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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Kayalak" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olivia1944@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:15:13 +0300
Subject: MERHABA

Benim adim Bayan Kayalak Olivia itibaren Avustralya, Ben 25th Aralik 1944
tarihinde dogdu (68 Yasinda). kocam Turkiye vatandasi oldugunu,Emrah Kayalak
onun adidir, Biz kirk yildir evli (40 yildir) ama biz herhangi bir cocuk yoktu,
olumunden bu yana bircok yil, Ben kanser hastaligi ve lif ile mucadele edilmistir.
olumcul bir araba kazasindan sonra 2006 yilinda olumunden once, O gave beni
tum onun ozelliklerini,evler, malikaneler, araba ve tum is, ama O cekmek uc
Milyon Euro(3,000,000 Euro). Avustralya banka hesabimiza ve iki kutu icine
para koymak, O kutulari yatirmis bir Londra'da guvenlik sirketi.

O konsinye kutulari gondermek icin guvenlik sirketi emretti Onun icin
sadece kiz kardesinin Ankara Turkiye,ama guvenlik sirketi uzun yillar gec
koca ablam ulasamaz..

Ama ne zaman I iletisim my kocasinin'in kiz kardesinin turkiye, I gerektigi
soylendi Kulu, Ankara'da olmustu, deprem 27 Aralik 2007 (5 yildan fazla once).
Ben su anda Avustralya'da hastane, Doktor ben bir aydan az olmek zorunda
oldugunu soyledi ,hastaligi nedeniyle uzerinde yayilmis kanser ve lif bedenim de.

benim durumum da bilinir olan ben adamis Tanri korkan birey icin bu fon
bagislamaya karar verdi,bu sadaka evleri (Motherless evleri), yetimhaneler,
fon icin bu para kullanmak ve dul. Bu karar aldim cunku benim gec kocam bu
Turkiye'ye kutulari gondermek icin soz veriyorum, Turkiye'deki tek kardesi icin
ama o, Ankara deprem 27 Aralik 2007 yilinda vefat etti ve bu para icin Turkiye'de
donmek icin istiyorum,Ben e-posta Google dizininde bulabilirsiniz ve dogru kisi
basvurmaliyim var umut.

Bu paranin % 20-ecek var olmak sizin ve aileniz icin, Turkiye'de yetimhaneler
ve dul yardimci olmak% 60 kullanmaniz gerekir.
Yapmaniz gereken hizli hareket cunku i die sunum olmadan yakinlarina bilezik,
guvenlik sirketi icin ,sonra fonu Ingiltere hukumeti bagislanacak.

Sozu yerine getiren olmadan olmek korkarim ve yemin gec kocasi yapilan
Ne zaman size cevap ben size transfer ettiginiz icin fon saglamak icin tum
ayrintilari verir.

tesekkurler
Mrs. Kayalak Olivia
=================================================
My Name is Mrs. Kayalak Olivia from Australia, i was born on December 25th
1944 (68years old). my late husband is a Turkey citizen, His Name is
Emrah Kayalak , we are married for forty years (40years) but we did not have
any child, since his death many years back, i have been struggling with Cancer
disease and fibroid.

Before his death in 2006 after a fatal car accident , He gave me all his properties,
houses, estates, cars and all business but He withdraw only Three Million Euro
from our Australian bank account and store the money inside two boxes and
he deposited the boxes with a security company in London.

He ordered the security company to send the consignment boxes to His only Sister
in Turkey Ankara, But the security company can not reach my late husband sister
for many years.

But when I tried to contact my late husband's sister in turkey, i was told that she died in
Kulu, Ankara, Turkey earthquake in December 27, 2007 (over 5 years ago). I am currently
in Australia hospital , the doctor told me that i have less than one month to die due to
deadly disease of over spread Cancer and fibroid in my body.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to devoted God fearing
individual,that will utilize this money to fund charity homes (Motherless homes),
orphanages, and widows. I took this decision because i made a vow to mine late
husband to send this boxes to Turkey, to His only Sister in Turkey but she has died
in Kulu, Ankara earthquake in December 27, 2007 and i want this money to go
back to you in Turkey, I find your email in Google directory and i hope i have
contact the right person.

20% of this money will be for you and your family, you must use 60% to help
(Motherless homes), orphanages, and widows in Turkey. You have to act fast
because if i die without presenting next of kin to the security company, then the
fund will be donated to United Kingdom Government

I fear to die without fulfilling promise and vow made to late husband
When you reply i will give you full details to have the fund transfer to you.

Thanks
Mrs. Olivia

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