Iraq Email Scams...Be On The Lookout

[KharmaTrain]

An acquaintance got this email the other night and forwarded it to me. Sure sounds like those Nigerian email from a couple years ago. Thought I'd pass it along to the class to be on the look-out for. I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of this in the years ahead:

FROM: Sgt. Mark Ed
Important Message
Your attention pls
Good day,
I'm Mark Edward, US soldier serving in the military of the 1st Armored
Division in Iraq, As you know we are being attacked by
insurgentseveryday and car bombs. We managed to move funds belonging to

Saddam Hussein family.
I will appreciate if this money is moved to
you, in order to invest it forus while our share is kept in a safety
keep. 70% will be ours, while you take 30%. no strings attached, it is
now in a security Vaults in the UK,which makes it easier to handle
without any hitch anywhere. We plan on using diplomatic courier means
in shipping the funds to your receiving end, as it'll have a diplomatic
coverage.ThisTransaction is risk free and as a diplomatic immunity
where by the Consignment cannot be checked in any port of Entry or
Exit.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, all i
want from you is to be a reliable partner that can be trusted, kin to
assist us. Can I trust you?When this letter gets to you, kindly send me
an e-mail signifying your Interest including your most confidential
telephone/fax numbers so as to expedite a speedy process also your
contact details. This business is riskfree.
Respectfully,
Sgt.
Mark Ed

Maybe we can send the Freepers after Sgt. Mark Ed here...and he can show us those Weapons Of Mass Destruction, too.

Cheers...

[bryant69]

1. Oy

I was going to say, I've gotten this kind of letter from all over the world. Africa, The Middle East, Asia, Europe (not so much in South America for some reason). Not from a purported U.S. citizen though.

Bryant
Check it out--> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[RebelOne]

2. Use this link and check out the header of the e-mail.

It will show you where it originated.

http://headertool.apelord.com/

[KharmaTrain]

4. Interesting Stuff...Here's What We Get...

Here's the original header:

Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Received: from rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (rly-yd04.mail.aol.com <172.18.141.68>) by air-yd01.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILINYD11-212442a7146152; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:37:06 -0500
Received: from csmtpout4.frontal.correo (webmail.terra.es <213.4.149.12>) by rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYD410-212442a7146152; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:36:41 -0500
Received: from cps7 (213.4.149.20) by csmtpout4.frontal.correo (7.2.056.6)
id 4427D07D0004D32C; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:36:34 +0200
Received: from <192.116.94.73> by correo14.terra.es with HTTP
(authenticated as [e-mail]); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:32:30 +0200
Message-ID: <3269524.1143631950770.JavaMail.root@cps7>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:32:30 +0200 (MEST)
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FROM: Sgt. Mark Ed
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_9933_11901067.1143631950768"
X-AOL-IP: 213.4.149.12
X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:280974392:14495514
X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0


Here's what came back from where you sent me...

172.18.141.68 * Whois Google
213.4.149.12 Spain* Whois Google
213.4.149.20 Spain* Whois Google
7.2.056.6 United States* Whois Google
192.116.94.73 Satellite Provider* Whois Google
213.4.149.12 Spain*


It comes from Spain (I saw the es on the original email...that's what caught my initial attention), but looks like there's a hop before that...hmmm.

[FloridaPat]

3. I got 4 like that from Nigeria yesterday. Must be a lot of money

in these kind of things.

[zbdent]

5. Here's an interesting link I came across while googling

the name Mark Edward and "US soldier":

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=b2e4453ca303ed91

Check it out . . . this guy just died in Iraq, Thursday.

[KharmaTrain]

6. Shhhh...We Only Want Happy News

I've noticed the networks have been playing down the casulties lately. I'm not seeing the "in memorium" segments at the end of newscasts with the pictures of today's dead like we used to. You're not hearing of any real military action, yet the bodies continue to pile up.

This email showed up the other night...not sure if there's a correlation...but a very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Cheers...