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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: "Dr Mrs Mariam" <mab01@handbag.com>
Reply-To: osodiyaeme@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:08:43 +0200
Subject: Urgent Message
My Dear,
How are you and your family today ? I hope that you are all okay ? I am
sending this proposal with due sense of humanity, responsibility and with
few awareness that you will give it a sympathetic attention. I regret the
inconvenience it may cause you based on the fact that we have not met before.I
found information about you and decided to contact you for an important
assistance . It is with heart full of hope that I write to seek your assistance
in the context below.
May I first introduce my self as Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the wife of Late
General Sani Abacha (former military head of state and president of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria) who died on 8th June 1998 while in active service.
I am seeking your assistance in the transfer of the sum of $11 M (Eleven
Million United States Dollars )to your country. The money came from a contract
deal between my late husband and a Russian firm in our country's multi million
Dollar Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Plant.The Russians returned my late husbands
share of $11M after his death and I deposited it in our family's vault.
Now the civillian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has intensified
his probe of my late husband's activities while in office and he has seized
almost all our property and has also frozen all our accounts as well as
other assets as a retaliation for what my late husband did to him when he
was alive as the Head of State of Nigeria.We have now been decleared bankrupt
and have since been under house arrest.
Pls do visit the websites below to comfirm my request to you
.<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/877113.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2282366.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1606565.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1576527.stm>
I acted fast and withdrew the money from our security vault and disguised
it and deposited it in a privately owned security company. I agree that
25 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the
provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for expenses incured
during the business and 70% would be for me and my family . There after
I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated. The Security Company,s law and guideline here stipulates that
if such money remained uncliamed after Eight years, the money will be transfered
into the Security Company treasury account as unclaimed fund.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.Trusting
to hear from you immediately. And send to my attention the following information
of yours to begin
the transaction.
1. Your full names
2. Your full address.
3. Your phone and fax numbers including mobile phone if any.
I would have my Attorney contact you as soon as I hear from you
Best regards.
Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha.
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