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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.abacha48@tiscali.at
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:59:19 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY

CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

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 Dr Maryam Abacha
the wife of the late Nigerian head of State General Sani Abacha. I got your
contact on the internet 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 $25 000.000 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY)
which I want to invest in your country. For your clarification and understanding,this
money in a box which my husband deposited in the finance and security company
in dis-guise as a family treasure since 11th of febuary 1998, is not an
ill gotten wealth rather, it was generated from my organisation FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAM (F.S.P). I will enlighten you more of this organisation if you
indicate a helping interest to secure this money on my behalf.

On your acceptance to render this assistance to me,I will instruct the
finance company to effect a change of ownership of this fund in your name
as the bona-fide owner to enable you claim the fund from the security and
finance company,also I will disclose to you the country and the name of
the finance and security company where this money is being deposited.

What I demand from you now is to arrange for a visit to the finance company
where this money is being deposited and claim it as the bona-fide owner.It
is very ideal you forward to me your private telephone and fax numbers to
enable me send all relevant documents pertaining the deposit of this fund
for your clarification and more understanding.

Bear in mind that this transaction demands absolute confidentiality becauseproperties
and bank accounts both local and international bearing the Abacha's family
name, are being ordered to be confiscated by the newly elected civilian
President of Nigeria (President Olusegun Obasanjo) hence I will not want
to be exposed.

No record is known about this fund by the government because there is no
documentation showing that we received such funds. Due to the current situation
in the country and government attitude to my family, I cannot make use
of this money within, thus I seek your help in transferring this funds
out of the security company where it is been deposited in europe.

Let me refer you to the front page of This Day Newspapers of 10th March
2001.You can check it through their website:www.thisdayonline.com , click
on archives,8th.june,2001) The present government in Nigeria had frozen
and seized all my bank accounts both here in Nigeria and abroad.

When you thruogh this site you see with me that the present govt does not
even want me and my family to fall back to any in their fight to take whatever
my husband saved both at home and abroad but thank God no body know about
this very fund.

http://www.jubileeplus.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm
http://www.odili.net/news/source/2003/nov/25/324.html
http://www.odiousdebts.org/odiousdebts/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=4643


Thus l shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss in detail
aboutthis transaction For your knowledge, 25% of this fund $25 000.000 (TWENTY
FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) will be given to you if you assist me to secure
this fund and another 5% has been set aside for all the expenses you might
incur during the process of securing this fund.Example: TELEPHONE BILLS,HOTEL
BILLS, FLIGHT BILLS and other mislenous expenses.

When you must have taken the agreed percentage, you will use part of the
balanceto buy a living house for my family there in your country, where
we shall live in the future and the remaining part will be kept for investment
package also in your country which will be under your supervision.

Contact me through my son (OMAR ABACHA) who recently escaped from Nigeria
to Johannesboug South Africa where he is now staying as a refuge on his
email address (omarabacha@hotmail.com) to avoid us losing this money,since
it is the only remaining fund for the survival of my family.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours sincerely,

MRS.MARYAM ABACHA

Please for security reasons reply to my alternative email
(mrs_abacha48@yahoo.com)





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