT THIS OFFER, PLEASE PLEASE AND PLEASE DESTROY THIS MESSAGE AS ANY LEAKAGE OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE TOO BAD FOR US SOLDIER’S HERE IN IRAQ. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG WE WILL REMAIN HERE, AND I HAVE BEEN SHOT, WOUNDED AND SURVIVED TWO SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS BY THE SPECIAL GRACE OF GOD, THIS AND OTHER REASONS I WILL MENTION LATER HAS PROMPTED ME TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, I HONESTLY WANT THIS MATTER TO BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS WHICH IS MY ONLY WAY OF COMMUNICATION.
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Hi Sandy, Disgusting stuff isn't it ? Now get ready foe all the " Help Haiti " scum bags.
Hi Bill, It's awful. Today there is fraud associated with every type of activity - it is disgusting.
Sandy - I highly suspect the email wasn't penned in this country. . .It smells an awful lot like the Nigerian email fraud schemes.
Hi Sandy,
I agree with you completely. It's disgusting.
I get emails like this ALL the time. There are scam artists all over the place.
Sandy since these emails keep coming there must be some who fall for this garbage still.
I get a bunch of these emails also and they are upsetting. Sadly, there must be people who are responding to them. If it was a complete waste of their time, it would stop. Maybe the thing to do is just get the word out to as many as possible and warn them that it's a scam! Thanks for your post.
Sandy, You always seem to enlighten me! This sucks!
I hope you had a great Tuesday,
Paul
Sandy
It seems like everyday there's a new scam.
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
Sandy, Thankfully most of this mail goes into my spam so I never even have to open it. They are getting better with the subjects, however, sounding as if you know them! One of my latest had in the subject line:
"We haven't spoken in so long" I fell for it :(
Sandy, the creeps just never let up, they just get more creative!
Hi Sandy, It's unbelievable and do they really believe that people will fall for it? Do they!?
Hi Myrl, I agree, it probably wasn't written here. I just can't believe the low levels that people stoop to. It's just unbelievable!
Don, These people must just sit around all day and think up these things.
Robert, Isn't it ridiculous that we have to get this stuff in our mailboxes?
John, I've often thought the same thing. If people weren't falling for this stuff, these people would stop doing it. That's the really sad part about it.
Irene, I know, we all seem to get them. And with every new crisis, there's a new scam, isn't there?
Hi Paul, This really is the pits, isn't it? I hate this stuff.
Hi Lou, I think you're absolutely right -everyday there is a new scam.
Carole, Those are the really scary ones, aren't they - the ones that are actually catching our eye.
Caren, They seem to be getting gustier everyday, aren't they. They won't let up, will they?
Hi Mary, I guess as John mentioned, if some people weren't falling for it, it would probably stop, right? That's the sad part.