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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: =?UTF-8?B?QWR2LiBNZWhtZXQgS2VsZcWf?= <adv.k.mehmet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 07:54:39 -0100
Subject:


Greetings!
My apology for interrupting your daily activity, I sent you this message
previously but I did not get a response from you and that is why I'm
resending it, Please take just a moment of your time to read my email
because it's requires an urgent attention and you will benefit from it,

My name is Mehmet KeleÅŸ, I am a legal practitioner working in the area of
family jurisdiction, I lost my client and his family to a car accident, he
has the sum of ($13,880,000.00 USD) with his bank which is about to be
confiscated because, He was a contractor here in Turkey and he also
supplies heavy house and road construction equipment, I want the Left fund
to be released to your custody as family next of kin before this fund gets
confiscated by the executive officials of the finance Company here.

The reason why I contacted you into this matter is due to you having the
same surname with my late client also he's a native of your country and
there is no registered name as heir in his account file with the finance
company, Just reply urgently to enable me to give you all necessary and
more information and clarifications about this transaction for your better
understanding, if you are interested.

Have a wonderful day as I wait for your prompt response!

Yours faithfully!

Barr. Mehmet KeleÅŸ Esq.

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