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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "Richard Taylor (Pvt)" <rtaylor@mail2me.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:13:29 -0400
Subject: PLEASE DO TAKE THIS VERY =?windows-1251?q?SERIOUSLY=85?=
How are you and your family? Hope all is well. My name is Richard Taylor (Pvt)
an American soldier, serving in the military with the US Army 3rd Infantry
Division operating in Iraq.
With a very urgent need of assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you.
I found your contact particulars in an electronic address journal. I am seeking
your kind assistance to move the sum of ($18 Million USD) Eighteen Million
United States Dollars to you,you must assured me, that my share of the total
sum will be safe in your care until I complete my service here in Iraq.
Source of the money:
You can go to this web link to read about the event that took place here in
Iraq:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm>
Some money in various currencies were discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near
one of Saddam old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was
agreed by SSgt Kenneth Buff and I, that some part of this money be shared among
the two of us before informing anybody about it. This was quite an illegal
thing to do, but I must confess to you that there may be no compensation that
can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell-hole of
which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last time.
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 contact working here and because
his office enjoys some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe
location entirely out of trouble spot.
Now, I have found a very much secured way of getting the package out of Iraq,
and I will discuss this with you when I am sure that you are willing to assist
me. Be rest assured that with mutual consent, both of us can agree on a deal. I
am therefore, making a passionate appeal, should you have any reason to reject
this offer, please and please delete this message immediately, as any leakage
of this information will be detrimental to the US soldiers here in Iraq.
I do not know how long we will remain in Iraq. I have been shot, wounded and
survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God. These and many
other reasons I mentioned earlier has prompted me to reach out for help, I
honestly want this task to be resolved immediately, please contact me as soon
as possible via this medium [rtaylor@mail2me.com] which is my only private
means of communication.
God bless you and your family.
Richard Taylor (Pvt)
Personal E-mail: <mailto:rtaylor@mail2me.com>
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