An obvious con

[mumper]

I received this in my emails this morning - does anyone know if it has it done the rounds before?


FROM: Sgt. Moses Brooks
Important Message / your trust.

Dear Sir, / Ma

My name is Moses Brooks, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the
military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, As you know we are being
attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.

We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussien's family to security
company in South Africa. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash,
mostly 100 dollar bills. We want to move this money to you, so that you may
invest it for us and keep our share for banking.

We will take 60%, my partner and I. You take the other 40%. no strings
attached, just help us move it out of South Africa, We successfully moved
The funds through diplomatic means out of Irag in one large silver box.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a
good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you?

When you receive this letter,kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick
communication also your contact details.

This business is risk free. The box can be shipped out in 48hrs.

Respectfully,

Sgt. Moses Brooks

[MinuWeb]

A common scam, (known as 419'ers) related to the African general with millions of dollars.

They gain your trust, then come up against "unexpected" problems moving the money around which they then ask you to finance (legal fees, bribes etc)

Alot of people have been scammed like this, and lost everythign as they end up commiting so much money that they just can't afford to stop and lose it, so they keep paying in the hope that they will get rich soon.

[Ravenfire]

I receive so many of these its unreal!

[MinuWeb]

I receive so many of these its unreal! Does that mean you are really really rich now ? :lol: :roll: :lol:

I always find it amazing how these guys that come across these millions of dollars need to request help from strangers to move the money. If it were me, I would just ask a friend :D

The scary thing is that a recent BBC documentary showed 1 in 100 of these mails get replied to and of those 1 in 100 get scammed.

[mumper]

I'm sure there is an old Yorkshire saying that tells us -

'You get nowt for nowt' or something like that - Jayne will know.

[Rob]

Like Ravenfire I receive so many of these and it's fasinating to see the variations these scammers come up with.

Only a few days ago a colleague wanted my advice on a similar e-mail. This time it was the 'you have won $2m in our lottery. Contact our agent etc etc.' scam. Unfortunately he had already sent off $1350 as a 'fee' (by the way this is not me writing as a 'friend of mine'!!!).

Having outlined it was a scam he didn't believe me until I found a site which highlight the company as a well known scam site. Why didn't it click with him that as he didn't buy a ticket (and presumably no one else) where did he think the prize money came from?

It's amazing how many people are still taken in by these scams.