419 scam: Martins Millery<martinsmillery001@qq.com> From Martins Millery

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Martins Millery<martinsmillery001@qq.com>
Reply-To: mmillery@outlook.com
Date: 12 Feb 2021 02:41:23 -0800
Subject: From Martins Millery

Greetings to you and your family! I hope you and your family are safe and protected from this deadly Corona-Virus Pandemic (COVID-19). I am Mr. Martins Millery working with a Financial Security Vault Company in UK. I have a consignment deposited by an Iranian citizen that is a Gold merchant with the Government of Sere-Lone and Ghana, the content of the deposit is a large quantity of Gold concealed as House hold items. The market value of this Gold is about (US$46-50 Million dollars) The depositor of this consignment is late and there is no record of his next of kin or associate in our file to inherit or claim this consignment, I have not notified our company about the death of this IRANIAN MAN, if my company get to know about his death this consignment will be confiscated by my company. So, I see this as a golden opportunity for me, I decided to contact you for partnership for our mutual benefit. I want to present you to our company as the associate of the late Iranian man to claim the consignment deposit, we will obtain every documents and security deposit code for this consignment which I will forward to you to make the claim, with your possession of this security code, you are 100% and legally an associate/next of kin of the late depositor and our company will deal with you without doubt. This transaction required absolute TRUST & CONFIDENTIALITY; I HOPE I CAN TRUST YOU ON THIS DEAL????? And you will not betray me??????? And keep my involvement confidential, I have resolved that when you acknowledge this consignment and sell the gold, we will use it to establish a joint profitable venture which you may recommend and you will be in control of the investment for a considerable time frame, until I retire from the company. We shall share the ROI 50/50. Again I hope I can trust you on this transaction and keep everything confidential, be 100% assured that every party will be protected and everything will be sealed forever. If indeed I can trust you kindly send me your cell phone, WhatsApp number and address for more details. Respectfully yours Mr. Martins Millery

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