419 scam: "Capt. Harry Smith"<admin@tsc.in.th> WARM GREETINGS FROM IRAQ.

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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:

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:
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt. Harry Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <captharrysmithiraq01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:30:48 +0200
Subject: WARM GREETINGS FROM IRAQ.

Hello Dear,

I know my message will come as a great shock to you because this medium(internet) has been greatly abused, but it still remains the fastest medium of communication. Anyway, I am a captain with the United Nations troop in Iraq, on war against terrorism. Based on the decision of United States president (Barak Obama) and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Iraq starting from September till next year, I have been deployed to go and work in Germany military base soonest. Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and the European Union on the war against terrorism. I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of $16.2 million USD. Which I got from one of our raiding in a terrorist Camp in Baghdad but we did not to submit all the money to the military authority as we needed this money for ourselves and families please view this link to confirm the story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm). I deposited this money inside a box with a Re

I want to invest the money in your country as soon as I am deployed for a good business that will be under your care. Anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business person. I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be in Europe for about 3years, so I need someone I could trust. If you accept, I will transfer the Box through diplomatic arrangement to Europe/South Africa where you will be the beneficiary because I
am a uniformed personnel and I cannot be parading such an amount, so I need to present someone as the owner. I am an American and an intelligence officer at that, so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance and all is done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully.
I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary. I believe I can trust you. Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which are secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with. 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, if no response after 3days I will then search for someone else. I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 5days the money should have been noted on your account and I will come over for my money. I will give to
you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope I am been fair on this deal.

Get back to me with your full information:
YOUR FULL NAME.......
YOUR FULL ADDRESS....................
A SCAN COPIES OF YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE/ INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER.........

Thanks and God bless you.

Regards,Capt Harry Smith
WARM GREETINGS FROM IRAQ.

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