419 scams have been going on for years, emails from deposed heads of state and African princes looking for help to move large sums of money out of the country and into your bank account. Of course, there are no vast sums of money to be transferred, unless you count the billions of dollars these con artists have bilked from gullible recipients.

The newest 419 scam adds a little twist. It purports to be from an American soldier in Iraq who is hiding millions of Saddam Hussein’s money and trying to smuggle it out of the country before the next troop surge causes him and his co-conspirators to be discovered.

As always, the advice is NEVER to give out any personal information or bank account information. Do not advance money for fees and expenses in arranging the money transfer. The only money that changes hands will be from you to the scammer.

Read the story at Consumer Affairs:

419 Scammer Claims to Be US Soldier