email reads:

Subject: Sgt Garcia Simpson [larrykings]

Body:

Hello Friend, I hope my e-mail meets you well. I am in need of your assistance. My names are Sgt Garcia Simpson of the Engineering Unit of US Military here in Ba’qubah in Iraq; we have about $10 Million that we want to move out of the country. This money was found in boxes some time ago during our routine raid around the base. My partner and I need a good partner out there, someone we can trust to receive the funds on our behalf. It is oil money and legal. The most important thing is; “Can We Trust you”? Once the funds get to you, simply take out 20% as your share and keep the remaining 80% for us. Your own part of this deal is to find a safe place where the funds can be sent to, ours is sending it to you safely.

Also you can view this Link for proper verification http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm If you are interested I will furnish you with more details upon receipt of your response and contact details. But I can assure you the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times. I look forward to your reply and co-operation.

We have kept this money for so long but right now President Obama said he is pulling us out from Iraq so I must have this cash out immediately.

Regards,

Sgt Garcia Simpson.

Dear Cassie,

Thank you for sharing us your story. This e-mail you received has obviously been blasted thousands of times. We can only hope that no one or at least only a few people were fooled by this spam e-mail. Naturally, money is a huge component in order for people to ensure life stability not to mention the luxuries it could give us thus when it is mentioned that we are to receive money we just feel elated and a lot more when bigger amount of money is involved to an extent that our logic gets thrown out the window and as a result we do not question how we were able to get qualified to receive such money and we simply just want to get it regardless.
I am glad and I am proud that you are not one of those people Cassie. It’s really great that people are still aware that there is no way to instantly have money from agencies or companies you have never heard of just like you cannot win the lottery if you did not play it.
However, this is another kind of Nigerian spam that should be reported to the FBI.
Sincerely,
Webmaster

To: Webmaster

HM Revenue& Customs

Message From reader Pamela in UK

I had to come on here as there are no other ways to complain about
what
_ has happened to me !! I was on a dating site earlier got into an
online relationship, I had money taken by him too.
_ know it was my own fault but got smooth talked by some con artist,
_ supposedly living here in England, I even did a search on him, then
he
_ said he had to work abroad in Jan guess where the most dubious
nation
_ Lagos!!I am writing to warn others that these criminals are out
there even
_ ..skulking & conning easy going women as I am, he had stolen a
genuine mans identity, I have been in touch with this mans wife & as I
cant find any where in my area to go this man who has his identity
stolen lives in Surrey. I have got the dating agency’s name & written
to them, also have this mans email address.& all the letters he sent
me, no good now but I wondered if anything could be done at all? I
hope I am not taking up your time.

Answer

I am not sure how you send money to a fake person? If the person is not who he say he is how can you transfer money?
You could file a report with the local police if you know who the real fraudster is, this will make him wanted on lists and might stop him from leaving Nigeria. Try to find his IP address from his email and with a police report the police can talk to his email provider and maybe check his email account.