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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • johnsonmarkins@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "markins johnson" <johnson_markins@rediffmail.com>
Date: 5 Aug 2006 09:16:01 -0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP VENTURE


PARTNERSHIP VENTURE
Mr:Johnson Markin

I am one of the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here in
South
Africa.During the course of our auditing, I discovered floating
fund in an
account opened in the bank in since 1998 and since 2000, nobody
has operated
this account again. After going through some old files in the
records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a
[Heir/WILL], hence the
money is in sundry and if I do not remit this money out urgently
it will be
forfeited to the bank as excess profit.
The owner of this account is a foreigner, a great farmer and he
died
in 2000.No other person knows about this account or anything
concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as
well that until his death he was the manager of AGRI-GOLD ARK
[pty]. SA. We
will start the first transfer with Six million [$6,000.000] upon
successful
transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply
for the payment of the rest of the amount to your account that you
will
provide.

The total amount involved is ($26 Million) Twenty six million
United
States Dollars only. I am only contacting you as a farmer because
this money can not be
approved to a local person in South Africa, but can only be
approved to any
foreigner whom the bank will believe was a partner to the deceased
and in similar
business.However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together when we
meet face to face after the first transfer of $6 million before
transferring the second part of $20 million. I am revealing this
to you with believe in
God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the
first
and the only person that I am contacting for this business, so
please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently.
Send also
your private telephone and fax number so that we can discuss other
details.
I would want this funds to be invested into your company business
and our
haring modus will be 7% will be mapped out for all expenses and
miscellaneous
that will be incurred in the course of this transaction, 3% will
go to our
contact person in the pay out centre in Europe where the funds
will be booked
for payment, 30% of the investment will go to you and I will have
60%.
I am presently in Europe trying to perfect some documents
regarding
the funds claim so that once you indicate interest it will be easy
to follow up
as I will be here for only 3 days on official trip.
Kindly respond if you are interested in this proposal so that once
I
go back home to South Africa I can start normalizing the documents
in your
favour with my influence and my position in the bank as I am due
for retirement.
My contact person in the payment centre in Europe will do
everything
possible to assist in the course of the process so that it will be
a hitch free
transaction with success achieved. I will destroy all documents
of
transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to
any place and to
build confidence you can reach me for heart to heart discussion
through my
security encrypted E-mail: Johnsonmarkins@yahoo.com, which I
secured for
the confidentiality and safety of this business as you know that
this
business is confidential. I will use my position and influence to
obtain all
legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account
with
appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign
exchange
departments.

I look forward to your earliest reply.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Johnson Markin

N.B do check your bunk mails and send your reply through my
security
encrypted E-mail:
Johnsonmarkins@yahoo.com

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