419 scam: "Mr. Mark Johnson Bonida"<jbonida@gmail.com> Mr. Johnson Mark Bonida, south Africa

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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:
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- mjbonida@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Mark Johnson Bonida" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mjbonida@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:37:59 +0100
Subject: Mr. Johnson Mark Bonida, south Africa

Hello Dear,

I am Mr.Johnson Bonida, a Chartered Portfolio Manager(CPM) with the External Division of ABSA Group,
(www.absa.co.za) one of the African Largest Investment Bank and a major financial service provider in Africa.

My primary duties are investment counselling and Portfolio Investment management in the FDI sector, these
entails managing all sort of investment portfolios (such as stocks, bonds, futures and future options
etc) with a limited power of attorney to operate clients accounts on the purpose of buying and selling of
shares and other investment purposes that will yield interest to capital without requiring further client's
approval for investment purposes.

I am South African Citizen, what I am about to disclose to you is highly confidential and I trust that you will
not betray the confidence I am reposing on you. In carrying out my duties as external investment manager,
I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and was able to confidentially extract 1.2% from all Investment
Returns Earned from several investors on the underlying assets over a period of 3years.

>From this expertise arithmetic, I am able to accumulate the sum US$8.5Million from the investor's EMCRP.
The company annual report has been duly concluded and dividends declared while clients are much
happier with the annual returns than the previous years under review.

I am here by asking you to come and stand as an investor to receive this fund as annual Investment
Proceeds from KAS BANK, NETHERLANDS which is one of our affliate in Europe. Once clients are
satisfied with the annual earnings the deal is as good as being concluded.

I have nurtured and protected this deal for the past two years and if I am assured of your interest, honesty
and capability, If we both agree on an acceptable memorandum of understanding, I will open an Online
Investors Account with KAS BANK, NETHERLANDS using this accumulated Fund as initial account deposit for
investment. I have master plan for the withdrawals which I shall forward to you for your perusal.
My major reason for contacting you is that I have decided to move this Fund at this time out of Netherlands and
to my partner's country because final external audit has been conducted without trace of the said deductions.

What I need is someone trustworthy to receive the money for me in a legitimate manner of a stock investor
and I hope you might fit that profile.I have made all the arrangements and plans to enable me to move the
money from Netherlands to a country of my choice without hindrance. For your assistance and help in receiving
this money, you will benefit a reasonable part of the total money as we may both agree.

I will need your help to clear this money it has been here for 2 years without traces. If you are interested in this transaction
kindly forward to me your private tel/fax numbers, and contact address to furnish you more with details.
Should you be interested, please email me ( mjbonida@yahoo.com) with your consent for further discussion.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Johnson Bonida.

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