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		<title>By: Beth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>its back, this time its Kenneth O Preston.  Never heard of this one till tolday when I went looking.  They keep trying dont they!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>its back, this time its Kenneth O Preston.  Never heard of this one till tolday when I went looking.  They keep trying dont they!</p>
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		<title>By: umaporn tiramai</title>
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		<dc:creator>umaporn tiramai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Lila , i am the one who was in the situation like you and i need to contact you. I am in USA and i think we should do something to those people who scamed us pls  contact me at umaporntira at msn.com   Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Lila , i am the one who was in the situation like you and i need to contact you. I am in USA and i think we should do something to those people who scamed us pls  contact me at umaporntira at msn.com   Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: uma</title>
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		<dc:creator>uma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i was the victim recently by this group for almost 6 months . God will punish him and all his associate very soon. Pls contact me if you need any evidences. It was very sad to knowing too late.
But at least we know and try to beat them in any way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i was the victim recently by this group for almost 6 months . God will punish him and all his associate very soon. Pls contact me if you need any evidences. It was very sad to knowing too late.<br />
But at least we know and try to beat them in any way.</p>
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		<title>By: FairyNiamh</title>
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		<dc:creator>FairyNiamh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And they just keep trying:

&lt;i&gt;I am Sgt .James Clayton jr. an Engineering military unit here in Baghdad in Iraq,My late 2 colleagues who died last week in a bomb blast and I found a huge sum of amount USD in Baghdad neighbourhood (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm).Get Back to me via email jamesclayton1941@aim.com  
Regards SGT James Clayton&lt;/i&gt;

Very sad that they try try try... everyday I get a different scam... and everyday I mark it as phishing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And they just keep trying:</p>
<p><i>I am Sgt .James Clayton jr. an Engineering military unit here in Baghdad in Iraq,My late 2 colleagues who died last week in a bomb blast and I found a huge sum of amount USD in Baghdad neighbourhood (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm).Get Back to me via email <a href="mailto:jamesclayton1941@aim.com">jamesclayton1941@aim.com</a><br />
Regards SGT James Clayton</i></p>
<p>Very sad that they try try try&#8230; everyday I get a different scam&#8230; and everyday I mark it as phishing.</p>
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		<title>By: claudia</title>
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		<dc:creator>claudia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just recive an e-mail from Nick, 5050ad@emailclick.com, and is the same history, just different names. 
Beware from people like him!
They told you that the want to buy something, and they ask you to keep them some money, that you could keep the 20%.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just recive an e-mail from Nick, <a href="mailto:5050ad@emailclick.com">5050ad@emailclick.com</a>, and is the same history, just different names.<br />
Beware from people like him!<br />
They told you that the want to buy something, and they ask you to keep them some money, that you could keep the 20%.</p>
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		<title>By: Casey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just recieved one of these scam emails. mine was different, but the same story line. Who do these people think they are!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just recieved one of these scam emails. mine was different, but the same story line. Who do these people think they are!!</p>
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		<title>By: akn</title>
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		<dc:creator>akn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just cant beleve i actually read the e-mail i could have caught a virus or something. Scincerely Amber</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just cant beleve i actually read the e-mail i could have caught a virus or something. Scincerely Amber</p>
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		<title>By: akn</title>
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		<dc:creator>akn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(This is what the sent me)Hello, 

I know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to you before now. My name is Sgt. Michael Gibbs, a master Sgt. of the U.S. Marine, deployed to Iraq in the beginning of the war in 2003.I would like to share some highly personal classified information about my personal experience and role which I played in the pursuit of my career serving under the U.S ARMY which was at the fore-front of the war in Iraq. Though, I would like to hold back certain information for security reasons for now until you have found time to visit the BBC website stated below to enable you have insight regarding what I intend to share with you, believing that it would be of your desired interest in one way or the other. Here is a BBC news listing that confirms what I share with you. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm 

Also, could you get back to me having visited the above website to enable us discuss in a more vivid manner to the best of your understanding? I must say that I am very uncomfortable sending this message to you without knowing truly if you would misconstrue the importance and decide to go public. In this regards, I will not hold back to say that the essence of this letter is strictly for mutual benefit of you and I and nothing more. I will be more vivid and coherent in my next email in this regards. Meanwhile, could you send me a mail confirming you have visited the site and understood my intentions? Please acknowledge the receipt. 

