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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. Alice Turan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <citipmt@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:50:49 +0100
Subject: Urgent Information

Hello dear,

How are you today? I am Mrs. Alice Turan, married to Engr. Sami Turan a Turkish citizen who worked with Shell Petroleum Company Australia for Twenty Years before he died on the 25th of July in the year 2013. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks. We were married without any child. Since after the death of my husband, I decided not to re-marry and presently am 62 years old.

When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of $3 Million USD with Access Bank Plc in Bahamas. Presently the funds are still with the bank and the management of the bank wrote me as the next beneficiary to my late husband to come forward to receive his benefits or have the account confiscated but due to my health condition and my life status at this time, am unable to go and claim this money as I see no need for it.

I have a deadly disease on my Lungs called Laryngeal cancer, and it is terminal, medical science cannot do anything for me at this stage. From doctor indications, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that my death is very close to me as I can see my life quickly ebbing away. The stage is worst more than two months now and I have been hospitalized which affected my ability to talk. I am an orphan, no Parents, no brothers and no sisters but my country home origin is Netherlands where my late husband and I met. We were working in the same Shell Company in Netherlands before my late husband was posted and transferred to Australia which I relocated with him and presently am in Australia.

Due to my poor health condition and based on doctors report, am scared that my life is almost at the end, so I decided to distribute this money to some orphanage homes.

Please, I want you to help me distribute this $3 Million USD to some orphanage homes in Turkey for the happiness of my late husband and I when my spirit shall go to rest. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money.

If I receive your reply and acceptance to carry out my dying wishes, I’ll give you all the information on how to collect the money from the bank. I will also write to the Bank and inform them to contact you and release the fund to you. Please assure me that you will make my dying wishes come true.

I am waiting for your reply and wish you will put me in your prayers hence forth. My private email is citipmt@googlemail.com

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Alice Turan.

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