Help... Arny Soldier with packages?

have had someone saying he is in the army and wants me to help him get a package out of a certain country and keep it for him until he can come and get it he has shown false id

Mod edit -split to its own topic -Jillian he is the email address to look out for [email protected]

Ang50, that's a rather new modality, but quite frequent nowadays. Some of us refer to the letters and related scams as "Saddam's Millions." If (and that's a very big "if") a US soldier (of whatever rank) wanted to sneak a lot of money out of that country, he sure as heck wouldn't ask a total stranger to help him.

As with emails from anyone claiming to be a governmental agency, the UN, or any other group claiming you can get money, it's all a scam.

Hi Anng

We have had a couple of these scam formats posted here just recently, a quick google search on " saddams millions scam " Click Here will show countless other examples of the same type of scammer at work.

Could you please post up the scammers emails and email address with any of your own details removed which may prevent somebody else from being scammed.

Please take a look around at the other various scams we have posted here and come back and ask if you have any questions

I think this is the scammers mail in question;

IP = 82.128.34.201 Lagos in Nigeria.

from SGT ARTHUR HUGO [email protected]
reply-to [email protected]
date Fri, May 15, 2009
subject SGT ARTHUR HUGO

HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?. HOPE ALL IS WELL.

MY NAME IS ( SGT 1ST CLASS ) ARTHUR HUGO, 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 ( $28 MILLION U.S.DOLLARS ) TWENTY EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO YOU, AS FAR AS I CAN BE ASSURED THAT MY SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE UNTIL I COMPLETE MY SERVICE HERE.

SOURCE OF MONEY:

SOME MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WAS DISCOVERED IN BARRELS AT A FARM HOUSE NEAR ONE OF SADDAM'S OLD PALACE IN TIKRIT-IRAQ DURING A RESCUE OPERATION, AND IT WAS AGREED BY MY CREW MEMBERS THAT SOME PART OF THIS MONEY BE SHARED AMONG US BEFORE INFORMING OTHER PEOPLE SINCE WE ARE THE FIRST THAT SAW IT.

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.

THE ABOVE FIGURE WAS GIVEN TO ME AS MY SHARE, TO CONCEAL THIS KIND OF MONEY BECAME A PROBLEM TO ME BUT FINALY I WAS ABLE TO SEEK FOR THE HELP OF A BRITHISH CONTACT THAT IS WORKING HERE, AND HIS OFFICE ENJOY SOME IMMUNITY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PACKAGE OUT TO A SAFE LOCATION ENTIRELY OUT OF THE TROUBLE SPOT.

HE DOES NOT KNOW THE REAL CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE, AND BELIEVES THAT IT BELONGS TO A BRITHISH/AMERICAN MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO DIED IN AN RAID HERE IN IRAQ, AND BEFORE GIVING UP, TRUSTED ME TO HAND OVER THE PACKAGE TO HIS FAMILY IN UNITED STATES. NOW THAT I HAVE FOUND A VERY SECURED WAY OF GETTING THE PACKAGE OUT OF IRAQ FOR YOU TO PICK IT UP, I WILL ADVICE YOU GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY PROMISING ME YOUR HONESTY THEN I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH YOU IN DATAILS WITH THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MONEY.

I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL BE WILLING TO ASSIST ME, AND I BELIEVE THAT MY MONEY WILL BE WELL SECURED IN YOUR HAND.

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 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 WITH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS WHICH IS MY ONLY WAY OF COMMUNICATION.

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
SGT ARTHUR HUGO

We have recently received information about this scammer with a similar format.

Dear Friend,
I am Capt.charlie harrison, a U.S Marine Corps (U.S.M.C.). On Peace mission in Baghdad-Iraq. Three days ago, we were alerted on the sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in a suburb not too far from Baghdad. After Immediate intervention, we captured three (3) of the Terrorists; in the process of Interrogations they confessed being rebels for late Ayman al-Zawahiri and took us to a cave in Karbala, which served as their camp.

There we recovered several Ammunition's including 10 Trunk Boxes to my amazement containing some U.S Dollars amounting to ($35.5M) Thirty Five Million , Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars after I and two of my junior intelligence officers checked them out. However I instructed them to keep this in high secrecy.

