419 scam: "Dr. Ehigie M Uzoma"<sdagQX22@woody.ocn.ne.jp> Your Unpaid Funds is Ready

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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:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Ehigie M Uzoma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ehigie.uzoma@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 08:40:28 -0400
Subject: Your Unpaid Funds is Ready

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE.
FINANCE MINISTRY BUILDING COMPLEX.
CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA, GARKI
ABUJA NIGERIA.
Our Ref: CBN/FMF/CBX/021/001/013

Attention: Hon. Beneficiary
I am Dr. Ehigie M Uzoma, the Committee Chairman on Local and Foreign Debt payment, Federal Republic of Nigeria, I was instructed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Good luck Ebele Jonathan to find out why your contract/Inheritance claim fund have not been credited to your account, after several instructions has been passed to all various Government quarters that all over due contract/Inheritance claim payments should be released as a lot of petitions by beneficiaries has been received by the Presidency.
What this office want from you is to reconfirm your telephone and fax numbers and other information’s below to know why you have not received your payment up-till date, However I will give my assistance to make sure your payment file are in order, as two people came for the claim of the fund and submitted account saying that you are ill and have sent them.

(1) Your Full Name.
(2) Phone, Fax and Mobile Number#.
(3) Company’s Name, Position and Address.
(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status.
(5) Copy of your Intl Passport or Scanned Identity to prove you.

I promise you that after receiving all the needed information’s from you I will pass your payment file to the Presidential Committee Chairman on Foreign Debt Payment for verification of your Payment file and to ensure that your fund transfer is effects to your account without further delay.
I hope to read from you soon.

Dr. Ehigie M Uzoma,
Federal Ministry of Finance

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