I wanted to pass this around and see what others think of a new email that is moving around. It seems to be focused on active duty and military spouses. The email is as follows:

Dear Sir/Madam

My name is (staff Sgt.) Gerald Hendricks; i am an American soldier, serving
in the Military with the army's 3rd infantry division.

i have a very desperate need for Assistance and have summed up courage to
contact you.

I found your contact particulars in an address journal and I am seeking your
kind Assistance to move the sum of Five million United States dollars
(us$5,000,000) to you In your country, as far as I can be assured that my
share will be safe in your care Until i complete my service here.

Source of money: some money in various currencies were discovered in barrels
at a Farmhouse near one of saddam’s old palaces in tikrit-iraq during a
rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and i that
some part of this money be shared Between both of us before informing
anybody about it since both of us saw the money first.

This was quite an illegal thing to do, but i tell you what! no compensation
can make up For the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole, of
which my brother in-law Was killed by a road side bomb last time.


The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of
money became a Problem for me but with the help of a British contact working
here and with his office Enjoying some immunity, i was able to get the
package out to a safe location entirely Out of trouble spot.

he does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it
belongs to a British American medical doctor who died in a raid here in
Iraq, And before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his
family in country.

I have now found a very secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to
you at home For you to pick up, and i will discuss this with you when i am
sure that you are willing To assist me and that my money will be well
secured in your hand.

i want you to tell me How much you will take from this money for the
assistance you will give to me.

One Passionate appeal i will make to you is not to discuss this matter with
anybody, should You have reasons to reject this offer, please and please
destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too bad for
the u.s. soldier's here in Iraq.

I do Not know how long we will remain here; month of May was the deadliest
month for us out Here. Totally, we lost 127 men and i have been shot,
wounded and survived two suicide Bomb attacks by the special grace of god.

This and other reasons i will mention later Has prompted me to reach out for
help.I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact
me as soon as Possible with my private e-mail address which is my only way
of communication (e-mail: sgtgeraldthendricks12@yahoo.co.jp) May god bless
you and your family

From Sgt.Gerald Hendricks.

And some fool will send him money, he gets killed and no one knows where he is? Or maybe in pieces in Afgan. Yea right.

That has been around for a while. It is a take off of the movie about the guys finding sadam's loot.

There's really nothing new to this; it's just another variation on the Nigerian money scams that have been out there for the last few years. The only two things that set it apart from the rest (aside from the atrocious spelling/punctuation, which is prevalent in all of them), is the amount of the supposed "funds" and the repugnant ***** posing as U.S. soldiers.

I deleted one this morning claiming someone had left me $37.5 million in some African bank.

He's bound to make a bundle, there's a lot of suckers out there.

quote:

Originally posted by sethkonigsbergrn:
He's bound to make a bundle, there's a lot of suckers out there.

You mean...DOH!!!

Dang.... you mean I'm really not gett'n any $$$.
I get some form of this at least once a day.