Just going through my mails the other day I came accross this strange message.I wonder how someone can fall for this kind of scam.Anyway it reads,


Dear Friend,


I am Colonel Marcus Luthan, and I am a member of NATO-ISAF Task Force and
Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Southern Afghanistan. In line with my
business and family interest in the UK, I have a very confidential proposal
for you.



Based on the USA legislative and executive decision of pulling our troop
out of here as scheduled I have decided to contact you for this business
opportunity and relationship. I want to inform you that I have in my
possession the sum of USD$11.5 million (Eleven Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollar) which I got from crude oil deals in Iraq. I
deposited this money with a Red Cross Agent informing him that I am making
contact for the real owner of the money and it is under my power to approve
whoever comes forth for the money.



I want to invest the money in a good business as soon as my service here
ends, anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business person. I
am solely interested in making a life for my two daughters and therefore I
shall require the service of a person who is trustworthy and sincere and I
am going to make you the beneficiary of the money and allowing you to
invest for my Kids in the event anything happens to me here. I am an
American and an intelligence officer, so I have a 100% authentic means of
transferring the money through diplomatic courier service. I just need your
acceptance and all is done.



Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication
facilities that are secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then I can
explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email, because our
calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.



I need someone I could deal with on trust, so that is why i contacted you
to work with me as the receiving partner in your country. If you accept, I
will put you forward as the beneficiary of the funds and transfer the money
to you because as a uniformed person I cannot be parading such an amount so
I need to present someone as the beneficiary.



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. If you are interested, then let
me know so we can proceed as time is very important to me. I wait for your
contact details so we can go into action. In less than 5 days, the money
should have been in your position and I will come over for my money. I will
give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me because I know that nothing
goes for nothing, I hope I am been fair to you for your assistance as my
receiving partner.



Get back to me urgently; if you are interested in this business deal please
contact me with my following
email address: colmarcusluthan111@gmail.com<http://us.mc1623.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=colmarcusluthan111@gmail.com>



Kind regards,



Col.Marcus Luthan