General

[Rayodder]

Truly tactless

Dear Friend,


Good day and compliments, i know this letter will definitely come to you as a
huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as
the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and
continued existence.


Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Sgt. Jeremy S. Kamphuis, a US Marine
Capt. serving in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment which Patrols theAnbar
province, Iraq.


I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact
you. I am presently in Iraq and I found your contact particulars in an address
journal. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $12,570,000
(Twelve million Five Hundred and Seventy Thousand US dollars) to your
country, as far as I can be assured that it will be
safe in your care until I complete my service here. This is no stolen money and
there are no dangers involved.



SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in barrels with
piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of Saddam Hussein's old
Presidential Palaces during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party
present that the money be shared amongst us. This might appear as an illegal
thing to do but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risks we
have taken with our lives in this hell hole. The above figure was given to me
as my share and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with
the help of a German contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys 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 as he believes
that it belongs to an American who died in an air raid, and before giving up
trusted me to hand over the package to his close relative. I have now found a
secured way of getting the package out of Iraq for you to pick up. I do not
know for how long I will remain here as I have been lucky to have survived 2
suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine intervention. This and other reasons put
into consideration have prompted me to reach out for help. If it might be of
interest to you then Endeavour to contact me and we would work out the
necessary formalities but I pray that you are discreet about this mutually
benefiting relationship.



Contact me via my private box: or (jeremysksgt@gmail.com) so that I
can furnish you with more details.



Respectfully,
Sgt. Jeremy S. Kamphuis
United States Marine Corps. IRAQOfficial Email:
jeremysksgt@gmail.com

[heinous]

has anyone ever replied to one of these? what happens?

[Mespllingesnogud]

They do reply back. The trick is to make them think you are stupid enough to fall for it, and then drive them around in circles forever.

[hollywood1]

My brother did one time. He got a check for like $100k in the mail from some bank overseas. His name and dollar amount were typed onto the check. You could feel on the backside of the check the impression left from the type writer. It was signed by someone. There was a letter and it asked him to cash the check and send them back $1k cash. He threw the check away.

[heinous]

Originally Posted by hollywood1

My brother did one time. He got a check for like $100k in the mail from some bank overseas. His name and dollar amount were typed onto the check. You could feel on the backside of the check the impression left from the type writer. It was signed by someone. There was a letter and it asked him to cash the check and send them back $1k cash. He threw the check away.

why not turn it into the police?

I don't get how the scam works either, how does the scammer get money from all this?

[Critical]

After they reel in someone, the scammer generally will ask for a "small" amount of money to facilitate the transfer, and will keep asking for these smaller amounts until the victim is either out of money or finally comes to their senses that they're getting scammed. Look up what Snopes.com, etc. have to say about Nigerian 419 scams, this is the same thing.

[Skippy]

I am Sgt. Jeremy S. Kamphuis, a US Marine Capt.

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[big jim]

I like how he is a US Marine but would like help "evacuating the money to YOUR country"

[DelTASteve]

419eater.com

Really helps stave off boredom and gives you some great ideas to make their day!

[Mespllingesnogud]

Originally Posted by heinous

why not turn it into the police?

I don't get how the scam works either, how does the scammer get money from all this?

The police aren't going to give a damn about someone in Nigeria. Part of me feels like the people who get tricked by these scams deserve it.