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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: "MARIAM ABACHA" <mmariam_abacha25@fastermail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mmariam_abacha055@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:58:23 -0800
Subject: GOOD RELATIONSHIP!!!
FROM: MARIAM A.ABACHA
6 Gidado Idris Road
Kano State
Nigeria.
Dear Beloved Father,
First, let me apologies for the surprise or embarrassment this mail may
cause you. I beg for your sincere understanding with due regards, I take the liberty to contact you for this urgent business transaction which will be of immense benefit to all parties concerned.
I am soliciting your immediate assistance or co-operation as to enable my family round up the remains of our life. Following the sudden death of my husband General Sani Abacha, who was the former head of state of Nigeria in June 8,1998.I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by this present civilian administration.
The security agents or rather his followers have subjected me to physical and mental torture in my country. And believe me, I and my children have not done anything wrong, we were never part of my late husband regime. The new president has succeeded in turning the whole country against us.
My late husband for treasonable offence just because, this present day President of Nigeria planned a coup d’etat against my husband in 1995 and was charged by the military heads this. He was tried, sentenced and jailed by my late husband's government before my late husband died. It is rumored that these same people, “May his soul rest imperfect peace”, secretly murdered my husband.
This same man (Rtd.General Olusegun Obasanjo) was released and elected as the President of this country in 1999 and since then he has openly vowed that, he will frustrate my family and wipe out our entire family and he is really doing that to us now. My son was framed up and is still under detention, arraigned before the federal Supreme Court of Nigeria holding in Abuja for an offence he did not commit. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with everybody within the country.
You must have heard over the media reports and the internet on the recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my husband in different Trustee/Deposit firms abroad, some companies willingly give u their secrets and disclosed our money confidently lodged there on outright blackmail.
Some companies willingly give up their secrets and disclosed our money, which we confidentially lodged there on outright blackmail. In fact US$620 million dollars were confiscated by Luxembourg authoritiesthe, 550 million dollars in Swiss bank accounts linked to my husband was frozen by the Swiss authorities since 1999, Fifteen (15) British banks were actually censured in March 2001 for tax controls on my late Husband's Bank Accounts.
This present government has turned the people against my entire family and they are really out to punish us and make my family poor for life. I can not really explain the measure of the kind of suffering my family is going through right now.
Come to think of it, I am a woman and I was not in any way part of my husband's military regime. My late husband may have stepped on toes during his tenure, he was a difficult soldier and I never had any control over him or his government. So I do not see why his poor children and I should be going through all these.
I have been looking for help and due to my previous experience I am afraid that if I contact any other embassy I might be exposed. Please do not betray me. Some time ago, I deposited the sum of [US$64.7 million U.S. dollars for my late husband in a security firm, whose name I cannot disclose now until I gain your trust and I can open communication with you. The money was deposited there in a form, which I would explain later.
I engaged the assistance of an Italian Business man by name Mr. Paulo Luigi of Milano Construction S.P.A who assisted to finance and receive the release of the US$50 Million to him for Safe Keeping. I was surprised to find out Later that Mr. Paulo Luigi has fraudulently deceived my family and me. He made away with my money and all efforts to trace him proved abortive.
I will be very grateful if you could receive the amount of US$18.5Million for safekeeping. I never really intended to touch this money, which is very safe and secure in the vault of this security firm. But due our present situation I do not have any other option.
I need money to safe my son's life. All our accounts here and oversea have been frozen and all our properties apart from this only house which we live in. We are badly in need of money. My son Mohammed is very sick in prison and his lawyers are ripping us off. We have almost resulted to state of begging.
The problem is that I cannot lay my hands on this money due to the fact that all our international passports belonging to any member of my family has been seized by this government, pending when they finish investigation into my late husbands assets. You, myself, my lawyer and my Son who was discharged by a Supreme Court in Abuja of all charges but is still being held in prision by the present Nigerian Government only know this arrangement.
My request I anchored on our strong desire to establish a lasting
relationship with you and I hence solicit your partnership to receive funds into your safe custody.
My family and I have agreed to offer the following percentages: -
1.) 30% of the total is for you upon successful clearance of these funds from the Trustee/Deposit company.
2.) 70% will be for my family and me. All I requires is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business successful.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement, which will protect you from any breach of the law.
Do not hesitate to include the following in your reply to me: -
1. Your full name & Contact Address
2. Your Private Mobile Phone & Fax Numbers.
All I am bothered about is how this money could be kept safely or invested and most importantly use some of it to save my son's life. If you are not willing to help me, please do not expose me, just assume we never discussed this matter.
I am looking forward to doing this transaction with you. And I solicit your absolute confidentiality in this transaction.
I will be most grateful and would show my appreciation if you can help to restore the life and hope in my family again.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Mrs. Mariam Abacha.
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