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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "gura.eren@member-turkiyefinans.com"
<gura.eren@member-turkiyefinans.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 07:55:27 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


Good day,

One of our confidential client whom we have worked with in the past is in a difficult situation and she is looking for someone like you to help her move/transfer out her asset sum $45 Million USD out of Turkey and reinvest it in your region over a period of 10 years.

I am reaching out to you to see if you are capable to receiving and managing it on a profitable business.

Please revert back to me for me details

Warm Greetings
MS. Harun YILMAZ
CEO/PARTNER
________________________________
YASAL UYARI:
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