419 scams 'R' us..

I'm a bit fragged today (up too late working on a school project with Daniel) so instead of something technical, I thought I'd share an email I just received...

FROM: Sgt. Mark Ed
Important Message
To President / Managing Director..

Good day,

My name is Mark Ed, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armoured Division in Iraq, As you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussien's family.

We want to move this money to you, so that you may invest it for us and keep our share for banking.We will take 50%, my partner and I. You take the other 50%. no strings attached, just help us moveit out of Iraq, Iraq is a warzone. We plan on using diplomatic courier and shipping the money out in one large silver box, using diplomatic immunity.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I !

trust you? When you receive this letter,kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication also your contact details. This business is risk free. The box can be shipped out in 48hrs.

Respectfully,

Sgt. Mark Ed

you can EMAIL ME AT.mark_ed_solder@<removed to protect others>

Man, the nerve of some people.

Oh, and for the sake of completeness, here are the email headers (edited somewhat):

Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0
Received: from mrson2427.com ([157.54.6.67]) by
df-imc-01.exchange.corp.microsoft.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1289);
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:58:00 -0800
From: "Sgt. Mark Ed" <mark_ed_solder@somewhere>
Reply-To: mark_ed_solder@somewhere
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:58:00 +0400
Subject: FROM Sgt. Mark Ed
X-Priority: 1
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6900 DM
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
BCC:
Return-Path: mark_ed_solder@somewhere
Message-ID: <DF-IMC-015BBBVhyemY00002efb@df-imc-01.exchange.corp.microsoft.com>
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jan 2005 17:58:00.0704 (UTC) FILETIME=[3FDC7000:01C4FD87]

mrson2427.com isn't registered, and the IP address is actually owned by Microsoft, which implies that the real originating ip address got lost somewhere in Exchange - I'll have to follow up with the Exchange team to find out what happened to the rest of the headers.