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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: CAPTAIN JONNY WINTER <captjonnywinter.winter91@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jonnywinter@sify.com
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:57:10 -0400
Subject: MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING / TRUST
Attention Sir / Madam
I know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise,
but I implore you to take time and go through it carefully as the decision you
make will go a long way to determine our future progress and continued
existence. I am Capt Jonny Winter, a US Marine Capt. Serving in the 3rd
Battalion, Regiment in Iraq, which Patrols the Anbar province, Iraq. I am
desperately in need of your assistance and have summoned up courage to contact
you. Please the assistance is that I want you to help me and transfer my own
share of money I made from Iraq. You can go to this web link to read about
events that took place
here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
SOURCE OF MONEY:
The money was concealed in a car we discovered at a location where we are
patrolling, and the owner is one of Saddam Hussein's top aides, who
are fleeing
the country to Kuwait. The amount discovered was Six hundred and seventy
million dollars ($670m) 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 that country.
The above figure was discovered by me and other of my intelligence officers of
American Marine here in Iraq and to conceal this kind of money became
a problem
for us since we don't have permission to do so, although my own share is
Ninety million dollars ($90m) so with the help of a German contact
working with
the UN here (his office enjoys some immunity) I was able to get the money
packaged 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
soldier who died in an air raid, and before giving up, trusted me to hand over
the package to his close relative.
YOUR ROLE:
I am making an arrangement to move the money($90m) under diplomatic cover to
any destination of your choice, so that you will receive it as a package,
secure and protected, then pay it into your account on bit by bit because you
can not carry such cash to bank in full to avoid suspicious. You should get
hold of my portion until my assignment is over, then I will meet with you and
take my part. As a result of our call of duty roaster, I still have six months
to stay here in Iraq.
YOUR BENEFIT:
If you agree to assist in this situation, you will get 35% of the total sum
involved for your assistance while the remaining 65% will be left for me after
completing my mission and return home safely.
NOTE: Please assure me of keeping this topmost secret even if you will not
assist, because it will tarnish the image of American Army, and may lead to my
loss of job, and I will be court marshaled.
Awaiting your response to this email:jonnywintersify.com
Respectfully,
Captain Jonny Winter
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