I put my house for sale on a very wellknown thai website for expats and was contacted by a scammer. I already contacted the website and they knew about it from other people that have been contacted too. They blokked the email adress that was used by the scammer.
Here is the copy of the mail I got :
""2/02/2012
Michael Harrison
dept004@yahoo.com
Hello,
Thanks for your kind response, I believe you must be a very good and honest person. Please, I will buy the property at your given price, but I have a personal business proposal for you. I am a captain with the United Nations troop in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, I have been deployed to come and work in your country's military base soonest. Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States, Asia, Europe and the Arab Nations on the war against terrorism.
I will need a house for myself where I will stay on my arrival, that is why I contacted you hoping you are a genuine person. On the other hand I want to confide in you that I have in my possession the sum of 16.2 million USD Which I got from crude oil deal here in Afghanistan and I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money. It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.
I want to invest the money in your country as soon as I am deployed into your country for a good business venture, anyway you will be advising me more on that when I come over, since I am not a business person. I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be working in your region for about 3 years, so I need someone I could trust, Please, I need you for this.
If you agree, I will transfer the money to Europe or where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such huge amount, so I need to present you as the beneficiary. I am an American and an intelligence officer, I have a 100% authentic means of transporting the money through our diplomatic courier service.
I just need your acceptance and all is done. Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary, that is why I went to a genuine website where I can be sure that the person is real.
I believe I can trust you. Where we are now we can only communicate through email in our military communication gadget' which is highly secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email for now, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with. So, If you are willing and interested, please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further inquiries & details when I am out of our military network.
I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response after 3 days, I will then search for someone else. I wait your contact details so we can go on with the transaction immediately. In less than 4 days the money should have been noted on your custody and I will come over for my own share.
I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope I am being fair on this deal? Besides, You have to remove the property from the list advert: I will buy it at your rate selling price, be rest assured. Also I want you to assure me that you will assist me in this offer so as to present you as the beneficiary of the funds.
I Wait your response soonest.
Please reply with the following information:
YOUR FULL NAME_______________
YOUR FULL ADDRESS__________________
YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE_______________
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER_______________
YOUR AGE_____________
SEX_________________
Thanks and God bless.
Best Regards;
Michael Harrison"
Here is the copy of the mail I got :
""2/02/2012
Michael Harrison
dept004@yahoo.com
Hello,
Thanks for your kind response, I believe you must be a very good and honest person. Please, I will buy the property at your given price, but I have a personal business proposal for you. I am a captain with the United Nations troop in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, I have been deployed to come and work in your country's military base soonest. Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States, Asia, Europe and the Arab Nations on the war against terrorism.
I will need a house for myself where I will stay on my arrival, that is why I contacted you hoping you are a genuine person. On the other hand I want to confide in you that I have in my possession the sum of 16.2 million USD Which I got from crude oil deal here in Afghanistan and I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money. It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.
I want to invest the money in your country as soon as I am deployed into your country for a good business venture, anyway you will be advising me more on that when I come over, since I am not a business person. I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be working in your region for about 3 years, so I need someone I could trust, Please, I need you for this.
If you agree, I will transfer the money to Europe or where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such huge amount, so I need to present you as the beneficiary. I am an American and an intelligence officer, I have a 100% authentic means of transporting the money through our diplomatic courier service.
I just need your acceptance and all is done. Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary, that is why I went to a genuine website where I can be sure that the person is real.
I believe I can trust you. Where we are now we can only communicate through email in our military communication gadget' which is highly secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email for now, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with. So, If you are willing and interested, please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further inquiries & details when I am out of our military network.
I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response after 3 days, I will then search for someone else. I wait your contact details so we can go on with the transaction immediately. In less than 4 days the money should have been noted on your custody and I will come over for my own share.
I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope I am being fair on this deal? Besides, You have to remove the property from the list advert: I will buy it at your rate selling price, be rest assured. Also I want you to assure me that you will assist me in this offer so as to present you as the beneficiary of the funds.
I Wait your response soonest.
Please reply with the following information:
YOUR FULL NAME_______________
YOUR FULL ADDRESS__________________
YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE_______________
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER_______________
YOUR AGE_____________
SEX_________________
Thanks and God bless.
Best Regards;
Michael Harrison"