419 scam: Mr.David Felix <df949443@gmail.com> Dear Sir/Madam........

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- davldfeltx@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.David Felix <df949443@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <davldfeltx@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:04:50 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam........

Dear Sir/madam,

I am Mr.David Felix , My Interest in writing you is anchored on our great desire to establish a strong business relationship with you and your company.

I have the instruction and full confidence of my friend who is a director of foreign contract implementation committee with the "NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)" here in Nigeria to seek for a reliable individual or firm overseas as him and his partners have some funds which they want to transfer out of Nigeria to overseas trustworthy personnel or company's account without further delay for mutual understanding under a business partnership.

If you are interested, revert back to me urgently for more information

Direct Email: davldfeltx@gmail.com

Truly Yours,

Mr.David Felix

Anti-fraud resources:

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