SCAM ALERT: Email Spam Using Wounded Soldier Angle to Dupe Good People

SGT JAMES PETER EMAIL IS A FORM OF THE NIGERIAN SCAM 

by John P. Allen, Genera Manager of VeteransToday.com

Every once in a while some sicko criminal tries to pull at the heart strings of good people to dupe them out of money.  Today, it’s a some spam email from "SGT. JAMES PETER" purporting to be an American Soldier appealing to people because he’s an injured in the war zone blah, blah, blah….. When discovered, VeteransToday.com will always post the warning out there.

Yep, the Nigerian Scums have sunk to another low level. They are sending emails as if they are US soldiers trying to smuggle Saddam’s former riches out of the country.   This is the first one I received.  I am posting it here to warn others so that they will warn others.

The first sign it’s a scam is the email address " wall09267@spray.se " whereby the domain name ends in ".se" which is NOT U.S. Military or anything normal for USA email addresses (Red Flag).  This is masked so it will come to you with different emails.  But look at them carefully and notice they are not from the U.S. Military.

The second tell is the amount he asks the reader to "move" ($ 25 million).  What a comedy act! 

So check out the details below so you recognized the email if you get it.

 

ATTENTION:SIR/MADAM,

HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? HOPE ALL IS WELL. MY NAME IS SGT. JAMES PETER; I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, SERVING IN THE MILITARY WITH THE ARMY’S 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION; WITH A VERY DESPERATE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, I HAVE SUMMED UP COURAGE TO CONTACT YOU. I FOUND YOUR CONTACT PARTICULARS IN AN ADDRESS JOURNAL.

I AM SEEKING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THE SUM OF ($25 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS)TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO YOU IN UNITED STATES, AS FAR AS I CAN BE ASSURED THAT M SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE UNTILI COMPLETE MY SERVICE HERE. SOURCE OF MONEY: SOME MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WERE DISCOVERED IN BARRELS AT A FARMHOUSE NEAR ONE OF SADDAM’S OLD PALACES IN TIKRIT-IRAQ DURING A RESCUE OPERATION, AND IT WAS AGREED BY STAFF SGT RICHARD BUFF AND I THAT SOME PART OF THIS MONEY BE SHARED AMONG BOTH OF US BEFORE INFORMING ANYBODY ABOUT IT SINCE BOTH OF US SAW THE MONEY FIRST.

THIS WAS QUITE AN ILLEGAL THING TO DO, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT? NO COMPENSATION 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. YOU WILL FIND THE STORY OF THIS MONEY ON THE WEB ADDRESS BELOW:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35080-2003Apr24

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 BRITISH CONTACT WORKING HERE AND HIS OFFICE ENJOY 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, AND BELIEVES THAT IT BELONGS TO A BRITISH/AMERICAN MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO DIED IN A RAID HERE IN IRAQ, AND BEFORE GIVING UP, TRUSTED ME TO HAND OVER THE PACKAGE TO HIS FAMILY IN UNITED STATES.I HAVE NOW FOUND A VERY SECURED WAY OF GETTING THE PACKAGE OUT OF IRAQ TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR YOU TO PICK UP, AND I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU WHEN I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME, AND I BELIEVE THAT MY MONEY WILL BE WELL SECURED IN YOUR HAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE FEAR OF GOD.

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WILL TAKE FROM THIS MONEY FOR THE ASSISTANCE YOU WILL GIVE TO ME. ONE PASSIONATE APPEAL I WILL MAKE TO YOU IS NOT TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH ANYBODY, SHOULD YOU HAVE REASONS TO REJECT THIS OFFER, PLEASE AND PLEASE DESTROY THIS MESSAGE AS ANY LEAKAGE OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE TOO BAD FOR US SOLDIER’S HERE IN IRAQ.

I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG WE WILL REMAIN HERE, AND I HAVE BEEN SHOT, WOUNDED AND SURVIVED TWO SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS BY THE SPECIAL GRACE OF GOD, THIS AND OTHER REASONS I WILL MENTION LATER HAS PROMPTED ME TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, I HONESTLY WANT THIS MATTER TO BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE MY ONLY WAY OF CONMMUNICATION IS BY EMAIL.

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

SGT. JAMES PETER.
3RD INFANTRY DIVISION

NEVER RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL and delete it immediatley

Stay Aware, Safe, and Pray for the sad people that do this horrible thing.