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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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Fraud email example:

From: alexandraclif@classicmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:53:38 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

FROM:BARRISTER,ALEXANDRA CLIF
TEL:27-73-337-3727
EMAIL:alexandraclif@classicmail.co.za




HELLO,


Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise, since we have
not met, permit me however, I am Barrister.Alexandra Clif, I am
contacting you to kindly assist me in the Project below, which will be of
mutual benefit to us both.


A salvadorean, Mr.Harvey Ashley, 66 years of age and a very
prosperous farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in
the sum of US$13.5 Million (Thirteen Million, Five hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) he named his wife Mrs. Helga Ashley as the
NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an Accredited Attorney to the bank to sign and
endorse documents to this deposit on Mr.Ashley's behalf.

Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Ashley were killed in the January 14,
earthquake that rocked El Salvador , killing thousands of people and 1200 others were
declared missing. The bank management now mandates
me (being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the deposit papers for
the deceased to trace the family relatives of the deceased so that the fund will be released to them.

I was made to understand that they had no children. I made several
efforts through the El Salvador High Commission in South Africa to contact any
of the deceased family relatives, but to no avail. Failure to reach any of the
family relatives of the deceased , the only option left for the Bank?s Management
is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund on trading and investment
in the interest of the bank.

In order to avoid this development since it has so far been
impossible to trace any of the deceased family relatives. I now seek
your permission and assistance to have you stand as a distant
relatives to the deceased. So that the fund can be released to you and we can
use it for our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern in this matter,
if we do not use this opportunity to claim this

fund , since the deceased relatives cannot be traced, the management
of the bank will declare the deceased?s account dormant and revert
the fund on Trading and Investment in the interest of the bank.

For your assistance, you will be compensated adequately with (40%)
of the total sum (55%) will be my own share while (5%) will be set
aside to cover any incidental expense made both at home and abroad
prior to this transaction . If you are interested in assisting me with
this matter, please send to me urgently via my
EMAIL; alexandraclif@classicmail.co.za, the following details below;


*Your Full name, Company or Private Address
*Telephone and Fax number,Your bank details.

Upon receiving the above details from you, I will work out every
documents/proof representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant
relative and when this is done, you will be contacted by the bank for
the release and collection of this fund, which will be within one week of
my receiving the above details from you . I will meet with you in your
country for disbursement after the fund might have been released to you and
also to discuss investment potentials as
I will like to invest in your country with your assistance.

Be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, as I have
taken care of all necessary modalities to enable a hitch free
transaction.Kindly ensure to treat this matter in strict privacy (Highly Confidential).

yours sincerely,
BARRISTER,ALEXANDRA CLIF

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