419 scam: felix damian <felixdamian033@yahoo.com> From Felix Damians

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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:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22505115852 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: felix damian <felixdamian033@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: felix_damians@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:36:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Felix Damians

From Felix Damians
Tel.+225 05115852

Hello Dear,
Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature.

I want someone like you to help me out after i had pray ,then believes that you are a good person and that i can stay with you for the rest of my life , am 23 years old boy , My late father is a wealthy and successful business man before he died , My mum died when i was a baby boy, am the only child in the family.

Before the death of my father , he called me secretly in the private hospital where he was admitted and inform me to run away from his house because of his blood brother, who is my uncle, It was on that day, my dad revealled to me that , it was his brother who poisoned him to this level .

And he told me that he used my name to deposit ( us dollars 12.5million ) in the bank and he seriously advise me to transfer this total money to oversea account for my investment, where i will start my new life and finish my education , Because of this reason, i am soliciting your assistance for the claim and transfer to your bank account for the business.

Honestly speaking , i am ready to give you 15percent of this total money for your assistance and with extra 5percent for your expenses on phone call, please reply me now if really serious to help me out so that i can tell you more about my intention and forward to you some of the legal papers after knowing you more better.

All about the money are legal and i have all the legal papers with me which the bank issued to my late father the day of this deposit,

Anyway,you can not understand anything now because it is a long story but please and please for God sake , reply me so that i can tell you more about myself and the transfer and also forward all the legal papers of the deposit to you.

Thanks and remain bless with your family as i wait for your urgent reply soonest,
Yours Felix Damians.

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