Iraq Scam

A new scam gets by the spam filter…

From: Woojin Lee <Woojin.Lee.1@asu.edu>
To: <info@marine.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 03:23:03 -0700
Subject: response needed

I am Capt Bruce F. Nickerson with the US marine here in Iraq,I need your help in moving a huge amount of money out of Iraq,So please contact me via usmarine01477@yahoo.cn only

A few things:

  • I seriously doubt a captain in the United States Marine Corps would ever use a phrase like “with the US marine here in Iraq”
  • Why a Yahoo China email address?
  • What does Woojin Lee have to do with this?

This scam email was sent from a computer at Arizona State University and there is a Woojin Lee on the faculty of ASU. I bet Woojin Lee’s email has been hacked or someone with access to a computer at ASU put Woojin Lee’s email in the “From” field of this scam email.

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