419 scam: "Captain Parker Norman" <Captain@monark-cat.com> Greetings

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- captainparker.norman3@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Captain Parker Norman" <Captain@monark-cat.com>
Reply-To: captainparker.norman3@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:17:53 +0800 (PHT)
Subject: Greetings

Greetings,

My Name is Captain Parker Norman, I am an American soldier in peace keeping
force in Iraq, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in
Iraq,as you know insurgents everyday and car bombs are attacking us. On
the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum
of US$4.1Million dollars in cash, which was recovered from one of our
raids on terrorists here in Iraq because they keep most of their money at
home for evil activities which they normally get through illegal deals on
crude oil.

Based on the suffering we undergo here some of us do meet such luck.It
happened that I went for this raid with the men in my unit and I decided
to take it as my share for my stress here in this evil land filled with
suicide bombers.

I deposited this money somewhere,I wish to use this money and
invest anywhere in world because that is where i intend to move over to
start my family.

i am a uniformed man and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to
send this money away from Iraq, and i need somebody i can trust and it
would be wise working with somebody like you.If you accept,I will move the
money out to your place.

I am American soldier officer at that I have full authentic means of
transferring
the money through military diplomatic means. I just need your acceptance
and all is done.
Please if you are interested in this transaction, get back to me so that i
will
give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this
transaction successfully.

Where we are now we can only communicate through our military
communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our
emails.I will only reach you through email,because our calls might be
monitored.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can
call you for further inquiries when I am out of our military network.I am
writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not
reply to this email and please delete this message. I am doing this on
trust,you should understand and you should know that as a trained military
expert I will always play safe in case you are the bad type,but I pray you
are not.

I wait for your response so we can go on. I will give to you 30% of the
sum and 70% is for me.

Regards,

Captain Parker Norman

Contact Me On This Email:(captainparker.norman3@gmail.com )

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