Scam Letter
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| Posted on December 10, 2014 at 15:05:35 | ||
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Location: 50 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004 |
Just one of those obvious scam emails. All the telltale signs. I saw my first 15 years ago. It was a letter then. When my coworker (from Ethiopia) showed me the letter and I saw the handwriting I said it's an African scam letter and it was. I like in this one where the writer says he is fighting terrorism and he also says "can I trust you". Too funny! Here it is: ""Hello Dear, Firstly let me apologize for my late response to your mail. It was due to my busy task in the military base here. Thanks for your prompt reply to my request; it seems to me that you are a very sincere person, I am certify with your price. but i do not have time to come and see it for negotiation yet, until they redeploy from the military base soon I am a Lt (Gen) Joseph Barrett with the United Nations troop presently in Afghanistan but formally in Syria, on war against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative and executive decision, withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and the European Union on war against terrorism. On the other hand I want to inform you that i have in my possession the sum of (17.3 million U.S.D) which was recovered on one of our raids in a terrorist Camp in Baghdad but we did not submit all the money to the military authorities, because we seeing it as life time opportunity, And I have my share kept safely in a box and I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing them that we are making contact for the real owner of the box. It is under my power to approve whoever that comes forth for this box. I want to invest this money in your country, in real estate or any other profitable business as soon as i retire from my job, and I will seek for your advice on that, since i am not a business culture person, that is why I have contacted you for assistance to get this project completed in good faith, so I need someone I could trust to channel this box money. If you accept I will move the box money to you, where you will be the beneficiary, I am a uniformed person and I can't be parading with such an amount, I am an American and an intelligence officer, so I have a 100% authentic means of moving the box money to you, through a diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is done. Please if you are interested in this transaction let me know so that I can give you all the complete details we need for us to carry out this deal successfully, I decided to find someone that is real and not an imaginary that is why I went for a secured site where i can be sure that the person is for real and not an imaginary, can I trust you?. Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is much secured so nobody can monitor our conversations, then I can explain in details to you, at the moment I can only reach you through e-mail, because our calls might be monitored by high officials here, I just have to be sure of whom I am dealing with. I will give you 30% of the sum and 70% for me. i hope am been fair on this deal, kindly get back to me with your full information such as: ET "If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
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| RE: Scam Letter, posted on December 10, 2014 at 15:08:03 | |
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Joined: March 25, 2012 |
Just got one myself
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| RE: Scam Letter, posted on December 11, 2014 at 05:41:19 | |
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That should be quite effective with wannabe patriots.
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| RE: Scam Letter, posted on December 11, 2014 at 16:40:34 | |
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Just FYI Awe-d-o, there is an asylum called "Shady Lane" for this type of thread. I'm puzzled as to why this hasn't been moved to there.
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