Do people actually EVER fall for this crap? I searched google for a couple of lines from the letter and it seems that there are a lot of different “from” and “reply-to” email addresses used, which tells me it is likely used to verify working email addresses.
I wonder if the actual Lawrence K. Wilson knows that a scam artist is impersonating him?
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9 responses to “Business Proposal From A Soldier – Scam”
What’s a Command Sgt.?
I’ve been out a few years now, but… did they add some new fangled ranks in the last 10 years or so?
Is that below or above a Lieutenant Major? Or a Colonel Private?
Hmmm, “Command Sgt.,” can’t speak English well, using an email address from an Indian website… seems pretty legit.
Was about to say the same thing. Not only that, but the deal itself seems pretty sketch. “Yeah so, I kinda… ahem… found about ten million euros that I want to give to you while I come home from Iraq. You game?”
Well, you know, there’s a sucker born every minute. I can’t feel too sorry for anyone who falls for this; they’re just being greedy and thinking that they deserve some free money!
Reminds me of the time back in the Civil War when we had Command Private Majors running around.
Sooooo… Basically this scammer watched Three Kings one too many times and basically copied the back cover of the movie word for word and pasted it into an email…
I got this same email scam in my inbox last week.
I never get any junk like this in my mail, but I was just reminded of a site, 419eater.com, that I ran across a long time ago where people who had gotten scam offers played along for awhile and made the scammers do all sorts of nonsense before finally backing out of the deal. I think there was at least one guy that got talked into getting a tattoo as part of the deal!
They can send me moneys anytime. Send it U.S. cash only to a safety deposit box at the airport and email me the combo and I’ll gladly pick it up. If they send a check cash it at cash4checks under a fake ID so easy to get just ask an illegal alien, never cash a check using your bank account, that’s how they get you. Some times you get a dumb scammer that is new at it and will actually fall for it.