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United States Sergeant Diamond Deal Money Transfer Scam

The email message below, which the sender claims she is unable to transfer millions of United States dollars she had received in a diamond deal, is a fake and phishing scam. Recipients of the fake email message are asked not to respond to it. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information and/or sending money. Therefore, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message.

The "United States Sergeant Diamond Deal" Scam

Hello Dear Friend,
Compliment of the day, how are you doing?
I apologize to encroach your privacy, i got your contact from a directory. I know you don't know me but i mean no harm, i don't have anyone to talk with. I lost my parents in a car accident when i was young, at about 7 years old, i was raised up by my adopted parents, but they passed away some years ago, relative of my adopted parents threw me out of the house. I once lived in Lake Jackson, Texas before joining the Force.
Let me introduce myself to you, my names are Sgt Monica Brown, i am assigned to 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, and 82nd Airborne Division [3]. Myself and four(4) other colleagues of mine made partnership on some diamond deal over here in Afghanistan, and the deal worth $25 Million United States Dollars and after sharing the money among ourselves i realized $5.9 million United States Dollars was my share of the deal, due to my status as a United States Sergeant, i can’t be able to move this huge funds to my account in United States, but with the help of an Indian contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys some immunity) i was able to get the package out to a safe location from trouble spot.
He does not know the content of the package, as i have deposited the consignment as a family treasure. I am seeking your kind assistance and cooperation to evacuate the sum of $5,900,000.00 USD (Five Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) if this is possible, I need your assurance that it will be safe in your care until i complete my service here in Afghanistan, then i will come to meet you soon as possible. You may be wondering why i decided to communicate with you on a delicate matter like this, but this is the best way i could at this present situation. Meanwhile, i would have trusted this deal in the possession of my husband who was my closest confidant, but i lost him to cancer on 13th August, 2009.
This incident occurred exactly 4 months after we got married, also my only brother ruined his life with hard drugs. Now I am left out with no family member. Oh my God, so painful i am all alone in this wicked world. A decision to talk with you came through my mind that was why i decided to send you this email. Your acceptance to this would really help and encourage me more to send you further information for us to proceed on this deal.
Please Note: I am willing to offer you 50% of the total sum which is to be evacuated for your assistance. Do not betray my trust and confidence in you. If you wish to proceed with me on this issue, please write back to me with a positive response via my private email: (sgtbmonica5@gmail.com)
Best Regards,
Sgt Monica

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Jun 15, 2021 at 4:52 PM by an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

I received this email as an attachment from susanne.schindler-uni-luebeck.de

Jun 15, 2021 at 4:52 PM by an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

I received this email as an attachment from

Apr 24, 2019 at 9:26 AM by info

They are using this email address: sgtlynndiebrown-gmail.com

Apr 7, 2019 at 4:04 AM by an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

Received this kind ...similar email from a serg davie today.

Feb 16, 2019 at 5:41 AM by an anonymous user from: Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands

I just received this email by Sgt. Lynndie R. brown and went checking it's highly questionable credibility and found this article. The mail goes as pasted below.

"I apologize to encroach into your privacy in this manner; I got your contact from a directory on the Internet here in Afghanistan. I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business and I pray at this time that, your e-mail contact address is still valid. I know you don't know me but I meant no harm sending you this note, just that I don't have anyone out there to talk to, as I lost my parents in a car Accident, when I was 12 years old, I was raised up by my adopted parents, but they died years ago, the relatives of my adopted parents throw me out of the house saying that I was not their real daughter. I know you can handle this money for me until I come over to meet with you, we can also build friendship with this transaction. I lived in Hartford, Connecticut, before joining the Force.

You may be wondering why I choose to trust a delicate matter like this in the care of a stranger, but this is the best I can do in my present situation and I would have trusted this kind of project in the hands of my Husband who was my closest confidant, but I lost him to cancer on 20th June, 2006, 9 months after we got married, and my only brother has ruined his life with hard drugs, hence my decision to work with a neutral person if we can establish some trust between ourselves instead of confiding in my buddies back home so that this little secret can be preserved.

Let me start by introducing myself. My names are Sgt. Lynndie Rana Brown, I am assigned to 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division[3]. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $5,900,000.00USD (Five Million, Nine Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here.

SOURCE OF MONEY:
I and some other high ranking officers made some deal on OIL BUSINESS over there in Afghanistan before my exit to Iraq. The deal worth $132 Million U.S Dollars and after we all shared the money I later realized $5.9 Million U.S Dollars which is my personal share of the deal, due to my status as a US Sergeant, I cannot be able to move this huge funds to my account in United States to avoid further interrogation or face any kind of probation by the U.S Government and I packaged my own share in a briefcase and have sent it to the Red-Cross Society, because there is no other way out to keep it with me here, so with the help of a German contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys some immunity) I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real contents of the package, as I have deposited the consignment as a family treasure. Your acceptance to this would encourage me to send further information for us to proceed.

Furthermore, If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. I believe that such opportunities only come once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by. For once I find myself in total control of my destiny. This chance won't pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. If you give me positive signals, I will give you the relevant details and initiate this process towards a conclusion. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. Do not betray my confidence.

If you wish to proceed with this, Your sincere co-operation is anticipated and I shall furnish you with the details and procedures upon the receipt of your response to my e-mail 4567srtb-gmail.com

Regards,
Sgt. Lynndie R. Brown"

Oct 19, 2018 at 11:27 AM by an anonymous user from: Ferndale, Washington, United States

I just got one from a Sgt. Lynndie R. Brown today I know this is a scam but I will send it to you in email