Scams
Advance-fee scam
In Turkish: Peşin ücret dolandırıcılığı
You are promised a prize, loan, job or inheritance, but first have to pay a fee, tax or deposit that never ends.
The promise is large and the fee looks small, so paying seems reasonable. After the first payment a new cost appears: a tax, a release charge, a processing fee. The reward never arrives.
A real prize does not ask you to pay to receive it, and a real lender does not ask for a fee before lending. If you did not enter the draw, you cannot have won it.
What to do
- Do not pay anything to receive a prize, loan or job offer.
- Ask yourself whether you really entered the draw or applied for the job.
- Stop contact once a payment is asked, and keep the messages as evidence.