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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: "Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha" <abachadede@handbag.com>
Reply-To: prince_abacha@jumpy.it
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:26:27 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT ADVICE.
ATLAS OIL NIGERIA LIMITED
(A Subsidiary of Abacha Real Estates)
From the Desk of her Excellency.
Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha.
E-mail: mabacha_ng@lycos.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
Assalam 'aleykum!
PLEADING FOR YOUR HELP AND BUSINESS INVESTMENT ADVICE.
This might seem very deplorable for a person that you do not know to contact
you for a business of this magnitude, but as the title implies I am Dr. Mrs.
Mariam Abacha, wife of the late General Sani Abacha, former Nigerian Head
of State. I am contacting you due to the present situation as regards the
special panel set up by the present democratic administration in my country
(Nigeria) under the anti-corruption law passed mainly to recover what they
termed "Abacha's looted money".
This law is yet another smear campaign aimed mainly to frustrate, humiliate,
dismember and widen the scope of hatred to our family. A personal vendetta
by President Obasanjo who was jailed by my husband's Government for plotting
a coup d 'etat against his administration. This highly calculated attempt
by this administration cum Swiss Government through bi-lateral relationship
has taken away from us over US$1.4billion in Switzerland. The rampaging situation
in our accounts abroad has yielded to the barbaric pressure and just few
months ago we were squished out of another US$395 million and all this funds
can be ascertained independently.
You may wish to confirm this from a leading newspaper in Nigeria (This Day)
from their website at www.thisdayonline.com from the archives section in
the March 10,2001, January 26,2002 and FEBRUARY 21,2002 editions. This government
is bent on destroying our family. You may be aware that my son (Mohammed),
heir apparent to the family just got out of prison after 3 years of detention
for crime he never comitted. Therefore, I am soliciting for genuine partners
that I can invest the family fortune that is scattered all over the world.
According to my estimation in West Africa alone we still have about US$85m
in cash in a Security Company that we intend to invest abroad through your
assistance. For the purpose of investment in areas of your interest, contact
me as a handsome reward of 20% of the total sum awaits you, subject to our
negotiation and agreement.
You can contact me via my e-mail for security reason for further details
for now. In the event of you not being interested in this proposal, endeavor
to keep this highly confidential, please!
Thanks and God bless!
Sincerely,
Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha.
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