Wow those spammers sure are creative. Imagine if they harnessed all that creative force for good. If you could get these guys to work on the side of your favorite charity–and kept reminding them how to follow the law of course–your charity would be set for a lifetime.
Got a new one today that stood out from the crowd and I thought I’d share it. This guy is using war, car bombs, Saddam, Obama, and the US Military with a fake link to a BBC article tossed in to add some legitimacy:
Subject: from scott in baghdad
Sgt. Scott J. Wright [scottjonwright@XXX.com]
Hello dear,
It seems our mission here in Baghdad will soon come to an end, following some regulations issued from the pentagon.I have a need of contacting someone I can trust before I return. My name is Scott, florida native and I am serving in the marines with the 1st Armored Division in Iraq , as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to move part of funds recovered from Saddam Hussein’s family in Trikit in 2003.We have been keeping custody of a trunk with total amount of US$7.1 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills,this money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for some time but with the proposed troop in increase by president Barrack Obama, to end the suicide bombing and make peace with Iraq militant and terrorist ,we are afraid that the money may be discovered hence we want to move this money to you for safekeeping back home pending the completion of our assignment here, because some have been discovered and the involved offic!
ers are been querried immediately
Write to my private: myredeemerXX@XXX.com
READ THIS WEBSITE VERY WELL AND GET BACK TO ME http://news.bbc.co.uk/X/XX/middle_east/XXXXXXX.XXX
Regards ,
Sgt. Scott J.Wright
Well Sgt. Wright I think I’ll pass. But thanks for thinking of me.
Photo credits: Spam cans – Vilseskogen and Combat boots – D Sharon Pruitt
