Variant on the money laundering email...
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Just got this, at least its a change from the usual ones:
Greetings,
Sgt. Barry Crawford here, a US soldier serving in the peace keeping mission in Iraq. I am in dire need of your assistance.
I am making a concealed request to you for an assistance to move some funds (totaling US$5.5 Million) for safe keeping.
The money in question was discovered in some barrels at a farm house near one of Saddam's old palace in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation. You can read more stories of funds discovered here by following this link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
I took some of this money for myself before disclosing it. You'd probably wonder why, but no compensation can make up for the what we have been doing here.
I am sincerely hoping you are a honest person who can be of help to me. I should be returning back to the US after our assignment here in Iraq elapses. I am proposing 20% of the entire sum to you for your cooperation and assistance.
Importantly, I plead that this information be kept confidential.
I have been able to get the money out of Iraq in a box to a temporary location through our colleague here who is with the British Army. The content of the box was undisclosed.
Expecting a positive response.Please get back to me via (sgtbarrycrw@aol.com)
Regards,
Sgt. Barry Crawford
US Military, 1st Battalion Infantry Regiment.
Actually the US government obtained control of over $20 billion that was being held in overseas banks. This was sent to Iraq in cash to pay for rebuilding the country.
It was piled up in former Saddam palaces with US troops guarding it. Construction contractors were allowed to write out an invoice, turn up at the cash store, present it and walk away with cash payment on the invoice.
Since neither US nor Iraq law applied at the time to these transactions, people tended to be ‘generous’ to themselves.
No audit of the money was taken to prevent the troops guarding it ‘liberating’ a bit. Since it was conveniently wrapped in $100k bricks about the size of 200 cigarettes, US troops took to bringing one or two home in lieu of the normal duty free. As there was no baggage search, this didn’t cause problems.
Now, this Sergeant claims he can’t get it home and had to give it to a British soldier?
British soldiers get more like the rubber glove treatment, just in case a British soldier has got hold of a gun.
Any US sergeant that can’t smuggle the money back by simply sticking it in his baggage has failed the initiative test and should be busted down to a second class private. Sergeant Bilko would turn in his grave.
To send an email to everyone on the net (I’ve had it too) is just asking for trouble.
It was piled up in former Saddam palaces with US troops guarding it. Construction contractors were allowed to write out an invoice, turn up at the cash store, present it and walk away with cash payment on the invoice.
Since neither US nor Iraq law applied at the time to these transactions, people tended to be ‘generous’ to themselves.
No audit of the money was taken to prevent the troops guarding it ‘liberating’ a bit. Since it was conveniently wrapped in $100k bricks about the size of 200 cigarettes, US troops took to bringing one or two home in lieu of the normal duty free. As there was no baggage search, this didn’t cause problems.
Now, this Sergeant claims he can’t get it home and had to give it to a British soldier?
British soldiers get more like the rubber glove treatment, just in case a British soldier has got hold of a gun.
Any US sergeant that can’t smuggle the money back by simply sticking it in his baggage has failed the initiative test and should be busted down to a second class private. Sergeant Bilko would turn in his grave.
To send an email to everyone on the net (I’ve had it too) is just asking for trouble.
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