419 scam: "Mrs, Talia Okot" <taliaokot12@gmail.com> Good day!!

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs, Talia Okot" <taliaokot12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs, Talia Okot" <talia.okot12@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:39:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good day!!

Greetings

My name is Mrs. Talia Okot.
I am in search of a property to buy in your country as I intended to come over to your country for investment, though I have not met with you before but I believe that one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

My late husband deals on Crude Oil with Federal Government of Sudan and he has a personal Oil firm in Bentiu Oil zone town and Upper Nile city. However, due to the recent Ethnic civil war caused by our President Mr. Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr. Riek Machar, I have been under United Nation refugee camp in our neighboring country Chad to save my life and that of my little daughter.

Though, I do not know how you will feel to my proposal. I escaped with my little daughter when the rebels burst into our house on 21/06/2015 and killed my husband as one of the big oil dealers in the country, ever since then,
I left my country and move to Chad our neighboring country with the little ceasefire we had, due to the face to face peace talk meeting accord, coordinated by the US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry and United Nations in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) between our President Mr Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr. Riek Machar to stop this war.

I want to solicit for your partnership with trust to invest the US$8 million dollars, deposited by my late husband in the Bank, because my life is no longer safe in our country, since the rebels are looking for the families of all the big oil business men in the country to kill, saying that they are the one that is milking the country dry.

I will offer you 20% of the total fund for your help while I will partner with you for the investment in your country If I get your reply.

I will wait to hear from you so as to give you details.
With love from
Mrs. Talia Okot.

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