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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: "Barrister Ahmed Usman Danfodio" <ahmedlaw004@arabia.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ahmedlaw004@lycos.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:57:30 +0200
Subject: Your Kind Attention.
AHMED USMAN DANFODIO & CO.CHAMBER.
(Legal Practitioners)
Blk 804-Law House Building
Marina, Lagos - Nigeria.
E-Mail:barr_ahmed234@arabia.com
ATTN;CEO/PRESIDENT:
IT IS MY HUMBLE PLEASURE TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM INTERNET DURING MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH A CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.
I AM BARRISTER AHMED USMAN DANFODIO, A FAMILY LAWYER TO OUR LATE MILITARY RULER,GENERAL SANI ABACHA WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN POWER ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 1998. SINCE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH,THE FAMILY HAS SUFFERED A LOT OF HARASSMENT FROM THE REGIME THAT SUCCEEDED HIM.
RECENTLY, HIS WIFE MRS MARYAM ABACHA WAS BANNED FROM TRAVELLING OUTSIDE NIGERIA BEING A FALLOUT FROM THE SEIZURE OF 38 SUITE CASES CONTAINING CASH/MONEY(USD.800 MILLION)FROM HER AT THE AMINU KANO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ON HER WAY TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALSO HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM HER AND HER SON WHO IS IN INCARCERATION NOW.
THERE ARE STILL LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN HARD CURRENCY WHICH IS IN SAFE KEEPING IN A SECURITY FIRM IN EUROPE AND MRS ABACHA HAS SHOWN ME DOCUMENTS OF WHERE THE HUSBAND DEPOSITED US$35 MILLION IN A SECURITY VAULT FOR SAFE KEEPING.
HOWEVER, THE FAMILY IS NOW BANKRUPT FOLLOWING THE INCARCERATION OF MOHAMMED HER SON WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR THE MURDER OF KUDIRAT ABIOLA THE WIFE OF LATE CHIEF MOSHOOD ABIOLA. RECENTLY THE FAMILY APPROACHED ME TO GET A RELIABLE PERSON WHO WILL CLAIM THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY BEFORE MY GOVT GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE SAID FUND WITH A SECURITY FIRM.
THIS MONEY IS ALREADY IN (SECURITY VAULT ) AND IT IS
DEPOSITED WITH DIPLOMATIC BOXES, AS ARTIFACTS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS AND KNOWN AS CONSIGNMENBT BY THE SECURITY FIRM ,IT IS ONLY THE BOTH OF US THAT KNOWS IT CONTAINS CASH/MONEY.
IF YOUR CONDITION IS ACCEPTABLE WE WILL PREPARE YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE BOXES AND REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF 25% WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS WITH US. THE SECURITY COMPANY HAVE CALLED US TO DO SOME THING ABOUT CLAIMING THIS BOXES WHICH WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE SHALL GET INTOUCH WITH THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
REMEMBER THAT WE ARE MAKING THIS CONTACT BECAUSE WE CANNOT TRAVEL OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR NOW. NOTE THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED BECAUSE I AM ALSO INVOLVED AS THE ABACHA'S DEFENCE ATTORNEY. THEREFORE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION:
PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED JUST DESTROY THIS INFORMATION, AS THIS IS A TOP SECRET. WE SHALL BE PREPARED TO DO MORE BUSINESS WITH YOU AT THE END OF THIS TRANSACTION.
THANK YOU.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
BARRISTER USMAN DANFODIO
(SAN) B.L, LLB, PH.D)
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