Are you aware of this scam??
@royal52gens (5488)
United States
February 2, 2009 6:51am CST
Below is a copy of an email scam letter I received. Normally, I would post this discussion in the Military Moms interest group but I think everyone should be made aware of this. Also normally. I would just delete scam letters of this nature but this one has my dander up. After reading the email, please post your comments and thoughts.
Personally, I find this very disconcerting. If any one knows a way to alert the Army and other Military services, please do it. All persons who are connected to the military deserve to be warned about this scam. My son served two tours of duty in Iraq. I have sent a copy of this to him so he can warn people he knows in the Service. Please do not fall for this obvious scam. What are your thoughts? What is your reaction to this letter?
The letter:
[b]Respond Asap.
Sunday, February 1, 2009 2:55 AM
From:
"Sgt Joey Jones" Email address was listed here.
Hello,
I am Sgt Joey Jones Armand, an army of the United States Of America, on
active duty in Iraq, we have about Twenty Million Dollars in our
possession and we want to move the funds out of the Country.
My partner and I need someone we can trust to actualize this venture, you
will be entitled to 40 percent and 60 percent should be kept for us safely
until we are relieved of our duties here in iraq.
Please get back to me if you are interested so i can furnish you with more
details concerning this transaction.
I await your response.
Your Buddy.
Sgt Joey Jones.[/b]
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17 responses
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
3 Feb 09
You called it right, it is most certainly a scam. Report his email address he is using for replies to the supplier of the email address and get it cancelled. Include all headers if you can. Unfortunately the email suppliers do not make it easy to report almost as if they cannot be bothered but if you persist you can get it cancelled. There is little more that you can do against these criminals.
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
3 Feb 09
Thank you for letting me know there is a way to report this type of stuff.
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@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
3 Feb 09
There are government sites to report spam and scams but nothing really seems to be done about it so I gave up. The flood of this junk just gets so great you can spend your entire day reporting. The email companies do not help because to report most places want the entire headers and you cannot just forward an email with entire headers. I just gave up.
I only report PayPal scams because they at least encourage your reporting and send you a thankyou. The bank scams sometimes I go to their website and they do not seem to have a reporting mechanism, you really have to dig to find them. If there was a more concerted effort maybe we could be more effective against the scammers, but everyone just seems to want to ignore the problem to some extent.
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
2 Feb 09
this is a scam for sure they have change something but it,s the same letter they been sending.they know we care for our soldier fighting in iraq so they are using it for a scam.thank a lot for dharing this.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
2 Feb 09
There are very many variations of this get rich, help me scams around.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
2 Feb 09
I get scams like this in my email all the time too. Its hard to believe that some people still fall for this kind of stuff. Its good that you posted this to put the warning out. I can see with you being a military mom why this would get your dander up. Take care.
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@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
2 Feb 09
The way it's written makes it obvious that it's not right.
I'm sure if that Joey Jones character was indeed an entire army, he'd be all over the news as a hero or something. Sounds to me more like something yanked right out of a Chuck Norris or a Sylvester Stallone movie. The characters they portray as one-man armies are fictional, & therefore, I'm sure that Joey Jones is fictional, too.
Well, just another creative variation of those Nigerian jobs.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
3 Feb 09
You are so right. Just a new variation to an old theme.
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@Fortunata (1135)
• United States
2 Feb 09
Yeah, I've received one like this, only it was some 'doctor' that was living in Gaza with his wife and daughter, and he wanted me to mail a package for him, because the Israeli offensive had blown up his clinic and house and his wife was dying, or rather at the end of the letter he said she was going to be 'okay', lol. The scammers must be taking courses in creative writing, lol.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
3 Feb 09
I think they are also taking English classes. I give this one a "D-". Still needs a lot of editing and proofreading to trick us.