Every arrangement to get this box containing the money moved out of Baghdad has been concluded by me. There is absolutely no risk involved. I am therefore seeking for your reliable assistance to receive, safeguard these boxes of money for me till my assignment here in Iraq is over. I assure and promise to give you 25% of these funds for your honesty and assistance in safeguarding the boxes.

Upon your response I will furnish you with information on how the delivery will be made successfully with out an intruder. Please assure me of keeping this transaction a topmost secret to protect my job with my unit.
Get back to me for immediate action via my private mail box.
([email protected])
Sincerely Regards,
Capt.charlie harrison

He then will use this format:

ATTN; ,

I AM MR WILLIAM PALMER, I'M DIRECTED TO CONTACT YOU BY CAPT.CHARLIE HARRISON, A U.S.MARINE OFFICER SERVING IN IRAQ, CONCERNING THE DELIVERY OF YOUR BAGGAGE.

MAY I INFORM YOU THAT I AM SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA VIA U.S.LATEST FRIDAY THIS WEEK. I WILL STOP IN THE U.S.TO HAND OVER YOUR BAGGAGE, THEN CONTINUE WITH MY FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA FOR ON OFFICIAL DUTY.

COULD YOU PLEASE SEND TO ME A COPY OF YOUR ID (DRIVER'S LIECENCE/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT).

I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.
TRULY YOURS,
WILLIAM PALMER.

And then finally the 'diplomat' will be brought in:

Dear,

I write to inform you about the arrival of your consignment to the united states. I am a colleague of Mr. William Palmers. Mr. Palmers left usa for australia this night and handed the responsibility of delivering the consignment to your house in california to me.

I will start the process of clearing the consignment from the diplomatic vault tomorrow (monday) and would need the clearing fee of $4,500 sent to me here in washington d.c.

Pls. confirm receipt of this email and tell me when you will be sendung the money. I will get my cell phone installed tomorrow and call you. Have a wonderful day.

Mr. Tony Jammal.
[email protected]

Many people are falling for this scam and are becoming victims; losing thousands of dollars!

Here is another search to show this is a scam: Iraq Soldier Scam

Don't let this happen to you! If you have heard from these scammers or ones using the same or similar formats, please stop contact with them. You will just lose your money and have nothing show for it.

Soldiers wanting to commit a crime would be foolish to ask for the help of a stranger off the internet.

He would be best to ask a buddy or a family member, but the whole thing is a fairy tale, and he just wants to get hold of your cash.

The same offer will have been sent out to thousands of people and the only special service you provide is paying out some cash, but a soldier isn't so hard up they wouldn't have the cash themselves, or be able to borrow it from a buddy. In fact if they have the loot in dollar notes, they don't need your cash.

The whole story is preposterous, and is just a way to get you to pay them money.

I have just picked up on the opening line of the first email posted above

Three days ago, we were alerted on the sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in a suburb

The reason I picked this phrase because if anybody were to receive this email they would instantly see that if somebody else got the same email on a different day it would be obvious that they are not telling the truth

So, how do we find if anybody else has received the same email?

Quite easy, do some searches, following is a search on that quote above Click Here you will see how many times the same email has been reported as a scam

The name may change and the date may change but it is all the same scam

Just adding that many victims fall for this same scam and once they have paid the first fee they may feel as though they are trapped.

The fees will often progressively get bigger, they will continue to come and every time you are told it will be the last fee another comes along

To a victim who is well entrenched in this scam, they are reminded of how far they have gone (The scammers way to say "look how much money you have already paid, just another $5,000 and it will be finalised) and the victim then has to face that all too familiar choice again, do I send more money or give up on the money already sent? unfortunately the second option just seems so much more appealing.

I have dealt with a few victims like this and for them, realising and admitting to themselves that they have been scammed is a very big step they are so reluctant to take.

To take that step means they are no longer about to be rich but instead just another scam victim.

If anybody does find themselves in this situation, please, these scammers will not give up until the day you die if you let them, they will ruin not only your life but also the lives of your family and friends as they ask you to sell assets, borrow of family or steal off friends, they dont care how you get the money, they only care about stealing from you.

Editing to add
This scammer is also cumunicating with me and has now produced the following identification to try to prove his identity



Scammers often ask their victims to send identification and when they do, this is how they use them, to try to convince people that they are real, if you still believe it is legitimate, why not ask the local police or fraud squad

The passport looks legitimate to me, but the person who owns the passport is in no way involved with this scam, he is simply another victim of the same scammer