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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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 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.
  • +447853197554
• 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.
  • jonathan_lloyd01101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jonathan Lloyd" <jonathan_lloyd@jrlloyd.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jonathan_lloyd01101@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:40:34 +0200
Subject: Jonathan Lloyd

From: Mr. Jonathan Lloyd
C/o South Africa High Commission,
South Africa House,
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DP

Phone: +447 853 197 554

The purpose of this letter is to briefly introduce myself and request for your services in acquisition of business interests.

As a first step in my request for your services, I would like you to inform me on your area of expertise and explore the opportunity of you meeting with my associate to discuss legal and contract concerns. At the same time, I will also like to inform you that your ideas and advice in any viable profit oriented business will be most welcomed as we are new to investments in your location.

As a prospective client, I strongly believe that my paramount concern is how best I can maximize your services to the fullest in achieving my investment goals.

I do hope my request is acceptable to you. Please acknowledge the receipt of this proposal by sending a response email, so that I may proceed with arrangements. I would greatly appreciate if you send your response mails to my personal mailbox jonathan_lloyd01101@yahoo.com <mailto:jonathan_lloyd01101@yahoo.com>

I look forward to meeting with you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Jonathan R. Lloyd

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