The Latest Scam ( An American in Libya)
By barehugs
@barehugs (8973)
Canada
June 8, 2011 6:20pm CST
Here is the email just as it was received-
Good Day,
My name is Allen Graves, a (SGT) in the U.S Army attached to Nato presently in Libya as a combat instructor.
During one of our duty assignment, we stumbled on a dump site where many arms and plenty cash in U.S. dollars and pounds where discovered in barrels at a farm house near one
of Col Muammar Gaddafi old palace in Libya during a rescue operation.
So I'm seeking your kind assistance to move this funds to you as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here (LIBYA).Please respond for further
details.
Sincerly,
Allen Graves. (Sgt)
What is there about this email that would make you suspicious?
Would you be tempted to reply to SGT Allen Graves in regards to sharing some of this cash?
Do you think this email was written by an American combat instructor.
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2 responses
@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
8 Jun 11
"What is there about this email that would make you suspicious? "
For starters, this:
"in the U.S Army attached to Nato presently in Libya as a combat instructor"
We don't have troops in Libya, and if we did, they would not likely be mass emailing people while on covert duty.
Then there's this....
where many arms and plenty cash in U.S. dollars and pounds where discovered in barrels at a farm house near one of Col Muammar Gaddafi old palace in Libya during a rescue operation. S
Old Iraq war story rehash. it's out there, don't feel like digging it up...but it's been done already.
To do something like this would mean many many years in a military penal facility and many other nasty consequences. Only a complete utter unquestionable moron would email someone randomly to help them do it.
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@youaremylush (479)
• United States
12 Jun 11
I honestly think it may be spam. I get a lot of random messages like that and I would no doubt delete it. Replying to it could only land you a virus or your credit card number being stolen.
Then again, I do not doubt that something like that could happen (I just don't think the person would be emailing randoms). There is corruption in everything in life and to say that the military and the government are the least likely to do it is the biggest lie ever.
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
14 Jun 11
Everybody needs to be suspicious of all emails from unknown people. I seldom even open them, but this one was so unusual it took me by surprise. But even as I read it I know this SGT wasn't going to get as much as a reply from me. No need for him to get his pants in a knot just because of me. Hope no body get seriously scammed by him!
