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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" <mabacha9@flashmail.com>
Reply-To: mabacha9@myway.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:37:32 -1200
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
Dear Friend,
I am Hajia Mariam Abacha, the wife of the late Nigerian Head
of State who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active
services. Following the sudden death of my husband, General
Sani Abacha, the present Civilian Government has thrown my
family and I into a state of utter confusion,frustration,
and hopelessness.
My son have been subjected to inhuman physical and
physiological torture,incarceration by the security agents
in my country. He was only recently released from detention
after been arraigned before the Federal High Court of
Nigeria for an offence committed by my late husband. The
incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
has intensified his probe into my late husband's activities
while in the office and he has frozen all our local and
foreign accounts togetherwith other assets of my family as a
retaliation for what my late husband did to him when he was
alive as the Head of the Military regime in Nigeria.
As a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they
are not relenting to make us poor for life. As a widow that
is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
within my country as all those who benefited immensely
during the regime of my late husband have openly abandoned
all my family.
You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet
on the
recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late
husband in different Banks and security firms abroad.
check the following,
http://www.rastafarispeaks.com/cgi-bin/forum/config.pl?noframes;
read=52542
http://www.nigeriafirst.org/printer_378.shtml
Some of these banks and security firms willingly
gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to the
present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,
all my family?s cash lodgement and monetary transactions
with them. Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you
and I hope you will not betray my confidence in you. I have
secretly deposited the sum of $14,500,000.00 with a security
firm abroad whose name is withheld for now until we open
communications. The money is contained in consignment with
Security Deposit code. I shall be grateful if you could
receive this fund into your Bank account for safe keeping.
This arrangement is known to you and my attorney only whom
you will deal directly with. I am proposing a 20% share of
the fund to you for your kind assistance.
My attorney shall provide for you the documents of the fund
deposit
with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney to
enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank
account. Also this transaction demands absolute
confidentiality. On no condition must you disclose it to
anybody irrespective of your relation with the person.
Remember, Loose lips sinks ship I am looking forward to your
urgent and positive response via my confidential email
(m_abacha3@myway.com).so that i can forward my attorney
details to you for further correspondence.
Best Regards,
Hajia Mariam Abacha.
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