Be advised_Dispicable scam

[Ray,IN]

I received this email tonight. Am I ready to kill, yes!:


From Sgt Richard Hill(Message From Iraq)‏
From: <img id="P___252351615" webimdisplaystyle="inline" style="display: none;"> Richard Hill (richardhill119@yahoo.com.ph)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk Sent: Wed 9/09/09 4:25 PM To:

From Sgt Richard Hill

Good Day,

I found your contact particulars in an E-mail address guide they provide us here, as I desperately need an urgent help to do this deal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of $12m {Twelve Million U.S Dollars only} to you in United States , as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here.

SOURCE OF FUND:

A lot of money in various currencies were discovered in barrels at a farm house near one of Saddams old palaces in Tikrit in Iraq during an operation Conquest in Fallujah north of Baghdad, and it was agreed by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Buff 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 is quite an illegal thing to do, but well 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, at Southern Basra British fortified green zone, whose office enjoys some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British/American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Baghdad, and before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in United States . I have now found a very secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to you, for you to pick it up, and I will discuss this with you when I am sure that you are willing to assist me, and I believe this my money will be well secured in your hand because you have a fear of God.

I want you to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give 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 and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad and catastrophic for soldiers here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, but I hope to have a shift very soon for me to return back to the States. I have been shot and wounded twice and I have survived two terrible suicides bomb attacks just by special grace of God, this and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I will honestly want this matter be resolved immediately.

I thank you so much for everything and anticipate that you will be trustworthy and handle this transaction to the best of your ability to benefit both of us.Contact me on my private email richardhill213@sify.com

God Bless you and your Family.

Yours

Sgt. Richard Hill
richardhill213@sify.com

[mrschwarz]

Wow! The Nigerian letter scam has now moved on to Iraq. Typically this plays on someones greed and drains their bank account in the process.

There is a guy (I can't remember where) that takes an email like this and plays along with the con man, all the way to the point where he has to turn over any personal information. Once he gets the identity and location of the con man, he turns it over to the local authorities, if there are any. He also posts all the emails on his web page.

It's entertaining and while the con man is occupied, perhaps he isn't conning someone else. This guy could have a ball with this one.

[DocUSAF]

Interesting...but I know first hand that this kinda crap is officially filtered by computers from active duty members DOD e-mail accounts, (which are very secured .mil type accounts)...yahoo accounts are always fair game...
but still I don't know which/who is worse...Nigerian letter scams or Madoff investment scams...they both played on folks individually, then wiped out their life savings and forced many to go bust. Forest Gump might have said it best....stupid is what stupid does!

[KC1BUD]

I have recieved that email too. I know as a veteran, it is punishable for a soldier to participate in this kind of activity.
ANY I say again ANY emails I get from someone I don't know automatically go into the spam folder. Then I read them and delete them. I have gotten two emails that claim a person unnamed has a contract out on me and if I send the Hit man X dollars the contract will be null and void. I would forward to the local law, but since these originate from over seas, the local law is unable to do much with them.

[Wayne M]

The "Nigerian Scam" has been ongoing for over 25 years and started to be predominant via FAX. The Secret Service was the original investigation body. They have not been to successful. Especially since it is the 3rd largest per capita income for Nigerians.