Beware New Email Scam: The Sgt. Smith David Fitte Scam

I really believed I'd become immune to irritation when I receive email scams. I mean seriously; I've never entered any British email lottery, I have no relatives in Africa or wherever else they claim to have died leaving me a fortune, and Malaysian entrepreneurs really aren't very likely to have found my name as a trusted resource through a friend. Prince Whats-His-Name can keep his money, I'm not falling for the scam.

Between the websites I operate and the writing I do and the other miscellaneous unknown places online that my email addresses can be found, I receive - easily - hundreds of scams a day. Normally, I delete them and move on without giving them a moment's thought.

Today, however, I received a money scam in my email that just really bugged me. It's in such poor taste, and as the best cons do, it tugs at the heart strings before moving in for the 1-2 punch. Instead of just trying to describe the email, I'm going to copy it here in all its undignified glory - if for no other reason than that if you receive this email, you'll know immediately to delete it and continue about your business.

FROM: Sgt. Smith David Fitte
Important Message

Good day,

My name is David Smith Fitte, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq , as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's family in 2003. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills, this money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for sometime but with the recent troop increase by president Bush, we are afraid that the money will be discovered hence we want to move this money to you for safe keeping pending the completion of our assignment here. You can go to this web link to read about events that took place there:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm