419 scam: "Hendrietta Zulu"<hibz19691969@yahoo.com.ph> Urgent response is needed

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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 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hendrietta Zulu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hbzulu1969@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:07:34 -0400
Subject: Urgent response is needed

I Greet You in Jesus Name,

I am H.I.B Zulu, Deputy Minister of Public Works under the appointment of our new President, Jacob Zuma since 11th of May 2009, life as we all know have different winds, the wind that take you towards a joyous moment and that which retrogresses. At this moment I have found myself between this wind of life, due to my inability as a widow and mother of (3) three children to cushion the effect. I am also visually impaired since the death of my beloved husband as a result of Gun shot injury by the rebels in Angola.

In this regard, I am contacting you to solicit a private relationship. I want you to stand as the beneficiary of my family funds of US$35,000,000.00(Thirty Five Million United States Dollars) left behind by my Husband in an offshore account with CREDIT SUISSE BANK , BASEL, SWITZERLAND.

This funds emanated as a result of an over invoice contract done by him during his active days, more information will be divulged to you after securing your consent to stand in for us as the beneficiary of the funds and promise never to betray me, as I am afraid that South African Government might review those contracts awarded few years back, they might confiscate this funds, if it’s found in my possession.

I am willing to offer you a reasonable compression of the total funds for your cooperation and assistance once the funds have been completed transfer to your bank account.

I will also love to invest the funds with you, if you have any business plans and investment options.

For more details information regarding my profiles, you can log on: http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_profile.jsp?id=6422#

Please, do not write or contact me on the information on the web sit, for security reasons, we are been frequently monitored, Do keep this information and transaction strictly confidential.

Thanks

Hendrietta Zulu

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