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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: "sen atty" <senatty01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hollywalter2000@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:06:35 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT OFFER FROM BARRISTER SENATOR MARTS

Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise, since I am
Barristersenator marts contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition
below, which will be of mutual benefit to us both.
PROPOSITION
A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge deposit in a security company for investment in the sum
of US$21.2 Million (TwntyOne Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars)he named his wife Mrs. Helga Videurre as the NEXT OF KIN . I was
called upon as his Accredited Attorney to come forward to sign and endorse
documents to this deposit on Mr. Videurre?s behalf. Unfortunately, Mr. &
Mrs. Videurre were killed in the January 14, earthquake that rocked El
Salvador, killing thousands of people and 1200 others were declared missing.
The security company 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 consignment of 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 Lagos 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
security company Management is to declare the deceased consignment dormant
and revert the fund on trading and investment in the interest of the
company. 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 is, that
if we do not use this opportunity to claim this fund , since the deceased
relatives cannot be traced, the management of the company will declare the
deceased’s consignment dormant and revert the fund on Trading and Investment
in the interest of the company. 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 the following details
below:
*Full name, Company or Private Address
*Telephone and Fax number(s).
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 security company for
the release and collection of this consignment, 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 senator marts

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