419 scam: JON FOX <jonfox04@live.com> From Mr Jon Fox,

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "jonfox.co2014@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "jonfox.co2014@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447700017713

Fraud email example:

From: JON FOX <jonfox04@live.com>
Reply-To: jonfox.co2014@live.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:44:05 -0500
Subject: From Mr Jon Fox,

>From Mr Jon Fox,
Phone: +447700017713.
E-mail: JONFOX.CO2014@LIVE.COM=20

Pleasepay attention and understand my aim of e-mailing you today, my name i=
s Jon Fox, Regional Managing Director NatWest Bank plc. London. I ask you c=
onsider this transaction with strict and utmost confidentiality. Being a to=
p executive at NATWEST Bank, I discovered a numbered account with a credit =
balance of =A327,900,000 .00 (Twenty Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand B=
ritish Pounds) that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr Henry =
Stafford Sr.) an American who was a victim of Hurricane Katrina in August 2=
005. With my position at the bank, I have all access, secret details and ne=
cessary contacts to claim these funds without any hitch. I only need your H=
ELP as a foreigner to assume the beneficiary, because my position as a civi=
l servant and a staff of the bank does not permit me or my relatives to mak=
e this claim. Therefore, I want you to stand as the =93Foreign Beneficiary"=
, and I assure you of a perfect transfer strategy that will be placed in yo=
ur name legally, so that nobody will suspect your claims. =20

For your assistance toachieve this greatness, you are entitled to 40% of th=
e total sum GBP=A327,900,000 .00. Upon consideration of the offer, please p=
rovide me (Your full name, Contact address and your direct telephone/fax nu=
mber) to enable me re-profile the fund to your name as the beneficiary and =
guide your contact with NatWest bank for the release and transfer of the fu=
nd to any bank account of your choice. So, considering the volume of discre=
tion required for success of this project, i ask your reply to my private e=
mail:JONFOX.CO2014@LIVE.COM , feel free to call me for clear explanations.=
Thanking you in anticipation of your immediate reply.

Yours truly,

Mr Jon Fox,
Regional Managing Director
NatWest Bank Plc. London=20

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