419 scam: "capt Kristen Griest"<info@mail.com> GET BACK TO ME

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "captkristengriest@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "capt Kristen Griest" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <captkristengriest@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 13:25:05 -0300
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Dear:Sir/Madam

My name is capt Kristen Griest a female US Army with ISAF Joint Command Headquarters(Combined Joint Inter agency Task Force ) in Iraq because of the current ISIS problems in Iraq . With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you.I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of (US$12.7, million dollars) to you which l discover the trunk boxes containing American dollar bills, as far as I can be assured that my money will be safe in your care until I complete my service here come next month, this is legitimate, and there is no danger involved.

The above figure was concealed with the help of a Polish contact working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location . He does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to an Italian medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up trusted me to hand over the package to his family.

I want to promise you 40% of this money for the assistance you will give to me but one passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody. Should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier’s here in Iraq. In less than 4 days the box should be in your possession and as I said earlier, I will give you 40% of the total amount and 60% for me. Get back to me with your full information via cptkristengriest@outlook.com and I will proceed with the registration.

For reference click the link below

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_ military_intervention_against_ ISIS
www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/ iraq-options
www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/ meast/iraq-crisis/

Please send me the following below.

1. Full Name...
2. Address....
3. Occupation...
4. Age..........
5. Your Telephone Number.
6. ID CARD

As soon as i received these information i will get back to you.

Best Regards
capt Kristen Griest
captkristengriest@yandex.com

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