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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: "Mr.Mohammed Abacha" <abachamohammed@handbag.com>
Reply-To: mohaaba22@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:32:40 +0100
Subject: SO URGENT PLEASE

URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Dear Sir/Ma,

CHAKE THIS AND YOU WILL FIND OUT WHY I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE URGENTLY:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_909000/909972.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_877000/877113.stm


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.

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 $20,000,000.00 with a security firm
abroad whose name is withheld for now until we open communications. The
money is contained in a metal 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 younger brother (Abbas) only. So I will deal directly with you. I
am proposing a 20% 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.
email:mohaaba22@yahoo.ca

View this website for more info please
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_909000/909972.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_877000/877113.stm


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