Lt. Col. William “Bogus” Russell
OK, this is wrong on so many levels. I got an e-mail from “Lt. Col. William Bill Russell of the US Military (MARINE).” First off, no Marine identifies himself as a Marine in parentheses. That’s just crazy. And where are the quotes around “Bill?”
That’s the minor stuff. Believing that a Marine would confide in some anonymous e-mail recipient is way unbelievable, period.
I bet y’all will find plenty of reasons to pick at this e-mail, so I’ll just show it to you. Here goes:
Hello,
My name is Lt.Col. William Bill Russell, of the US Military (MARINE) here in Ba’qubah in Iraq, and a citizen of the United States of America. Iraq. We are always targets of various attacks insurgents everyday and car bombs. When will this war end? No one can tell and that is why I am contacting you and I hope I can confide in you?
We (Soldiers) managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein’s family in 2003. The total amount is US$25Million in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills, this money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for sometime but with the speculated troop withdrawal by President BARRACK OBAMA, we are afraid that the money will be discover. Hence, we want to move this money to you for safe keeping and nvestment purpose pending when our assignment here is over.
You can visit this weblink to read about events that took place :news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
we are ready to compensate you with good percentage (20%) of the funds, No strings attached, just for you to help us move the money out of Iraq. Iraq is a war zone, so we plan on using Bank to Bank transfer or diplomatic means in shipping the money out as military cargo using diplomatic immunity.
If you are interested, I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and assist us to invest the funds into some lucrative investments. Can I trust you? But I can assure you the whole process is simple and we need you to make it as a confidential matter.
I am giving you all the trust and I believe that with the help of God, we will successfully transfer this money out of Iraq. Also I am optimistic of meeting with you soonest to solidify our relationship
Please do not disclose this deal to anybody as to protect my duty with the US Marine; we must keep a low profile at all times. More details as regard the transfer I will get across to you as soon as I hear from you.
I look forward to your reply and co-operation.
Regards,
Lt. Col. William Bill Russell
I won’t insult your intelligence by pointing out all the erroneous errors in this obviously bogus e-mail. I just want to point out how annoyed I am that these foreign swindlers think they can mimic our military – a brand we know and trust – in order to prey on our pocketbooks.
I think I’ll reply to this character and nibble on his bait. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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