Major Theresa Jones US Major in Afghanistan

I recieved the following email:

On Monday, November 10, 2014 6:44 AM, Major Theresa Susan <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello.


My name is Major Theresa Susan, US Army currently serving in the middle east stationed in Kunar province in Afghanistan. I will like to share some very vital information that would bring some good financial returns to us in just a few weeks or days depending on how fast we pursue the matter.


I await your urgent response.


Theresa Susan

Then this came:

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 5:22 AM, Theresa J <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Removed (BW),

I need your assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you via email, this medium is personally considered safest and the cheapest means of reaching out to you from the U.S.Military base here in the Middle East.From all indications you are God sent, with the way and how lucky I was to get your e-mail contact address from the U.S. military base library address journal through my online search.

I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ( US$3MILLION) to you, if I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I get my leave permission to join you in three weeks, this MONEY was discovered in 2010,by my battallion, which includes (Staff Sgt.Kenneth Buff & Sgt.Van Daniel Ess),and the above mentioned amount was given to me as my personal share hence i want to move this money to you for safe keeping till am able to complete the process for my leave permission.

I must tell you that a whole lot of money was discovered during that war some wrong figures has made its way to the Internet. I had waited for this long before i sent this message to you just to ensure that everything is in place and i need you to be very sincere about it ,all that i need is your trust and honesty with the safe keep of the said funds till my return from duty to meet with you. I will handle all the necessary arrangements myself to ensure that you safely receive the money in your care,the consignment will be delivered to your doorstep.

But,my Question is 'CAN I TRUST YOU"?. You will be rewarded with 30% of this funds for your help.I will be very grateful if you can give me the opportunity to discuss this matter with you by assuring me that you will not use any part of it against me in anyway, I hope you understand my limitations here. Should you have reasons to reject this offer, please destroy this email as any leakage will be dangerous for us.I will continue with the details when you signify your intention to work with me.


Sincerely,

Major Theresa S. Jones

So, she got this so called diplomat to email me this:

ATTN: Removed (BW) ,

I am Diplomat Jorge Reategui, I am suppose to delivered a consignment to you from Major Theresa Jones ,but need to be sure of the informations provided by her is correct before I can commense delivering the consignment.

All payment have been made for delivery of the consignment to your address with the below information provided to me by the Major . I will need you to reconfirm the below details after which I shall provide you with the Airway bill which you will show to me at the point of delivery.

I think that this a scam...please post it so nobody else gets hit

You are correct. It is a scam.

I see the scammer tried to fake a US army email address to make his scam look more real (but he still got it wrong, and that is not what a real address would be) In reality, though, you can see that his email is actually a gmail address, not an official US army address.

The writer of the email is obviously West African, not American, and it's clearly a scam script. The From: address of the first email is spoofed.