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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: mohammedsani@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:21:45 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Family=2E?=

Mohammed Abacha
mohammedsani@supereva.it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/635720.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1741445.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2492425.stm

Dear beloved,

It's my pleasure to send you this mail which I hope you
will treat as highly confidential.
I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late president
of Nigeria,General Sani Abacha who died on the 8th of June
1998 while still on active duty . I was falsely accused of
murder and as such was imprisoned, but thanks to Almighty
God, I have been released for my innocence. Well dear
friend I need your assistance in transferring some of my
money into your account, because the government is making
plans to seize them, as they did to my fathers own.Please
view this site and read it's content carefully,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/468903.stm
http://www.onlinenigeria.com/links/adv.asp?blurb=99
http://www.jubileeplus.org/worldnews/africa/nigeria200502.htm


the amount is $29million in a Security Abroad. All that is
needed is for you to help us make the claim of the deposit
as we can not make it by ourselves due to the surveliance
which has being mounted in our family name,I will
remunerate you with 20% of the total funds transferred to
your vital bank account as compensation for your
assistance, Five percent(5%)would be set aside to take care
of all expenses we may incur during the transaction.
To indicate your interest,contact me urgently
andconfidentially for more information and the roles you
will play in this business.

All the legal information concerning this Money will be
sent to you as soon as we agree together.I have been
confined only to Kano and all my calls are monitored,So I
will get you the needed information. If this proposal
satisfies you,please contact me immediately with your full
names,telephone and fax numbers to enable me contact you.
and give to you every detail of this transaction from
beginning to the end on behalf of the family. Contact me
through this email:( mohammedsani@supereva.it)

NB: Because of the security being mounted on the members of
my family, l has decided that this transaction exist
between you and my lawyer.
Remember to include your private mobile number
for easy communication.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Best Regard.
Mohammed Abacha.






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