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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: "isabela clark" <isabel_clark2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:02:04 -0700
Subject: An urgent fund transfer and investment

Mrs.ISABEL CLARK.
Tel :+27 838620232.

Altn:E-mail:isabel_clark2006@hotmail.com

Attn:DIRECTOR/CEO,


Compliments of the season. Please be not be dismayed over this letter since
you do not know me or spoken to each other. With trust and mutual
understanding I write this letter of an appeal for assistance to you I am
Mrs. ISABEL CLARK, wife of Mr. DENNIS CLARK who was murdered in a land
crisis in (Zimbabwe).

The crisis erupted when the President Mr. Robert Mugabe introduced a new
Land Reform Act that is currently affecting the white farmers and some black
farmers who did not support his dictatorial regime. This resulted in
killing, burning of houses and confiscation of properties. Probably you must
have seen and heard this crises across the Cable Network News (CNN) and
British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC)

At the early stage of this crisis my Husband sold most of our properties
including Houses,agricultural equipments and the savings from our Gold and
Diamond business of Twenty-One million dollars (US$21,000,000.00) was
deposited with a security firm in a form of consignment and valuables in the
Republic of South Africa. This money was meant for refurbishing of poultry
and animal husbandry buildings and to foster the implementation of
agricultural equipments to a mechanized farming and also to expand my
private practice.

At the time when the social, economic and political situation becomes
deteriorated and the crisis reached its climax, unemployment have risen to
720% and inflation to 70% respectively. We moved to the Republic of South
Africa and we are recently released from the immigration camp due to the
influx of immigrants.

We are asking you to assist us to transfer this fund into your
private/company's bank account. Since we encounter difficulties with the
South African Exchange policy and bank regulations because of our refugee
status as we work on our travel document to come over to your country. We
would like to invest and settle there once this fund is transferred into
your account. We have made arrangements with South African Reserve Bank to
transfer this fund through the offshore payment center in the United States
of America.

We have agreed to offer you twenty percent of this fund (20%) for your
assistance and guidance. May God bless you and your Family.

Thanking you in anticipation for your positive response.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. ISABEL CLARK{For the family}.

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