After crash course in scamming 101, I learned that the emails I received came from Accra, Ghana and another approx 20 miles west of Kintampo, Ghana. The most recent texts I received from 323-606-9919 is from Exeter, CA. The reply email for instructions to send packages to Sgt. Harry is shown below from Diploma Official <
highwavesinc@gmail.com> and shows originating from Mountain View, CA. I did not respond as I felt they already had too much personal information along with pictures of family and friends. After speaking with a close relative stationed in Afghanistan, he was able to verify that the incident of the cookie package did not happen.
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On 10/22/2013 6:06 PM, Diploma Official wrote:
> Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I'm a personal assistant to SGT Harry's commander, I arrived here in West-Africa this morning where I will be attending a conference on behalf of the commander tomorrow and also to make a delivery to the U.N PEACE KEEPING CAMP here and I will be here for a month and I will be traveling from here to Pakistan deliver to the commander and others soldiers every weekend, I'm attending to others right now, but I'm responding to you because you mention SGT Harry's, He's a very good man and I respect him personally a lot and very close to him because he is a good man, So you will have to mail the package to me here and I will get it to him, come next weekend Friday or Saturday, depending on when you mail the package ma'am, Couple of months ago one of the soldier's cookies was poisoned and packed with explosive through the APO address that killed couple of soldiers, So it is my responsibility to make sure that lifes of the soldiers that has devoted their life's and putting it on the line to make others live in peace, is protected and well taken care of, So your full name and address and cell phone # for security reasons will help my process ma'am, I'm not saying you will do anything devilish like that, but you have to understand that I'm only doing my job and following orders given by the commander about when I'm being contact by anyone to mail something to any of his men ma'am that is the reason why I'm requesting this information from you. I'm sure the life of SGT Harry's and that of other soldiers means a lot to you, I will also like to know what kind of items you want to mail b'cause somethings are not accepted ma'am. I end it here now and I look forward to hear from you and you can reach me through my cell phone 315-307-2809. Thank You.
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> Best Regards.
> Mr.Newton.