The email said:
"I am Captain L. David Marquet of the US Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace keeping mission in Baghdad-Iraq.
"On the 7th day of March 2007, we were alerted on the sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in a suburb not too far from Karbala here in Iraq. After Immediate intervention, we captured three (3) of the Terrorists, twenty-six (26) were killed leaving seven (7) injured.
"In the process of torture they confessed being rebels for late Ayman al-Zawahiri and took us to a cave in Karbala which served as their camp. Here we recovered several guns, bombs and other Ammunitions including some boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, one filled with hard drugs (cocaine) and the other four to my amazement contain some US Dollars amounting to $4.2M after I and two of my junior intelligent officers counted them.
"I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy. I am in keen need of a “Reliable and Trustworthy” person like you."
2007-03-17 08:30:42 · 25 answers · asked by Arafat 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The message is actually in code. I have deciphered it for you:
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 2. pg 1009; and Sahih Muslim Vol 2. pg 65:
Hadhrat Abdullah ibne Abbaas (Radiallahu Anhu) narrates the lecture that Hadhrat Umar (Radiallaahu Anhu) delivered whilst sitting on the pulpit of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam). Hadhrat Umar (Radiallahu Anhu) said, "Verily, Allah sent Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) with the truth, and revealed the Quran upon him. The verse regarding the stoning of the adulterer/ess was from amongst the verse revealed (in the Quraan). We read it, secured it and understood it. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) stoned and we stoned after him. I fear that with the passage of time a person might say, 'We do not find mention of stoning in the Book of Allah and thereby go astray by leaving out an obligation revealed by Allah. Verily, the stoning of a adulterer/ress is found in the Quraan and is the truth, if the witnesses are met or there is a pregnancy or confession."
Sahi Muslim No. 4206:
"A woman came to the prophet and asked for purification by seeking punishment. He told her to go away and seek God's forgiveness. She persisted four times and admitted she was pregnant. He told her to wait until she had given birth. Then he said that the Muslim community should wait until she had weaned her child. When the day arrived for the child to take solid food, Muhammad handed the child over to the community. And when he had given command over her and she was put in a hole up to her breast, he ordered the people to stone her. Khalid b. al-Walid came forward with a stone which he threw at her head, and when the blood spurted on her face he cursed her."
Sahi Buchari: 8:6814:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari: "A man from the tribe of Bani Aslam came to Allah's Messenger [Muhammad] and informed him that he had committed illegal sexual intercourse; and he bore witness four times against himself. Allah's Messenger ordered him to be stoned to death as he was a married person."
2007-03-19 09:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
This is a phishing attempt. It is the same type of email you get from "Nigeria", some lawyer who 'tracked you down a s the lest living relative of 'X'" (usually spelled that poorly too), or some one claiming to be the last surviving daughter of a slain leader.
It is just there to make you respond and then they get your IP and email address. Then they want your bank account.... You know, the same stuff we teach you about in the anti-fraud classes we have to do every 6 months in the Armed Forces.
If it bothers you that much, forward it to the 'Tips' website for the FBI. I did that just because I hate it when fools abuse a soldier's names. My worry was that the phisher was using a dead bretheren's name for his/her scheme. That is what upset me as I usually delete these emails out of hand. We have enough people pissing on our graves (a la Cindy Sheehan and others) without some moron doing this.
This 'person' has been an "Army Officer" and a "Marine". The letter is the same though. However, the name does not show up on any search of personel files. Terrorists have been found stoned off their rears and even drunk as they attempt to 'martyr' themselves (most fail to do anything but kill themselves). Also, while we did recover A LOT of nuclear material from Iraq, no terrorists have been found with operational nukes.
That said, the guys with chlorine gas bombs are pissing us off......
2007-03-17 08:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by cgalloway1973 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is a hoax. It's just someone trying to get your financial information, to take over your identity. There are many hoaxes like this one... in need of someone "reliable and trustworthy"... they're just looking for an American sucker to swindle...
The Marine thing is a new twist.... but there is no way a real Marine would describe his purpose there the way it's done in the first paragraph... just no way.
2007-03-17 08:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by Amy S 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Can you say "SCAM"..... Why do you think a Captain would be writing to you about a battle.....Why do you think a military officer would not already have a "reliable and trustworthy" chain of command for something like this.
Most of these scams come from Nigeria and some Eastern European countries. My advice is to delete it - don't respond......
2007-03-17 09:27:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
allah.arafat (THAT'S a good one...),
It would occur to me that you're starting sh*t where there's not any to start. It also occurs to me, through reading some of your questions and answers that folks like you are part of the problem and that NO Marine in his right mind would share something that's kept in 'high secrecy' with someone like you.
You are neither 'reliable' nor 'trustworthy.' The entire email you fabricated here has none of the 'ring' of anything resembling truth. There are too many inconsistencies, not to mention errors made in language. I figure YOU to be the likely author.
Nice try, arafat.
2007-03-17 08:52:02 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfsburgh 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS IS :
1 Not a Marine,
2 Not a native English speaker.
3 Not an American,
These are obvious from the way this e-mail is worded. Please contact athorities. This qualifies as an act of War by use of propraganda and spam!
2007-03-17 08:42:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That sounds totally true. The US forces are probably constantly uncovering money and gold in these hideouts. And with that money it seems realistic that they would contact a total stranger to give it to. Go for it!
2007-03-17 11:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by fritzpatch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess you're not that reliable and trustworthy huh?
Lol jk. No don't believe it, it is a scam, delete it, don't reply to the sender and ignore those type of 'happy surprise' e-mails. =)
2007-03-17 08:54:15 · answer #8 · answered by Kunggpao 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's fake.
Someone with nothing better to do having a laugh.
You can tell, terrorists wouldn't have cocaine as it's un-Islamic. They wouldn't have a nuke either, if they did they'd have used it by now.
2007-03-17 08:35:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wanna buy a really good used bridge in Brooklyn...
I can't believe someone would consider that being for real.....Scary
2007-03-17 08:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