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@lolastevens (119)
• Ireland
2 Feb 09
It's obvious this email is fake. No one would actually believe that the US army are going to give them 20 million dollars to transfer. That said, there are still people who could fall for it and not only would it give them a negative view of the military, but it's a disgrace that the idiots who wrote this email are making such a mockery of the army. I don't live in America so I can't begin to understand the full background to the war, but I do know that the members of the military should be respected, and these people are doing the opposite.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
2 Feb 09
Luckily I have a great spam protection program and these types of emails all get deleted without me even seeing them. Too many people actually fall for this type of get rich scam etc as well. A shame but it does happen. Thanmkls for the heads up to us all as well.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
3 Feb 09
Oh a new scam again! I haven't receive yet that one but i have aware and received a lot of emails scam. Receiving such rubbish do deserve to be deleted. I don't have space for those scams on my inbox so whenever i had one i immediately delete it. Why should not they work hard so they will earn money and not by scamming people.They should be ashamed of themselves......phew! opps! got carried away hehehe Anyway, that is indeed a new scam to watch out. It is nice of you to share it so everybody will be aware of it.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
3 Feb 09
I so agree with you. Pooooeww, poooew on these awful scammers. It is just disrespectful to all of our troops around the world and from every country or culture. What are we going to do to stop these thieves that are looking for people to rob?? Can we send a few troops after them??
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Feb 09
How very sad they would use a military background to do a scam...I know that no one in the military would do anything like that or they would be in big trouble! I wish some of these people that sit around and think up this stuff would use their brains for something constructive! Thanks for the heads up!
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
3 Feb 09
Can you imagine how much productivity these scammers could get done if they used their talents on positive projects rather than scam jobs?
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
2 Feb 09
Yep, we have a new twist to an old theme. But this one hits home with me because I am a military mom. It is just not right to target families who have members serving our countries.
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@bamrahkirti (1821)
• India
3 Feb 09
I have also got scammed emails quite a few number of times.Once i got an email from British petroleum about job placement and i was required to fund 50% of my interview expenses.I got excited about the job but later found it was a scam.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
3 Feb 09
Oh, that is just plain mean. There are so many people looking for jobs. That is mean to get someone's hopes up and then devastate them.
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@mepinkey21 (22)
• United States
2 Feb 09
That is so crazy how many diffrent ways someone will try to scam people. i have gotten many diffrent e-mails from that sgt joey jones recently. saying that i have won millions of dollars from lotto games. also that i have had family members that have passed and that have left me money in diffrent countrys. thanks so much for posting this because i have friends that are in the army. i will let them know to make sure not to fall for this scam.
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@burki1994 (141)
• Turkey
2 Feb 09
I hate scams.Lots of site are sending scam mails but they don't pay.And i will never join any of them.Lots of fake sites.Also not needed fake scam sites are sinding bad mails.I just hate that.Thank you for that discussion happy my lotting dude.(I think everyone hates scams)
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
2 Feb 09
I do not participate in these scams. I hate wasting my time deleting them from my email. By the way, I am Royal Mom. I am not a "dude". LOL
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@burki1994 (141)
• Turkey
2 Feb 09
Sorry didn't wanted to disrespect you.Royal mom...:(
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@mindymelena (158)
• United States
2 Feb 09
OMG ~ this is ridiculous and highly illegal... and what a dis-service to our troops who are working hard for us out there.. !
the person who sent this email out should be arrested... ! TURN THAT SCAMMER IN !
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
2 Feb 09
Yep I always get scams like this where theres someone from another country seeking your help in getting a lot of money like that. But I never got an email from someone in the military before I guess there getting smart. They figure people will beleave them if there in the military especially if there in iraq.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
2 Feb 09
Yep, and this scam is so not secret. Anyone who knows anything about the military knows that the movement of money, food, supplies, ammo, etc. is never made public. Duh???
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@kingfan (30)
• Canada
2 Feb 09
Oh boy. We're all gonna get rich!
Seriously though, I read once that the key to realize this is a scam is the language used - poor spelling and grammar being most common. When I read this, I thought it was hilarious that Sgt. Jones and his partner need someone they can trust to do this for them, so they send e-mails to complete strangers. Logically, wouldn't they just confide this little scheme to close family memeber? And how in heaven's name did they manage to get that amount of money?
I think the majority of people nowadays are too smart to fall for this nonsense.
@mark_mahlon (118)
• Philippines
2 Feb 09
i received that email too.it is a complete scam...i just deleted it from my emails and didnt pay any attention on it.
last year, i received another scam and the funny thing was it came from my adviser...i called her up to check if the letter came from her. she told me that her email add has been corrupted and it was just another hoax.
