A U.S. soldier based in Iraq claims that he has found a horde of cash or gold. The e-mail explains that the total “haul” has been split among the men who found it. The soldiers take: $20 million. Unfortunately, after he was cashiered from the Army and returned to Iraq to work as a humanitarian worker, he was injured by a roadside bomb and now is on his deathbed. In traditional Nigerian schemes, e-mails promise recipients a share in return for an up-front fee.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121692/nigeria-style-scam-borrows-line-from-george-clooney.html