a disturbing email… from a “soldier”

okay so this guy claims to be a soldier in iraq… like i believe that a soldier would randomly get my email and write me, let alone write me about money… pfft.. i don’t know if i should forward this on to someone in the military, so i’m posting it here to get some advice.. i know it’s completely spam.. but i just feel that this person is horrible.. aside from trying to scheme someone out of their money, they are doing it while claiming to be a U.S. Solider… it’s an insult to our heros that are truely fighting for our country… so anyway here’s what the email says:

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United States Marine Corps. IRAQ

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Capt.Michael Scholl <captmikescholl0@gmail.com>

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Dear Associate,

How are you doing my friend, great I guess… Now I know this mail will definitely Come to you as a huge surprise, but please kindly take your time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will probably go a long way to determine my future and continued existence. First,let me introduce myself. I am Capt. Michael Scholl,assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, western Anbar Province in Iraq. I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently in Iraq and I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $10,570,000 (Ten million Five Hundred and Seventy Thousand USD) to the States or any safe country, as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here. This  is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved. 

SOURCE OF MONEY: Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of Saddam Hussein’s old Presidential Palaces during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party present that the money Be shared amongst us. This might appear as an illegal thing to do but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in this hellhole. 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 German contact working with the UN here (his 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 as he believes that it belongs to an American who died in an air raid, before giving up trusted me to hand over the package to his close relative. I have now found a secured way of getting the package out !
of Iraq for you to pick up.

I do not know for how long I will remain here, as I have been lucky to survive two suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine intervention. This and other reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach out for help. If it might be of interest to you then Endeavor to contact me and we would work out the necessary formalities but I pray that you are discreet about this mutually benefiting relationship.

For more details please contact me via my private box: captmikescholl@gmail.com

Respectfully,
Capt.Michael Scholl.
United States Marine Corps. IRAQ.
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

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so there it is… this isn’t the first time i’ve recieved this, but the more i get them the more

ticked off i get. there are soldiers who are putting their lives on the line for us… and this creep is trying to use their situation to his benefit… pffft end of rant … cause i can go on forever about this…

any advice on letting it sit or sending it on… and if i send it on, who do i send it to? the military, the white house?&

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December 20, 2009

Wow, that is straight up crazy. Like he is going to have 10 million something dollars and trust it to someone he doesn’t know? Whatever! I wouldn’t know who you would send something like that to, but it’s ridiculous, that’s for sure! Crazy freakin people….

December 20, 2009

Google him. I just did. It’s a big email scam.

December 22, 2009

i sent it to a friend who is in the military. He told me to have you forward it with all the goodies included to someone IN the actual military and they’ll look into it and stop it.