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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: "Mohammed Abacha" <mohammedabacha01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abacha9@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:56:21 +0000
Subject: MY FAMILY
ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
2/8 GIDADO DRIVE,GRA,
KANO - NIGERIA.
PLEASE EXCUSE MY INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE AS I WRITE YOU THIS LETTER
IN GOOD FAITH AND TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD WHO THUS BROUGHT ME OUT CLEAN
AFTER ALL THE ALLEGATIONS LEVELLED AGAINST ME AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER
GENERAL SANI ABACHA (FORMER NIGERIAN MILITARY HEAD OF STATES). SINCE MY
FATHER'S DEATH AND MY DETENTION FOR CLOSE TO THREE YEARS, MY FAMILY HAVE
BEEN LOOSING A LOT OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE
BENT ON DEALING WITH OUR FAMILY. AFTER MY RELEASE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA HAS MADE ME SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM EXTRACT THE
SUM OF ONE BILLION FIVE HUNDRED MILLION US DOLLARS FROM MY FATHER’S BANK
ACCOUNTS IN LONDON,SWITZERLAND,LUXEMBIURG.
MY FAMILY AND I ARE LOOKING FOR A TRUSTWORTHY FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN ASSIST
US BY TAKING POSESSION OF THE TOTAL SUM OF US$45,000,000.00 ( FOURTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ), WHICH THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT.
BECAUSE IN THEIR THINKING THEY WANT TO LEAVE ONLY ONE HUNDRED MILLION TO MY
FAMILY THIS MONEY IS PRESENTLY IN THE POSSESSION OF A SECURITY COMPANY
ABROAD. THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY MY LATE FATHER AND IS NOW KEPT
SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY. THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL OTHER
ACCOUNTS OF MY FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO TRIED
DOING LIKE WISE. THIS BID BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS
FAMILY HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT I SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING THIS
MONEY AND IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY. THIS MUST BE A JOINT
VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER. SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL
CASH,EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR
SEIZURE. I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT ALLMODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL
CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION WITH THE SECUITY COMPANY.
HOWEVER, BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AND ALSO
ALL CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS
TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO WORK.AS
SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO HOW WE
INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION. PLEASE DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY
FEARS, AS ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES ARE IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE YOU OF ALL
SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS TRANSACTION.PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES
ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH. IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ASSISTING ME PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CONCENT AND TELEPHONE
NUMBER. PLEASE, YOU MAY ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT MY TRUST IN YOU
BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION, SHOULD YOU NOT BE INTERESTED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU
MOHAMMED ABACHA.
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