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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: "fmaily legacy" <f_legacy@msn.com>
Reply-To: m_aba00009@eresmas.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:54:33 +0000
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS HIGHLY NEEDED
DEAR FRIEND.
I am HAJIYA MARYAM ABACHA, wife of the late Nigeria
Head of State,General Sanni Abacha who died on the 8th
of June, 1998 while still on active duty.
l am contacting you in view of the fact that we
will be of great assistance to each other likeness
developing a cordial relationship.
I currently have within my reach the sum of TWENTY
MILLION US Dollars (US$20,000,000.00) cash which l
intend to use for investment, like Real Estate Development or
import/export business specifically in your
country. This money came as a payback contract deal
between my late husband and a Russian Firm on our
countries multi-billion dollars Ajaokuta
Steel Plant Project.
The Russian Partners returned my husband's share of
USD$20,000,000.00 after the death of my husband and
lodged in my husband's security company of which l am director
right now, the new Civilian Government have intensified their probe on
my husband's financial and oil company. In view of these, l acted
fast to withdraw the US$20,000,000.00 from the company's vault
and deposited in a Financial institution Abroad
through the help of diplomatic agents.
I have since declared the Security Company bankrupt.
No record ever existed concerning the money traceable
by the government because there is no documentation showing
that we received the money from the Russian.
Due to the current situation in the country concerning
government attitude towards my family, it has become
quite impossible for me to make use of this money within.
Let me refer you to the front page of This Day
Newspapers of 10th March 2001. You can check it
through their website : www.thisdayonline.com , click
on archives,8th. june, 2001) The present
government in Nigeria had frozen and seized all my
bank accounts both here in Nigeria and abroad.
Thus consent l shall expect you to contact me
urgently to enable us discuss in detail about this
transaction.
Bearing in mind that your assistance is needed to
transfer this fund, l proposed a percentage of 10% of
the total sum to you for the expected service and
assistance.
For your information i have gotten a financier that
is going to finance the transaction.i will ask my son
Mohammed to give you more details as it progresses.
Your urgent response is highly needed as to stop
further contacts. All correspondence must be by the
email address above. l must use this opportunity
to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence
to keep this matter extraordinarily confidential
whatever your decision while await your prompt
response.
Best regards,
DR. (HAJIYA) MARYAM ABACH
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