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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Lim Chanvisoth" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrlimchan01@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:55:49 +0400
Subject: Yours Sister/Partner

Dear friend

I am Mrs. Mabo Erol Olcak, the Third wife of Erol Olcak the campaign manager for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was killed on a failed Coup attempt in my country Turkey . My late Husband, until his death worked closely with Recep Tayyip Erdogan as his campaign manager.

While he was alive, he used his position to secretly and concretely moved the sum of $19,340,000{Nineteen Million Three Hundred and Forty Thousand United States Dollars} out of my country to a safe depository Security Company in a safe and peaceful country where he lodged in the consignment that contains the fund to the safe depository without the real contents of the consignment revealed to the company, this he did for security reasons. Nobody knows about this fund, not even the president nor the other Wife s or Kids except me. Me and my little kids are now in peaceful country where they are taking asylum in a refugee Camp because our lives were at risk in our country Turkey, We believe that my Late Husbands Family might come after me because he was very close to me and they have this feeling i know all his secret dealings, that is our reason of leaving the country.I therefore want to seek for your assistance to secure this fund in your country?

Am offering you 30% share of the total funds while we use the rest 70% for our investments but please I have more interest on real estate.

It is to our interest to conclude our transaction as a matter of urgency have it in mind that is risk free . Remember also that this transaction should be handled with utmost secrecy and confidentiality for our own security and safety

i will provide to you more detail information's on how we will move forward.

Yours Sister/Partner
Mrs. Mabo Erol Olcak

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