consignment box to pick up

some "Staff sergeant Lindsey Kibler"
has been emailing my father about an arrangement to pick up a box that contains cash apparently
and sent him pictures of it
that box is under the UN from an anti terrorist dep in Cairo
anyways they asked him for his id passport photo and all that he refused and now they actually called him and asked him when can he pick it up
oh and they sent him a "certificate" to clear the 40kg box
they deal is he takes 40% of the cash and send them the 60% of the box
so obviously its a spam but how can i convince my father as he thinks it might be legit
he keeps saying "what would they do if it was a scam"
help guys

Welcome to Scamwarners,

You will have to show your father proof of the scam. Do reverse image checks on the fake military member. You need to be careful because the scammer has already set a seed in his mind that friends and family will interfere with their love.

Direct him to these places.

http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=91190

http://antifraudintl.org/threads/sgt-li ... my.100658/

viewtopic.php?f=10&p=213584

Just have him google " Staff sergeant Lindsey Kibler Scam "

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6527

Advance Fee Variation of this scam:

The advanced fee fraud variation may be directed at either gender and a romance component may or may not be involved. In this variation, the scammer will tell you he has a large amount of money stashed away and needs help getting it out of the country. He will tell you he got the money through any one of a number of fanciful lies, the most common being: a payment from a government contract or money "found" while on duty.

The scammer will explain that he needs to get the money out of the country by some form of courier, a "diplomatic courier" is a very common lie here.
He will introduce you to other characters which he plays himself. These may include a barrister, a "diplomatic" courier company, banker, etc. In every scenario, there will be fees needing to be paid in advance of completing the transaction of moving the supposed monies.
The scammer will usually ask for these fees to be paid through a cash wiring service such as Western Union or Money Gram, offering you a large portion of the non-existent "stash" in exchange for your assistance.

Thanks for the reply
here is the follow up from them :

Please do not post screenshots.

Copy and paste the emails/messages.

Internet bot do not pick up the writing in screenshot.

We have two purposes here. 1 to help you and 2 for your post to help others.

Only scammers believe Diplomats act as mail men/women.

Diplomats have higher priorities than delivering packages.

It is a scam.