419 scam: "Dr Hu Zuliu Fred" <zuhufrh@msn.com> This is the third time I am writing you an email

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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: "Dr Hu Zuliu Fred" <zuhufrh@msn.com>
Reply-To: zuliufredhu@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:34:36 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: This is the third time I am writing you an email

Good Day,

This is the third time I am writing you an email,My name is Dr Hu Zuliu
Fred, I work with Hang Seng bank In Hong Kong.I need your assistance in
effecting a transaction worth $15,500,000.00 million USD intend to give
30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance.
I will notify you on the full transaction on receipt of your response if
interested, and I shall send you the details. Should you be interested?

Please send me the following:1.Full names, 2.Private phone number,
3.Current residential address

Kind Regards,
Dr Hu Zuliu Fred

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Esta mensagem da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa),
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7 de dezembro de 1972, é enviada exclusivamente a seu destinatário e pode
conter informações confidenciais, protegidas por sigilo profissional. Sua
utilização desautorizada é ilegal e sujeita o infrator às penas da lei. Se
você a recebeu indevidamente, queira, por gentileza, reenviá-la ao emitente,
esclarecendo o equivoco.

Confidentiality note

This message from Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), a
government company established under Brazilian law (5.851/72), is directed
exclusively to its addressee and may contain confidential data, protected
under professional secrecy rules. Its unauthorized use is illegal and may
subject the transgressor to the law's penalties. If you are not the addressee,
please send it back, elucidating the failure.

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