Thread: Email scammers......

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You'll love this email I recently recieved! It is probably one of the most fun I have gotten this year!
"I have a new email address!
You can now email me at: sgt.raywilkinss@yahoo.in



- Sir/Madam,We are team (THREE IN NUMBER) of American troops writing from Baghdad , Iraq , we are urgently seeking for your willingness to secure the below consignment. The goods consist of huge amount of money in sealed boxes.At this moment, we have already ship these goods (money) outside Iraq for safekeeping through a very strong security company but due to law and restriction order we are unable to transport the goods to America ; the security company now shipped it to GERMANY for safety in their vault warehouse. That is the reason we are soliciting for your interest to assist us in receiving the goods on our behalf. Out of the US$29.5 million in cash, we are only ready to relinquish US$5.5 million to you if you can assist us secure this money in your country or any safe place.We will appreciate your effort to reach us through email confirming your interest to our proposal. As soon as we receive your positive reply we will give you the contact of the trusted security company as the owner of the consignments.The only telephone access we have is radio message which is for our general use and is being monitored therefore all communication will be via email till we finish our assignment here and fly straight to your country to meet you. Thank God that the new President – Elect, Barack Obama whose keen interest is call us back home soon. Yours truly,SGT.Wilkins Ray and Team REPLY BACK VIA E-MAIL: raysgtwilkins_usarmy@live.com"

Woo Hoo - jump on this one right away and you'll be a rich man! I'd do it, but I'm really tied up with the Honorable Barrister Jakob Higgenbottom from Nigeria just now...

Seriously, never, never, never reply to unsolicited emails. Especially those that say, "to be removed, click here.." All that does is confirm your email address and open a potentially dangerous conduit to/from your PC.

Good rule of thumb., "when in doubt, throw it out!" Just junk it! There's no "get rich schemes" on the Internet that really work - most of us are old enough to know that there's no substitute for hard work and a moral ethic!

Regards All,
Glenn

That's "crap" that wont even get past my Earthlink spam filter.