Now comes the Iraqi 419s
If you haven’t gotten one of theses yet, you probably will. The psy-war goes on..
Now the good name and stellar reputation of Iraqi government officials is being besmirched by claiming to be them in overt attempts at 419 scams.
I received the following:
Baghdad Iraq.
Date: August 7, 2008
Dear SirMy name is Abbas Ahmed, I am director in the project and planning department of
the Iraq Ministry of Oil, I head a seven man Tenders Board Committee in charge
of contract award and Payment approvals. The reason for contacting you is to
seek your co-operation in the transfer of funds into a foreign account. Since
the year 2004 my committee awarded series of contracts in the oil industry that
were executed by Halliburton and other local, regional and international
companies. Some of the contracts are listed below:
1. The expansion of Pipeline network crude oil and downstream products
distribution and subsequent evacuation
2. Supply, install and maintain Explosion Proof Push Button Stations
3. The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Products
The original value of these contracts was inflated to Forty-Five million
Dollars; which has recently been approved and now ready to be paid out. However
the companies that actually executed the aforementioned contract have been fully
paid and the projects officially commissioned. Consequently, my colleagues and I
are willing to transfer the total amount into your account for subsequent
disbursement. In return, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 15% of
the subject amount, 5% shall be set aside for expenses. Our share shall be
reserved in your country until we are able to come to your country to claim it.
Your honesty is paramount in the successful completion of this project.
Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of government to ensure
the speedy transfer of this fund within 10 business days.
Please understand that due to the current war / unstable polity in my country
and the attendant difficulties/ dangers in being a public servant in Iraq today;
for obvious reasons, I and my family are prepared to leave Iraq immediately upon
completion of this project.
Best Regards,
Abbas Ahmed
It’s either a 419 or someone has confused me with some American officials at State or the Aspen Institute. They may have even thought, weirdly, that I was with the PCUSA.
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Proverbs 6:12-19 A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth; he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy. These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. 2 Kings 18:25
Anti-Christ tried the lie that God had sent him to conqueor Jerusalem through the Assyrians. But God says to the worshipers of demons who hate Jesus Christ and Israel: "But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me." 2 Kings 19:27