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Major Ralph Harland

I tell you what, I’m distraught… I haven’t heard from Lady Peggy Morrison in ages!

However, I believe this next email may be from a scam star of the future, one Major Ralph Harland. With such a high ranking position within the forces I can only wonder if he and Peggy have ever met up in the drinking establishments around Chelsea?

Hello,

I am Major Ralph Harland, I am a British officer attached to UN peace Keeping force in Iraq, I am the commanding officer of the First Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, as you may know everyday, there are several cases of insurgent’s attacks and suicide bombs going on here.

We managed to Move funds belonging to some demised persons who were attacked and killed through insurgent attacks. The total amount is US$9.5 Million dollars in cash. We want to move this money to you, so that you may keep our share for us until when we shall come over to meet you.

We will take 70%, my partner and I. You take 30%. No strings attached, just help us move it out of Iraq, Iraq is a war zone.

We plan on using Diplomatic courier and shipping the money out in two large metallic boxes, using diplomatic immunity. If you are interested I will send you the full details; my aim is to find a good partner that we can trust and assist us can you be trusted?

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail to my private email address here ralphharlandukpa@yahoo.co.uk signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication and also your contact details.

This business is 100% risk free.

Respectfully,

Major Ralph Harland

“Virtual Company” Shares Worth Virtually Nothing

This sort of scam has recently caught people unawares around the area of Swindon in the UK -

It usually begins with a phone call asking for a particular individual and stating that the call is of the utmost importance and, of course, of a discreet personal nature.

Having been put through the caller, usually an American, launches into a convincing talk, offering you the opportunity to invest in a fantastic share deal that will accrue excellent profits.

The company you are asked to invest in may be called Sun Biometrics or maybe International Biometrics and the broker that has kindly offered to let you in on the deal of the century may go by the name of Smith Fairchild, Mackenzie King or possibly Warren and Baker.

Natuarally, this guy/ these guys are conmen, coming across very convincingly in order to part you from your hard earned cash. Reports suggest some people have been played to the tune of £20k.

The complexity of the scam is one reason why unsuspecting businesses have been taken in. A company contacted by Smith Fairchild, who claimed to be European Venture Capitalists based in Zurich, and after checking a number of recommended websites transferred a large amount of money and awaited the receipt of their share certificates.

Three months later they were contacted by Warren and Baker and were told that the share value had increased due to a takeover bid and if the company paid a further ‘bond’ and kept the information under wraps their profits would be even greater. (Here is further proof that scams work because of peoples’ greed).

Their suspicions were raised and having contacted the Financial Services Authority they were shocked to discover that Smith Fairchild, Warren and Baker and Sun Biometrics existed only on the Internet as ‘virtual companies.’