Scammers with fake treasure maps con victims out of $1.32 million

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A group of scammers in Turkey's Tunceli region allegedly defrauded citizens out of $1.32 million in an elaborate scam involving fake ancient treasure maps. The suspects apparently traveled to villages giving out the maps and encouraged citizens to search for the treasures.

Of course, the "ancient artifacts" were junk that that t…