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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: Alhaji Mohammed Abacha <almohammedabacha@yahoo.ie>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:36:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS
FROM THE DESK OF
ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
No. 880 ALLEN AVENUE,
IKEJA LAGOS, NIGERIA, 23401
URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
I am Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late Nigerian Head of State
who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services.
Following the sudden death of my father, General Sani Abacha, the
present Civilian Government has thrown my family and I into a state of utter
confusion, frustration,and hopelessness.
I have been subjected to inhuman physical and physiological
torture,incarceration by the security Agents in my country. I was only
recently released from detention after been arraigned before the
Federal High Court of Nigeria for an offence committed by my late father.
The incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has
intensified his probe into my late father's activities while in the
office and he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts together with
other assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late father did to him
when he was alive as the Head of the Military regime in Nigeria. As a matter
of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they are not relenting to make
us poor for life.
As a man that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
within my country as all those who benefited immensely during the regime of my late father have openly abandoned all my family.
MY REASONS FOR CONTACTING YOU.
I got your contacts through my personal research and out of desperation
decided to reach you through this medium. I would like you to contact
My Late father's Lawyer Sir Adams Williams on his Telephone Number
(234)-8034383080/ E-mail: siradamswill@yahoo.com
You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late father in different Banks and security firms abroad. Some of these banks and security firms willingly gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my family's cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.
Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you and I hope you will
not betray my confidence in you.
I have secretly deposited the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00) with a security firm outside Nigeria whose name is withheld for now until we open communications. The money is contained in a customised trunk box consignment with Security Deposit Number.
I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your Bank
account for safekeeping. This arrangement is known to you and my junior brother (Abbas) only. So I will deal directly with you. I am proposing a 30%
share of the fund to you for your kind assistance. I shall provide for you
all the documents of the fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney to enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank
account.
Also this transaction demands absolute confidentiality. On no condition must you disclose it to anybody irrespective of your relation with the
person.
Remember, Loose lips sinks ship
I am looking forward to your urgent and positive response via my email
above.
Best regards
Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.
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