419 scam: <info@captmbnathan781.onmicrosoft.com> From Capt. Nathan

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier company" (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.
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.
- capt.mbnathan@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <info@captmbnathan781.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <capt.mbnathan@usa.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 04:33:46 +0530
Subject: From Capt. Nathan

Dear Friend,
I was motivated to communicate with you after going through your profile.
Many thanks your time; Perhaps you are a source of great help to further assist me resolve together an urgent matter. I am an American Army my name is Captain Michael B. Nathan. 090209-M-3450C-014 II Marine Expeditionary of Multinational Division Center base in BAGHDAD, U.N Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace keeping mission.

My purpose of writing is to seek your assistance to help recover consignment I shipped to your country through a diplomatic courier company. The consignment arrived there since last month. Up till now the consignment is still with the courier company as unclaimed cargo. The delivery agent could not locate the receiver through his contact information I gave the company.
Please it is quite certain that weâ€™ve never known or met each other before but due to this urgent situation that is very concern to me, I decided to make immediate alternative arrangements. I do not know much people from your side, but as I was searching for a partner through the net I was motivated to communicate with you after going through your profile, Please consider my kind request for you to assist me retrieve the consignment from the diplomatic courier company. I am in keen need of a reliable and trust worthy person who would receive the boxes, secure and protect the boxes which contains united state Dollars and gold for me because my name is in list of those that will be transfer to Iran as my assignment still remain, so any time from now anything can happen here and i don't know yet the date.

I will certainly appreciate your willingness to assist claim the trunk boxes from the courier company. The content inside the consignment is eighteen million, five hundred thousand united state dollars (US$18.500, 000.00) and 50kilos of gold. The consignment is purely legit and legally shipped. Itâ€™s my legal treasure. I will send you the courier company contact phone number for your further inquiries from them. I guarantee to release 30% percent of the sum to you for your effort. I hope the 30% will be ok for you. I promise you will never lose a dime because I have enough money inside the consignment. I will need your current address, contact phone numbers and any ID to effect the changes. Do get back to me via email; capt.mbnathan@usa.com , I look forward to your quick response.

Please, i trust you to maintain absolute secrecy and confidentiality to protect the money because people are very dangerous in issue of money. The box is coded with high security combination codes and i will send you the codes to unlock it as soon as you received it. If you are interested in this partnership, please get back to me through my email: capt.mbnathan@usa.com ,as it is the only way and means to communicate with anybody from the outside.

Thanks a lot

Regards,
Capt. Michael B. Nathan.

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