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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: "Mohammed Abacha" <mohadacha@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohadacha1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:29:42 +0100
Subject: My undiscovered funds
Sani Abacha Villa,
#2/8 Gidado Drive, G.R.A.
Kano State, Kano - Nigeria
Dear Sir / Madam,
RE: CONFIDENTIAL LETTER
My sincere greetings to you and your family.
This confidential correspondence to you is because of my need to deal with an individual or organization who my family and I have had no previous personal relationship. I got your contact from a business directory.
I am Mohammed Abacha, the Eldest surviving son of the late General Sani Abacha, ex-military Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who died on the 8th of June 1998 of cardiac arrest, may his soul rest in peace. In addition, Government hoodlums have just released me from a very long detention of 3 years and I am presently under strict surveillance.
With a very heavy heart I wish to notify you that since the death of my Father, my family have been subjected to all sorts of harassment and intimidation with lots of negative reports emanating from the Government and the press about my Late father. After my release from detention, the Federal Government of Nigeria has made me sign some documents that will enable them extract the sum of US$1,500,000,000.00 (one billion Five hundred million us dollars) from my father's bank Accounts in London, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and jersey Etc.
Although the Federal Government have seized all our properties and frozen all our accounts with both local and international banks, but my only hope now is the available US$40 Million in cash deposited in a West African bank, the money was carefully packaged and deposited with the security department of the West African bank, for onward transit to Europe or America for eventual claims by you as the beneficiary on behalf of my family. As the world media may have informed you also, about the various sums of money frozen by the Nigerian Government in foreign banks under my family name.
I wish to invest the money with your assistance and viable feasibility study in your country, probably in real estate, communication, stock exchange or any other viable business, if you are willing to assist us in investing this money on our behalf.
You are the only person living that has the knowledge of this said amount of money in existence. Which I intend to keep in safe custody with your help. All the necessary documents will be issued in your name to assist you keep this money without any problems. You will receive compensation of 20% of the entire sum for your assistance, 10% will be set aside for expenses and the remaining 70% you shall invest in our family name, under your direct supervision and management.
Please you must ensure to keep this information to yourself alone for obvious reasons should you be interest to help and send to me your consent and also your private telephone number for easy and confidential communication, as our Attorney will keep you posted with all the transaction procedures that requires your endorsement.
On the contrary, you may also ignore this letter and respect my trust in you by not exposing this transaction, should you not be interested. For further information kindly go through this website to ascertain the authenticity of my request: www.onlinenigeria.com
You can contact me through my personal email address, all the necessary information and documents covering the funds are all available and in possession with our family attorney.
I await your immediate response.
In Trust and confidence,
Mohammed.
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