Warm regards,
Sgt. Michael Gibbs</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(This is what the sent me)Hello, </p>
<p>I know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to you before now. My name is Sgt. Michael Gibbs, a master Sgt. of the U.S. Marine, deployed to Iraq in the beginning of the war in 2003.I would like to share some highly personal classified information about my personal experience and role which I played in the pursuit of my career serving under the U.S ARMY which was at the fore-front of the war in Iraq. Though, I would like to hold back certain information for security reasons for now until you have found time to visit the BBC website stated below to enable you have insight regarding what I intend to share with you, believing that it would be of your desired interest in one way or the other. Here is a BBC news listing that confirms what I share with you. </p>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm</a> </p>
<p>Also, could you get back to me having visited the above website to enable us discuss in a more vivid manner to the best of your understanding? I must say that I am very uncomfortable sending this message to you without knowing truly if you would misconstrue the importance and decide to go public. In this regards, I will not hold back to say that the essence of this letter is strictly for mutual benefit of you and I and nothing more. I will be more vivid and coherent in my next email in this regards. Meanwhile, could you send me a mail confirming you have visited the site and understood my intentions? Please acknowledge the receipt. </p>
<p>Warm regards,<br />
Sgt. Michael Gibbs</p>
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		<title>By: Robi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got talking to a Captain Robertson Gibbs online (on a dating site) who claimed to be in Afghanistan with the RAF - after a while he asked me to be his 'beneficiary' for 'military benefit funds' without which he could not leave the camp.  I received an e mail with a form to complete from 'raffinances'.  I would be required to hold on to these funds until he came back to the Uk. Naturally I told him to get lost but he included the link mentioned and I have no doubt that this is another scam.  Anyone else had something similar??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got talking to a Captain Robertson Gibbs online (on a dating site) who claimed to be in Afghanistan with the RAF - after a while he asked me to be his &#8216;beneficiary&#8217; for &#8216;military benefit funds&#8217; without which he could not leave the camp.  I received an e mail with a form to complete from &#8216;raffinances&#8217;.  I would be required to hold on to these funds until he came back to the Uk. Naturally I told him to get lost but he included the link mentioned and I have no doubt that this is another scam.  Anyone else had something similar??</p>
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		<title>By: Johnathon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnathon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was sent to me and they responded to me daily.


&#62; Dear Friend,
&#62; 
&#62; My name is Sgt. Smith Anderson; I am an American soldier with Swiss
&#62; background, serving in the military with the army’s 3rd infantry division. With a
&#62; very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I
&#62; found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind
&#62; assistance to move the sum of (US$12, million dollars) to you, as far as I
&#62; can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my
&#62; service here, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved.
&#62; 
&#62; Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels
&#62; at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a
&#62; rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt. Bill Ashton and I that some
&#62; part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it
&#62; since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do,
&#62; but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken
&#62; with our lives in this hellhole. Of which a roadside bomb killed my brother
&#62; in-law last week. You will find the story of this money on the web address
&#62; below;
&#62; 
&#62; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
&#62; 
&#62; The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of
&#62; money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working
&#62; here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to
&#62; a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real
&#62; contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British / American
&#62; medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up, trusted me
&#62; to hand over the package to his family.
&#62; 
&#62; 
&#62; I have now found a much-secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to
&#62; your country for you to pick up, and I will discuss this with you when I am
&#62; sure that you are willing to assist me. I want you to tell me how much you will
&#62; take from this money for the assistance you will give to me. One passionate
&#62; appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should
&#62; you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message
&#62; as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier’s here in
&#62; Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, and I have been shot,
&#62; wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God, this
&#62; and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I
&#62; honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as
&#62; soon as possible my only
&#62; 
&#62; source of communication is email for now.
&#62; 
&#62; God Bless.
&#62; 
&#62; Sgt. Smith Anderson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was sent to me and they responded to me daily.</p>
<p>&gt; Dear Friend,<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; My name is Sgt. Smith Anderson; I am an American soldier with Swiss<br />
&gt; background, serving in the military with the army’s 3rd infantry division. With a<br />
&gt; very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I<br />
&gt; found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind<br />
&gt; assistance to move the sum of (US$12, million dollars) to you, as far as I<br />
&gt; can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my<br />
&gt; service here, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels<br />
&gt; at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a<br />
&gt; rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt. Bill Ashton and I that some<br />
&gt; part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it<br />
&gt; since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do,<br />
&gt; but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken<br />
&gt; with our lives in this hellhole. Of which a roadside bomb killed my brother<br />
&gt; in-law last week. You will find the story of this money on the web address<br />
&gt; below;<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm</a><br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of<br />
&gt; money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working<br />
&gt; here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to<br />
&gt; a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real<br />
&gt; contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British / American<br />
&gt; medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up, trusted me<br />
&gt; to hand over the package to his family.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; I have now found a much-secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to<br />
&gt; your country for you to pick up, and I will discuss this with you when I am<br />
&gt; sure that you are willing to assist me. I want you to tell me how much you will<br />
&gt; take from this money for the assistance you will give to me. One passionate<br />
&gt; appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should<br />
&gt; you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message<br />
&gt; as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier’s here in<br />
&gt; Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, and I have been shot,<br />
&gt; wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God, this<br />
&gt; and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I<br />
&gt; honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as<br />
&gt; soon as possible my only<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; source of communication is email for now.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; God Bless.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Sgt. Smith Anderson</p>
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