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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: "MRS MARIAM ABACHA." <mrs.mariam.abacha@k.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: myousef@myself.com
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:12:30 +0000
Subject: Your help


Dear Friend


I am delighted to write this letter to you hoping
that you will understand my predicament and answer back without
hesitation. I am MRS MARIAM ABACHA wife of the
former late Nigerian Head of State GENERAL SANI ABACHA.
I got your contact through business inquires from the chamber or
commerce as I was making contact for a Honest foreigner
who will help save my life and my children, hence our
country has been frustrating us since the death of my
husband.

I am in possession of $20,000.000 (TWENTY MILLION U.S
DOLLARS) which I want to invest in your country. For your
clarification and understanding, this money is in a
truck
box which was deposited with a finance and security
company
indisguise as a family treasure since 5th of May 1997.
it
is not an ill gotten wealth rather it was WILLED to me
by my late husband. On your acceptance to render this
assistance to me,I will instruct the finance company to
effect the change of ownership of this fund to your
name as
the bona-fide owner/my next of kin to enable you
retrieve
the fund since the box can not be moved out of the
country
by the family's name.

It is very important that you forward to me your private
telephone and fax numbers/occupation,to enable me send
all
relevant documents pertaining the deposit of this fund
to
you. Bear in mind that this transaction demands absolute
confidentiality because all properties,assets and bank
accounts both local and international bearing
the ABACHA'S family name, are been confiscated by the
Already elected civilian President of Nigeria so called
(President Olusegun Obasanjo)hence I will not want to be
exposed.

For your knowledge, 20% of this fund $20,000.000 (TWENTY
MILLION U.S DOLLARS) will be given to you if you assist
me
to secure this fund and another 10% has set aside for
all
the expenses you might incur during the process of
securing
this fund. Example: TELEPHONE/FAX BILLS and any other
miscellaneous expenses. And bear in mind that this is
the
only remaining fund for the survival of my family.

I will like you to contact my brother-inlaw who is
residing in london to discuss more on this
transaction as i am not in the position to talk on phone
as regards this matter since i am still under suverliance
by the present administration.

You can contact him on :
Name : Mohammed Youssef
Email: myousef@myself.com
Tel: +447040101561

Thanks as I wait for your immediate reply
View this website and see how my
family's name is messed up;

I. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/877113.stm
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2282366.stm
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1606565.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1576527.stm

Yours truly.

MRS MARIAM ABACHA.

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