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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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From: mariam_abacha26@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:49:28 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Sir/Maddam?=
FROM: MARIAM H.ABACHA
6 Gidado Idris Road
Kano State
Nigeria.
Alt e mail:--mariam_abacha_h@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Sir/Maddam,
First, let me apologise 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.
I have been subjected to physical and mental torture
by the security agents or rather his
followers in my country.And believe me, I and my
children have not done anythin wrong, we
were never part of my late husband regime. The new
president has succeeded in turning the
whole country against us.
This is just because, this present day President of
Nigeria planned a coup d'etat against
my husband in 1995 and was charged by the military
headed by my late husband for
treasonable offence.He was tried,sentenced and jailed
by my late husband's government
before my late husband died . It is rumored that my
husband was secretly murdered by these
same people,"May his soul rest inperfect peace".
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 us 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 lax controls
on my ate Husband's Bank Accounts.
I would refer you to the website below for more
information:-
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
http://www.nigeriafirst.org/printer_378.shtml
http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm
This present government have turned the people against
my entire family and they are
really out to purnish 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 I and
his poor children 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 aform 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 suprised to find out Later
that Mr.Paulo Luigi has frudulently
deceived me and my family.He made away with my money
and all efforts to trace him proved
abortive.
I will b very grateful if you could receive the amount
of US$8.5Million for safe keeping.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
law ers 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 ivestigation into
my late husbands assets.This
arrangement is only known to 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.
See the website below for more information about the
case:-
http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/07/12/index.html
http://www.odiousdebts.org/odiousdebts/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=4568
My request is 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.
I and my family have agreed to offer the following
percentages:-
1.)10% has set aside for all the expenses you might
incur during the process of securing
this fund. Example: TELEPHONE/FAX BILLS and any other
miscellaneous expenses.
2.) 20% of the total sum is for you upon successful
clearance of this funds from the Trustee/
Deposit company.
3.) 70% will be for me and my family.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 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,
Hajia (Mrs) Mariam Abacha
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