Sgt. Stanley Found Money In Iraq
This is another version of the “Three Kings” look-alike scams. This
scammer is trying to pretend that he is a “soldier” who found some
money belonging to Saddam Hussein, and he needs your help to transfer
the money out of the country.
If you read his email, it does not “sound” like an American to me… I have yet to see an American email starting with “Compliments”. We would say, 99.9% African. But they could be running this scam anywhere.
The fact is that the authorities REALLY found some money in Iraq, but that was way back in 2003.
The email below is sent by a scammer.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: SGT. STANLEY STEVEN <sgt@live.com>
Date: 2009/4/6
Subject: FROM SGT. STANLEY STEVEN
To:
Hello
Compliments, i know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge
surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it
carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine
my future and continued existence.
Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Sgt Stanley Stevens, a US
Marine Sgt.serving in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment which
Patrols the Anbar province, Iraq. I am desperately in need of
assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am
presently in Iraq and I found your contact particulars in an address
journal. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of 25million
USD (Twenty Five Million USD) to the States or any safe country,as far
as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete
my service here.This is no stolen money and there are no dangers
involved.
SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in
barrels with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of
Saddam Hussein’s old Presidential Palaces during a rescue operation
and it was agreed by all party present that the money be shared
amongst us. You can enter the below website to confirm more of our
discovery which was made known to the government, but this particular
one is a top secret:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
This might appear as an illegal thing to do but I tell you what? No
compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in
this hell hole. The above figure was given to me as my share and to
conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help
of a British contact working with the UN here(his office enjoys some
immunity)I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely
out of trouble spot.He does not know the real contents of the package
as he believes that it belongs to an American who died in an air
raid,before giving up trusted me to hand over the package to his close
relative.
I have now found a secured way of getting the package out of Iraq for
you to pick up. I do not know for how long I will remain here as I
have been lucky to have survived 2 suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine
intervention.I will give you 40% of the total sum. This and other
reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach out for help.
If it might be of interest to you then Endeavor to contact me and we
would work out the necessary formalities but i pray that you are
discreet about this mutually benefiting relationship.My first demand
to you is to ask you for your strict confidentiality on this
transaction and total trust too, these two things are the most
important things needed to conclude this transaction.
Required Details
Full Name:
Full Address:
Phone Number
Age:
Sex:
Get back to me with the above details so that they can make delivery
of the consignment to your Doorstep.
Respectfully,
Sgt. Stanley Stevens,
United States Marine Corps. IRAQ
—— BBC News——
Stash of money found in Baghdad
Foreign currency worth nearly $200m has been found in a Baghdad neighbourhood, the US military say.
Troops found $100m and 90m euros in 31 containers, US Central Command said.
The money has been flown out of the country to a “secure location” for counting purposes and will eventually be returned to Iraq to help rebuild the country, the US said.
Last week, US troops found more than $650m in the same area of Baghdad.
Soldiers questioned
The latest banknotes were discovered between 23 and 26 April in an area of Baghdad secured by members of the US 3rd Infantry Division, according to a US statement.
The funds will eventually be returned to the Iraqis to help rebuild their nation
US Central Command
It did not specify exactly where the money was found, although the funds were said to have been kept in containers.
The statement said the containers were flown from Baghdad International Airport on Sunday under an escort of police officers, criminal investigators and financial experts.
“The money arrived at a secure location for counting purposes at approximately 1030 that morning,” the statement said.
“Soldiers of the unit in charge of the counting took approximately five hours to finish this count.
“Funds will remain secure until a stable government is established in Iraq and will ultimately be returned to the Iraqis to assist in the re-building of their nation.”
The funds which were found last week are also being held at an undisclosed location.
The money had been hidden behind the false wall of a house searched by US troops. It is thought the stash could have been left by fleeing regime leaders.
Five US soldiers are currently being questioned by military officials after some of that money was allegedly stolen following its discovery.
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hello i also was contacted by a man naying his name was sgt. benjimen, he told me the same thing about how they found all this cash in iraq and i was to get thirty percent of five milloion just to hold it, a few weeks later i get a knock at my door with a carrier service delivering two metal boxes like he said, when i opened the boxes ,it was well over a million dollars in cash and yes it is real cash, what should i do, i have spent well over twenty thousand dollars on refurnishing my home as well as new clothing paid some debts off, should i keep this money or call the fbi
Just recieved one of these emails, amazing that out of the billions of people on the earth I was chosen to recieve $10,000,000.00. Well lucky me, and the fact they use US military names & wars to try this is disgusting to me. Heres the email below, I am trying to report it.
Greetings,
I have a proposal for you, my name is Colonel Darrell Hawkins, a US Army who served in the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. I want you to read this mail carefully and understand it.
In 2003, I and my men found over $600 million in Saddam Husein’s hideout in Baghdad, we reported and sent some back to the Iraq government after counting it in a classified location, but we also kept behind some of the money which we shared among ourselves($200million), I have kept mine in a very secured place since then, just like many others but now we have been pulled out of Iraq, right now we have left the major cities of Iraq and are camping in Kuwait for a very short time.
I need your help, I need someone that is not related to me, to help me store this cash, everything is ready, I just need someone I can trust because I have lost a lot in the past and I won’t like to make the same mistake, the total amount of money I am trying to move out is $10million. You can view the links below to verify my statement.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
http://www.military.com/news/article/elated-last-u…
If you can handle this deal let me know immediately, I will give you 30% of the money, all you need do is to find a safe place where you can keep the boxes till we arrive USA. Get back to me immediately through my private email
Colonel Darrell Hawkins
Private mail: col.hawkins@aol.com
NO MORE AFRICAN SPICIES IN THE WORLD ALL THEY ARE RAT,DELINCUENT AND PURE STINK TRASH
I was contacted by somebody claimed as “a captain 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment” offered me to invest his money for USD 8 Million and fee for me is 30%. He indeed sent a woman courier claimed as Singaporean working at Red Cross UN showed me samples of good quality of hundreds dollar in “defaced money” (black), she said that all money was defaced to enable passing all security check points. I was indeed to see on how to was the defaced money with chemical ampules, water, shampoo to be very clean dollars and fry it with hair dryer. I have checked at the bank that is was indeed original US dollar with H series. They was then asked me to pay the shortage of consignment fee in the amount of USD 4200. I refused and cancel all transaction – I am logic person and think “why they do not was USD 4200 to pay the consignment” and “why rich person having million dollar asked only USD 4200″ and “why not the courier herself manage the money to get 30%”. However, I was very happy to be entertained to see how the trick is. My advice to all – be aware of this scam, do not trust easily, instead they do not ask any money to you
I am white, European and educated. If you are going to write something about Africans – get it right moron! Learn to spell and learn how to construct a simple sentence. You only wrote 16 words and you spelt three of them wrong, made many grammatical errors and essentially wrote offensive nonsense. If English isn’t your first language, that’s no excuse. Google translate could do a better job! So what species are you?