Scam Using Our Army Members

I received this today in my email in box.

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Dear Friend : Very Vital Information‏
From: Army John England (AndrsnMails@aol.com)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Fri 3/06/09 8:04 AM
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Dear Friend, I know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to you before now. My name is John England, a master Sgt. of The U.S. Army, deployed to Iraq in the beginning of the war in 2003. I would like to share some highly personal classified information about my personal experience and role which I played in the pursuit of my career serving under the U.S ARMY which was at the fore-front of the war in Iraq. Though, I would like to hold back certain information for security reasons for now until you have found time to visit the BBC website stated below to enable you have insight regarding what I intend to share with you, believing that it would be of your desired interest in one way or the other. Here is a BBC news listing that confirms what I share with you. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm Also, could you get back to me having visited the above website to enable us discuss in a more vivid manner to the best of your understanding? I must say that I'm very uncomfortable sending this message to you without knowing truly if you would misconstrue the importance and decide to go public. In this regards, I will not hold back to say that the essence of this letter is strictly for mutual benefit of you and I and nothing more. I will be more vivid and coherent in my next email in this regards. Meanwhile, could you send me a mail confirming you have visited the site and understood my intentions? Standing by for your response Warm regards, Sgt.John

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This is obviously an attempt to start something that would lead me to stupidly trust this scam artist so he could con me. As a parent of a National Guard soldier I find this beyond disgusting! :mad:

Please, if you get one of these, do not click on any links or converse with this scammer.

That's pretty pathetic of them. Sorry to hear its actually going around.

:irkd: :disbelief

I've reported it to AOL (not that I figure they'll care) and also forwarded it to a local Army Sgt. I know.

Let me guess. He raided some secret treasure room of Saddam Hussein and needs someone's bank account info or earnest money to receive it over here. He would reward you greatly. Can you say Nigeria?

Arrrggghh! I get so mad when I receive one of the Cameroon ones, or India, etc., but this is incredible!

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

Let me guess. He raided some secret treasure room of Saddam Hussein and needs someone's bank account info or earnest money to receive it over here. He would reward you greatly. Can you say Nigeria?

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Yep probably something like that Dale. Rotten scammers to use our servicemen and women like this though.....GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

The only thing that freaks me out just slightly, and it may well just be a coincidence, but I've never seen an email like this until I have a daughter in the National Guard and a son considering joining the US Army. Both have recently used this new computer of mine to go to Army specific websites then bingo, I get this in my email? Probably means nothing but still it makes a person go hmmmmmmmmm :mad:

You may have gotten on a sucker list from frequenting an Army site, or some other site or it could be completely random. I get stuff that I have won lotteries that I haven't entered. I get pleas of help from widow's that can't get any money from their dead husband's estate because women have no rights in their country, bankers that have a dead foreign customer that left a large unclaimed account etc and they all need my help!

I just fell sorry for people that fall for stuff like that…

At least it used proper english.. Some of those cameroon pied BP sellers are pretty bad when it comes to that.