[email protected] "Colonel William Sidney"

I first recieve this e-mail from "Mr Sidney"

Hello,

I am Colonel William Sidney, an officer of the U.S Army. I am on the move to Afghanistan from Iraq
as the last batch just left and have some items I will need to ship to you. Can you be trusted?

Regards,
William Sidney.

After replying knowing it was a scam i received this e-mail

Once again thank you for your reply..

Be rest assured that this is an opportunity that came to both of us to
be comfortable in life., Please all I need from you is to make sure
that you adhere to my instructions.

This is my private email address so that no one will be able to trace
anything. Please note that the usage of private phones here is out of
bound to us out here because all international calls are monitored.
But I will always work out ways to call you via public phones when
necessary. Like I told you earlier I'm still on duty here in
Afghanistan after we moved from Iraq and if such amount of money is
traced to my account in the united states, I shall be investigated
hence I need you to assist me get the funds out. It is $45million, we
would share it 60/40 percent, and you would help me invest in hotels
and real estate.

I need the following: your Name and address where boxes will be
shipped to using a special
delivery, military, Your phone.
More info once I get your details and you agree to help just to be on
the safe side.

Thanks
Col. William Sidney.

Yep- it's a scam. I got the same one, as did probably many others. Who knows where they get our names? Anyway, first the guy makes it sound like he's "recovered 2.3 million U.S. dollars" in the boonies of Afghanistan, that, as his "trusted confidant" he wants you to "invest". Then he says he's in Iraq, then he says he'll have you contacted by some lady in Michigan, who in turn puts you into touch with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent "Ben Fisher. Now this clown can't even write in grammatically-correct sentences. In fact, his use of English looks distinctly Nigerian.... (No surprise there.)
Then, after Col. Sydney has supposedly spent upwards of $10K for "delivery fees" and Customs "bypass" of military paperwork, the DHS "agent" Ben Fisher demands a "Customer Reference Number". This has already been provided by the Col., so you pass it along, (even though all previous correspondence is included in these messages). If the jackass could read English, he would already know what that number is. Then he says that Oops- some "tag" is missing and you have to send him $460.00. Right... I knew that was coming. And they ask you to send them a scan of your Passport or driver's license too. (Never do that!) Then, when you tell this clown that you're not sending him $460.00, he threatens to "scan the packages" and if they contain "anything implicating" have a "warrent arrest ready to serve you". They can't even spell or phrase it right, as in, "a warrant for your arrest". Hell, I thought it would be fun teasing these jerks but they were completely inept. Then I reminded him that extortion is a felony in Michigan and that there is no statute of limitations on fraud. Never heard from him again.

Welcome to ScamWarners Mack531. We do not encourage people to continue to contact scammers who have their real life information. Thank you for posting the stages of this scam. I am glad that you have stopped communicating with him. Scammers do come up with many excuses to have victims send them money, including threats of arrest.