419 scam: Senoir Advocate Divine Nso <presidency.office@yandex.com> Attention Legal Transaction Owner:

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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:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united states 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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: Senoir Advocate Divine Nso <presidency.office@yandex.com>
Reply-To: Senoir Advocate Divine Nso <uaepayingcenter@xd.ae>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 03:10:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Legal Transaction Owner:

Attention Legal Transaction Owner:

With due respect, This reminder email is coming to you From Federal Court Authorities West Africa Benin Rep, please we are bringing to you this notice to inform you that every problem you were having on receiving your Compensation payment from West Africa have come to the end only if you follow the instruction from this office Federal Court Authorities, Be earlier inform that from this moment up word that you don`t need to deal with any person, offices, authorities even Western Union or Money Gram in West Africa or even those that using the name of IMF or Interpol, because your total amount in transaction in West Africa worth US$13,000.000 (Thirteen Million United States Dollars) is now in our care and as from today any office or individual that email you from Africa in name of transaction please forward the email to our office because it took us long time to recovered all your file after the report we got from World President Barack Obama to our ECO-WAS
president,

We have delaying on your payment because of the the Federal Publican Holiday we have since but now that we have resume please how will you like to receive your payment email us back to let us know how you want your fund either by transfer or through ATM Master card

Thanks For Being Understand
Best Regard.
Senior Advocate Divine Nso.

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