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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: "abacha_mariam@ommail.com" <mariam5j5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:42:57 -1200
Subject: MY PROPUSAL TO YOU (CONFIDENTIAL)


ATTENTION



Dear;

I am delighted to write this letter to you hoping that you
will understand my predicament and answer back without
hesitation. I am MRS.MARIAM ABACHA wife of the late Nigerian
Head of State GENERAL SANI ABACHA. I got your contact
through business inquires from the chamber of commerce as I
was making contact for a Honest foreigner who will help save
my life and my children, hence our country has been
frustrating to us since the death of my husband.



I am in possession of $35,000.000 (THIRTY FIVE MILLION U.S
DOLLARS) which I want to invest in your country. For your
clarification and understanding, this money is in a truck
box which was deposited with a security company indisguise
as a family treasure DIAMOND AND GOLD since 5th of May 1999.
it is not an ill gotten wealth rather it was WILLED to me by
my late husband. On your acceptance to render this
assistance to me, I will instruct the security company to
effect the change of ownership of this fund to your name as
the bona-fide owner/my next of kin to enable you retrieve
the fund since the box can not be moved out of our country
by the family's name.



It is very important that you forward to me your full name
,your private telephone and fax numbers/occupation,to enable
me send all relevant documents pertaining the deposit of
this fund to you. Bear in mind that this transaction demands
absolute confidentiality because all properties,assets and
bank accounts both local and international bearing the
ABACHA'S family name, are been confiscated by the Already
elected civilian President of Nigeria so called (President
Olusegun Obasanjo)hence I will not want to be exposed this
is to aviod losing the money.



For your knowledge, 20% of this fund $35,000.000 (THIRTY
FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) will be given to you if you assist
me to secure this fund and another 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. And bear in mind that this is the
only remaining fund for the survival of my family.
Nevertheless if you are in any reason not intrested in this
proposal kindly inform me so that i will start to look for
another reliable contact

Thanks as I wait for your immediate response ture



Yours truly.



Dr.MRS MARIAM ABACHA.





















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