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This really ticks me off!

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<span style="color: #FF0000">I was irritated but somewhat amused by the Nigerian scam artists attempts to con people, but after receiving the letter below I just saw red! This is the lowest, vilest type of scam I have seen. Who should one forward something like this to, in order for some action to be taken?</span>
HI, HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ?? MY NAME IS (STAFF
SGT.) JOHN
HALL, I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, SERVING IN THE MILITARY WITH THE ARMY'S
3RD
INFANTRYDIVISION. WITH A VERY DESPERATE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, I HAVE
SUMMONED 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 ($8 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS) EIGHT
MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS 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 MONEY:


SOME MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WERE DISCOVERED IN BARRELS AT A
FARMHOUSE 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 heck HOLE. OF WHICH MY BROTHER IN-LAW WAS KILLED BY A
ROAD SIDE
BOMB LAST TIME.YOU WILL FIND THE STORY OF THIS MONEY ON THE WEB ADDRESS
BELOW;

https://www.right-thoughts.us/index.php/w..._a_millionaire/

https://www.jonathanforeman.com/military/nyp_iraq/04192003_chest.html

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 BRITHISH CONTACT
WORKING
HERE,AND HIS OFFICE ENJOY 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 BRITHISH/AMERICAN
MEDICAL
DOCTOR WHO DIED IN A RAID HERE IN IRAQ, 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 AT HOME 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 PRAY THAT YOU HAVE THE FEAR OF GOD AND THAT MY MONEY
WILL BE
WELL SECURED IN YOUR HANDS.

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 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,LAST MONTH WAS THE DEADLIEST MONTH FOR US OUT HERE.TOTALY,
WE LOST
127 MEN 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 PRIVATE
E-MAIL ADDRESS sgtjohnhall@live.com WHICH IS MY ONLY WAY OF
COMMUNICATION FOR NOW .

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

SGT HALL .
 
Yeah, this particular version of an old scam is
particularly offensive. Nothing can be done.

BUT.......................

You best think twice about opening ANY e-mails from
anyone you do not know.

Like Doc says, we are constantly being bombarded by
hackers trying to get into our computers. Don't open
your front door to them.

regards,

d
 
Tinster said:
Yeah, this particular version of an old scam is
particularly offensive. Nothing can be done.

BUT.......................

You best think twice about opening ANY e-mails from
anyone you do not know.

Like Doc says, we are constantly being bombarded by
hackers trying to get into our computers. Don't open
your front door to them.

regards,

d

/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif Good advice!!
 
I imagine DoD already has at least one copy of it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

Tracing the originating server would be next-to impossible, methinks. Just hope there's some 'pooterSpook in an intel office someplace tryin'. That's about all you can do.
 
What bugs my is the playing to our sympathy and slimy, implied appeal to supporting our troops, while in point of fact, if Sgt. Hall was real (which I am 100% certain he is NOT!) He would be one of the troops least deserving of our support!!!!! The appeal to peoples base greed instincts just disgusts me!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif I wish the suckers would realize - 'And how much of my own good, hard-earned cash would "Sgt. Hall" like me to put up for security while I wait for his "ill-gotten" "millions" to arrive and make me rich too?' before they respond to drivel like this /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
 
It's just an extension of the old Nigerian scam. I think most people are aware of them by now. their almost impossible to trace or do anything about. Just ignore them. I talked to an FBI agent up in N.C. 4 years ago about them. His advise was just delete them as junk and NEVER open a link that comes with them. My Spam guard picks them up and discards them as trash. I never see them.
 
I could consider myself fortunate. I get about 20 of these type spams per day. The senders / writers could never impress me. It will take a lot more than an email to get my money, and some pretty tricky programming to get access to my computer. If the mails are not filtered out first, I dismiss them immediately without reading the content. They aren't a threat to me. I haven't seen this one before, but I think it's unusually offensive. I otherwise doubt the writer meant to be offensive, he's just trying to scam money. If he comes from a third world culture, which he probably does, his values and ethics are different than ours, and he doesn't know it. That's his problem.
 
That's like the stock tips they send out.
Would you invest a lot of money by taking the
advice from someone you've never heard of?
If it's such a great deal,why hasen't someone
they know already taken the offer?
It all comes down to human greed - people see
"something for nothing".

- Doug
 
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