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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 <mariamabacha27@mbox.com.au>
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:55:42 +0200
Subject: YOUR BUSINESS PROPOSAL DETAILS


FROM: MRS MARIAM ABACHA
KANO - NIGERIA.
email: mariamabacha_kn@yahoo.com

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

It is my pleasure to contact you in a situation like this, I know that
the content of this letter might be a surprise to you, but even though
we hardly know each other, but i believe that you can help me.

I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of the late Gen.Sanni Abacha former
Nigerian Military Head of State who died mysteriously as a result of
Cardiac Arrest.

Since my husbands death, my family has been under restriction of
movement and that not withstanding, we are being molested, policed and
our bank account both here and abroad are being frozen by the Nigerian
government. All this is because the present Nigerian President was put
in prison by my husband when he was found guilty of plotting a coup to
over-throw my husband. All my husband friends refuse to come to our aid
because of fear of the President and for governmental positions which
he had offered them.

Following the recent discovery of my husbands Bank Account by the
Nigerian government with Swiss Bank in which the huge sum of US$700
Million and DM450 Million was logged. I therefore decided to contact you
in confidence that l was able to move out the sum of US$30.8 Million
Dollars, which was secretly sealed in Two Metal Boxes for Security
Reasons and was deposited with a safe Deposit Company outside Nigeria
through their diplomatic service for safe Keeping.

Please you can visit these websites and read more about my late husband
and you will understand what I am telling you.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1935646.stm

www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=42764&SelectRegion=West_Africa

I personally appeal to you seriously and religiously for your urgent
assistance to move this money into your country where l believe It will
be safe since l cannot leave the country due to the restriction of
movement imposed on the members of my family by the Nigeria Government.

I have made necessary arrangement with an Attorney who will arrange all
the documents that covers this consignment, you will have to met with
him the security company were this consignment will be release to you,
and liaise with you towards effective completion of this money out of
the country. Once you indicate your interest towards assisting us, I
will direct you to the Attorney who shall send you the contact
information of the company together with secret code of the consignment
and other related documents that will help you claim the consignment.

Conclusively, we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum while 75%
is to be held on trust by you until we regain our freedom from the
Nigerian Government and 5% for any expenses that you will make during
this transaction. Also we have decided to establish a mutual business
investments with our own share in your country in which you will monitor
on our behalf subsequent to our free movement by the Nigerian government.

Please kindly reply to this email address: mariamvabacha@rediffmail.com
urgently and treat this transaction with absolute confidentiality and
sincerity. You can also contact via email on this id:
mariamvabacha@zwallet.com

Best Regards.
MRS. MARIAM ABACHA
mariamvabacha_kn@yahoo.com




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