419 scam: "Martins Aggrey"<martinsaggrey15@unseen.is> Please Confirm Your Capability

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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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +4420328968664
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.
- martinsaggrey@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Martins Aggrey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <martinsaggrey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 07:21:47 +0100
Subject: Please Confirm Your Capability

Email:martinsaggrey@gmail.com

Dear Friend,

I am Martin S. Aggrey, the director of deposit at Axis Bank, London, United Kingdom and do sincerely hope that you receive this mail in good faith and good health. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.
I got your contact from the U.S. Chambers of Commerce and decided to contact you while attending a conference in the USA for this mutually beneficial transaction. I and the Registrar of a U.K. Probate Division, intends to bridge the Sum of US$24,600.000.00 (Twenty Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a private account deposited at my bank meant to be forfeited to mortmain and other charitable uses due to lack of beneficiary claim for 21 years after the account holder died intestate.
As civil servants whom are highly placed but poorly paid, we want to bridge these funds to a confidential and trustworthy person for foreign investments to secure our retirement and the future of our families. The modality for the bridging of the funds to you is secured and 100% safe especially as we are still in active service. It might interest you to know that the deceased bears the same last name with you hence the process will be smooth.
For your investment assistance, you will receive 30% of the $24.6 million, 60% will be invested on our behalf in ventures such as Agriculture or Real Estate while the balance 10% will go to charity for the less privileged in society.
If however you are not interested, kindly destroy this mail because we are still in active service.

Reply to my confidential email martinsaggrey@gmail.com
Tel: +442032896866
4th Floor, Kings House, 36-37 King Street, London EC 2V 8BB

Yours Truly,
Martin S. Aggrey (KSM)

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